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Festival of Trees Entry

In 2013, SOS entered the Festival of Trees for the second time a tree of recycled materials. The tree was constructed of 100 recycled green plastic bottles collected from the local transfer station,...

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Farmers Market Applications Available

SOS is pleased to announce that applications are now available for the 2016 Farmers Market in Pagosa Springs.  The Market will be held this year from June 18-September 17 at the East Side Market. Click...

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2016 Farmers Market Applications Available

  SOS is pleased to announce that applications are now available for the 2016 Farmers Market in Pagosa Springs.  The Market will be held this year from June 18-September 17 at the East Side Market....

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2017 Farmers Market Applications Available

SOS is pleased to announce that applications are now available for the 2017 Farmers Market in Pagosa Springs.  The Market will be held this year from June 17-September 16 at the East Side Market. Click...

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2018 Farmers Market Applications Available

SOS is pleased to announce that applications are now available to the 2018 Farmers Market in Pagosa Springs.  The Market will be held this year from June 16-September 15 at the East Side Market.  Open...

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September 27, 2019–Fridays for Future school strikers march to demand action...

Children around the world launched another wave of school strikes demanding action on climate change Friday, in their first major action since the issue topped world leaders’ agenda at the United...

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October 1, 2019–315 billion-tonne iceberg breaks off Antarctica (BBC)

The Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica has just produced its biggest iceberg in more than 50 years. The calved block covers 1,636 sq km in area – a little smaller than Scotland’s Isle of Skye – and is...

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October 2, 2019–Climate Impacts Must Be Considered In Future Colorado River...

The Bureau of Land Management has been ordered to halt drilling and sales of new oil leases in the Colorado River Valley in order to consider the climate impacts of development on its lands....

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October 7, 2019–Here’s Why Scientists Are Working So Hard to Keep Warming...

We know that our planet has experienced warmer periods in the past, during the Pliocene geological epoch around three million years ago. Our research, published today, shows that up to one third of...

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October 11, 2019–The air above Antarctica just got very hot very fast,...

A rare atmospheric phenomena has caused the air above Antarctica to get far warmer than usual, with scientists recording record-breaking temperatures in the stratosphere. Eun-Pa Lim, from Australia’s...

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October 18, 2019–EXCLUSIVE: Aerial view shows environmental disaster at the...

The Salton Sea is 35 miles long and 15 miles wide. Tuesday morning, News Channel 3’s Madison Weil got a bird’s eye view of the environmental disaster in the making at the Salton Sea. Will Worthington,...

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October 21, 2019–Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the...

It was 116 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade outside the new Al Janoub soccer stadium, and the air felt to air-conditioning expert Saud Ghani as if God had pointed “a giant hair dryer” at Qatar. Yet...

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October 26, 2019–Thirty by Thirty Resolution to Save Nature (Resilience)

Democratic Sens. Tom Udall of New Mexico and Michael Bennet of Colorado have introduced a resolution calling for a national conservation goal of protecting at least 30% of the country’s lands and...

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October 30, 2019–The fight to stop Nestlé from taking America’s water to sell...

he network of clear streams comprising California’s Strawberry Creek run down the side of a steep, rocky mountain in a national forest two hours east of Los Angeles. Last year Nestlé siphoned 45m...

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November 10, 2019–Rivers in the sky: the devastating effect deforestation is...

Gérard Moss is a bush pilot in the swashbuckling tradition. Born in Britain and raised in Switzerland, he had flown twice round the world in his single-engine plane before he set out on a new journey,...

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November 14, 2019–Slower ship speeds can help solve environmental issues,...

Decreasing ship speeds could improve human health, benefit the environment by cutting carbon emissions, and reduce whale collisions, according to new research commissioned by campaign groups Seas At...

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November 17, 2019–Vegan, plant-based ‘meat’ yields mouth-watering profits...

Who needs beef, chicken or pork? That’s what an increasing number of Americans are saying. And companies have noticed, as they offer a range of meat alternatives. “Interest is booming in plant-based...

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November 18, 2019–Pope Francis considers adding ‘ecological sin’ to the...

Pope Francis said last week he is considering adding “ecological sin” to the Catholic Church’s official teachings. On Friday, the pope was delivering a speech to the 20th World Congress of the...

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