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Telluride Mountain Film Festival 2010: Focus on Extinction Crisis and Indomitable Spirit

Telluride Mountain Film Festival 2010: Focus on Extinction Crisis and Indomitable Spirit

Once again it’s the time of annual Mountain Film Festival 2010 and this year the venue is Telluride, Colorado. Telluride Mountain film festival motto is to celebrate ‘Indomitable Spirit’ which makes all kinds of survival possible be it a survival of fragile ecosystem, endangered culture or species, or grass root level sustainability movement or [...]
Balloon Boy story non-stop coverage: this is what’s wrong with (cable) media

Balloon Boy story non-stop coverage: this is what’s wrong with (cable) media

The Associated Press has reported that the Larimer County, Colorado sheriff’s office has already ascertained that the Heene family did not stage a hoax when the Balloon boy’s parents reported that their 6-year-old son was feared to have been in ‘a helium balloon that floated away from their home and traveled more than 50 miles.’ Knowing [...]
Eco-Gambling: Gambling Redefined For a Greener Cause

Eco-Gambling: Gambling Redefined For a Greener Cause

Confused? I’ll tell you… We all know how the betting cities of the world look. I’ve never been to one actually, but whenever I think or hear of Las Vegas or the likes, this is how I would express it- lively, bright, cool, noisy and busy. And from this, you can just imagine the amount of power these cities use, the green gases they produce and [...]
Eco-gambling’s On Central City Agenda

Eco-gambling’s On Central City Agenda

Central City in Colorado, the once popular Rocky Mountain tourist destination, thinks it can create a green gambling atmosphere. Thanks to the mayor Buddy Schmalz, the 500 denizens have become very eco-conscious. And now Schmalz intends to make Colorado the first eco-gambling city in the US. This is how he plans to do it. The University of Colorado [...]