Sustainable Settings
Folks We Work With:
Alpine Bank • Andreas and Associates – Architectural • Aspen Brewing Company • Aspen Center for Environmental Studies • Aspen Community School • Aspen Country Day School • Aspen Schools • Aspen Naturopathic • Aspen Parks and Recreation Department • Aspen Potters, Inc • American Renewable Energy Day • The Aspen Times • Aspen Skiing Company • Audubon Expedition Institute • Backyard Hives • Basalt Elementary • Big B’s Delicious Orchards • Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts • Carbondale Clay Center • Carbondale Community Events • Carbondale Economic Localization •• Carbondale Schools • Carbondale Food Council • Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute • Chelsea Green Publishing • Cole West Builders, Inc. • Colorado Department of Corrections (Rifle) Heavy Equipment Program • Colorado Department of Transportation • Colorado Division of Wildlife Engineering Section (Denver) • Colorado DOW Fish Hatchery • Colorado Governor’s Office for Energy Management and Conservation • Colorado Rocky Mountain School • COMPASS • Cooking School of Aspen Creative Building Systems • Crystal River Meats • Crystal River West Elementary • Culinary School of the Rockies • Darnauer Communications • Design Workshop • Eagle Springs Organics • Early Childhood Center • Earthworks / Western Slope Aggregates • Garfield & Hecht Attorneys• Good Earth Landscaping • Glenwood Schools • Grand River Consulting • Graybeal Architects • Greenline Architects • Holy Cross Electric, CO • Home School Network Intertribal Council on Utility Policy in Rose Bud, SD • Internet Outfitters • Jack Rabbit Hill Vineyards • Jaywalker Lodge • John Pattillo Engineering • KDNK Community Access Radio LightHearted Ranch • Logan School of Creative Learning • Marble Charter School • Michael Fuller Architects • Mountain Valley Developmental Services • Meyers & Co. Architectural Metals • Natural Resource Conservation Services • Natural Systems International • National Weather Service/Weather Spotter Program • OakStone Ventures • Pangea Organics, Inc. • PartPoint, Inc.• Patagonia • Pella Windows • Permaculture Institute of Santa Fe, NM • Pink Monkey Solutions • Pitkin County Colorado Community Development & Environmental Health • Pitkin County Community Office for Resource Efficiency, CORE • Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office • Pitkin County Office of Solid Waste Management • Pitkin County Open Space and Trails • Plum TV • Prescott College • The Pullman Restaurant
Ravenheart Gallery • Restaurant Six89 • Roaring Fork Biodiesel Cooperative • Roaring Fork Food Policy Council • Roaring Fork High School • Roaring Fork Leadership • Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers • Roaring Fork Teacher Education Project • Roaring Fork Transportation Authority • Rocky Mountain Institute • Savory Institute • Sewell Ranch • Schmueser Gordon Meyer Engineering, Inc. • Slow Food Roaring Fork • Slow Money • Solar Flair Thermal Systems • Sol Energy • Solar Energy International • Sopris Foundation’s State of the World Conference • The Stepstone Center • Susan’s Home Daycare • Terra Link Structures, Inc • Third Street Center • Thompson Divide Coalition • Toklat Gallery • Town of Carbondale • True Nature Healing Arts University of Colorado, Boulder/Architecture and Planning Department • US Green Building Council • Valley Resource Management • Vectra Bank • Vogelman West • Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork • Leonard Weinglass & Boogies • Western State College at Gunnison • Wheelock College • Wildwood School • Woody Creek Ceramic Studio • Wyly Community Art Center • Western Slope Aggregates, Inc • Whole Foods • Yampah High School • Youth Zone – Pal Pairs Program.
Events and Venues:
Annual Harvest Festivals • School programs • edible Aspen magazine: Food for Thought • American Renewable Energy Day • Monthly Community Potluck Bonfires
Grassroots TV series: Sustainable Solutions Speaker Series • Sustaining Tomorrow Today Public forums on Localizing Food & Energy • Green Economy lectures & panelists • Bioneers Video Salon • Film series • Field days • Sustainable Kids Summer Camp • Corporate Retreats • Farm Stays • Farm to Table Tours • Family memberships • University Collaborations • Savory Institute • Wildlife Protection Solutions • Keynote Talks on the state of the world and solutions • Short courses • Workshops • Corporate Retreats • Design Charettes
Participation:
Thousands of hours of participation per year – averaging 10,000 ranch visitors per year
- Paid and volunteer participation in the events, courses, lectures, and charettes
- 20-30 courses per year, 20 other events, lectures, etc.
- Paid attendees to fundraising and other special events such as our annual Harvest Festival
Volunteers:
7,000-8,000 volunteer hours are contributed each year as follows:
- Market Garden Volunteers
- Instructors & Lecturers donated time
- Expert trade, professional consultants, and physical labor
- Donations of time on design, construction, and research projects
- Events: set up and logistics time donated
