It has been tough to go through all 1500 photos (from our photographer) and choose our favorites.  We narrowed it down to about 300.  Click on the photo to see them all.   As we continue to sort through all of the pictures, we may choose to post others.

Enjoy – we have!

As you know, I am pretty excited whenever big news arises that will reduce our dependence on coal and oil for our energy needs. As was just announced a couple of days ago, AVA Solar, has revolutionized solar cell manufacturing making it far cheaper that it has ever been in the past. And the best news is, it is a Colorado State University Professor who invented it! They are planning on building a 200 megawatt factory in Fort Collins in the near future which will power 40,000 homes! Check out the information at the link below:
http://today.colostate.edu/index.asp?url=display_story&story_id=1002642

Wow, what a busy month! First, Kelley turned 27 on June 6th, then it was off to Hot Springs Virginia for a great wedding celebration for Andy and Courtney Shultz – Congratulations!. Upon returning to Colorado, Kelley and I closed on our first house (June 15th) and the following day were off to Redfeather Lakes for a second grand wedding celebration for Anya and Alex Blank – Congratulations! We returned to move all of our worldly possessions to our new place. Now, a week later (and still June) WE ARE OFF TO GREECE! Woohoo!

So, here are the appropriate photo galleries and links, enjoy!

Andy and Courtney Shultz Wedding June 9th, 2007

Anya and Alex Blank Wedding June 16th, 2007

2061 Tunis Circle Gallery and http://www.2061tunis.com

This past Wednesday, Colorado State University hosted the renowned conservationist, Jane Goodall. Kelley and I were fortunate enough to get some tickets and were looking forward to what she had to say, as she has seen our planet change drastically during her career. I was also looking forward to plenty of chimp talk and therefore was giddy like a school child during the hours prior to her lecture.

To be honest I really wasn’t sure what to expect from her. I was hoping that she wouldn’t over-indulge in a typical “Save The Rainforests” rant and was pleasantly surprised when she dove right into sustainability and how all of this interrelated. She delivered us her personal turning point when she questioned how could she be so concerned about a specific species of animal when human beings living in the very same area of the world were starving and had an infant mortality rate that was higher than that of the animals she was studying? These realizations helped her broaden focus to a more global approach and she started the Jane Goodall Institute and other programs such as Roots and Shoots.

She spoke about how “thinking global and acting local” is the most important action each of us can realistically take – which is what the main message was in my mind. Things like, buy organic food – these products have have far fewer environmentally damaging chemicals sprayed on them, and the animals have most likely led a better, more fulfilling life than their non-organic counterparts. Don’t shop at Wal-Mart, which is essentially a sanctioned slave labor camp operating in almost every third world country (there is more slavery in the world today than ever before). These simple steps may cost a little more money in the short run, but let’s get serious – we are royally screwing up this planet and if we continue along this path – it is going to get a lot more expensive, and I don’t mean in dollars.

Ok, thanks for reading – here is what I was thinking about prior to the lecture.

Colorado State University today announces plans to convert its entire Fort Collins campus energy use to 100 percent wind power. To do this they are actually going to be constructing a Wind Farm in Northern Colorado that will create more electricity than the entire campus consumes.

Needless to say, I am very proud of this and will keep you updated on all progress! Here is a link to the article describing the Green Power Project and related Green news.

http://welcome.colostate.edu/index.asp?url=green_power