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Aspen Center for Environmental Studies
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| | Support ACES' Children's Education Fund Drive
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Each spring
ACES launches its Children's Education
Fund Drive to support the educational programs we provide for local
school groups.
Who could have imagined that the environmental
education classes that began at Hallam Lake in 1968 would become the
nationally recognized program it is today - making an impressive 30,000
student contacts annually from 30 regional schools? Nearly every child
in the community benefits from ACES' Environmental Science program.
This
year, ACES' goal is to raise $120,000 to bridge the gap between what
schools are able to pay and the real cost of the program, which includes
nine highly qualified environmental educators plus teaching supplies
and materials. Toward that end, a letter is being sent to every ACES
member requesting their support. Please
watch for your Children's Education Fund drive letter in the mail! For
more information or to make a secure contribution on-line now, go towww.aspennature.org/donate-to-aces and
select Children's Education Fund. |
Special Event: The Raven's Gift
| | Friday, March
5th, 5:30pm 
The Raven's Gift:
An Evening with Jon Turk
Slideshow presentation
and appetizer potluck*
ACES at Hallam Lake
Free and open to
the public
Jon Turk, chemist, environmental scientist and
adventurer will be at Hallam Lake on Friday, March 5th to share his new
book, The Raven's Gift. The Raven's Gift outlines five expeditions to
northeast Siberia and a deep friendship with Moolynaut, a 100 year old
healer and shaman who lives in the small village of Vyvenka.
Moolynaut's great and enduring lesson is that the tundra, and all the
wild spaces of our planet, provide the foundation for spiritual healing
and physical well being. Thus science and humanism coalesce.
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bring an appetizer to share. |
ACES' Summer Programs
| | Online Registration Starts
March 8th!
Like busy bees we are getting ready
for the summer! All ACES classes will
be on our website and ready for online registration on Monday, March
8th!!! We will send out an e-mail reminder next week. Make sure
you and your friends are on our e-mail list!
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Early Bird Special!
| | Camp
Re-Generation
Presented
by Rock Bottom Ranch and Aspen T.R.E.E.
Camp Re-Generation provides a wholesome
approach to living in the Roaring Fork Valley for middle and high school
ages. Participants will
delve into activities from gardening, cooking, and raising chickens to
daily yoga practice, traditional arts, and hikes. TRANSPORTATION
INCLUDED, less carbon in the atmosphere, more time in your day!
Undergraduate credit
from Adams State College available.
Summer Schedule:
June
14-18 Ecological Gardening & Permaculture
June 21-25 Sustainable Living in
Abundance
June 28-July
2 Raising Animals
July
5-9 Dairy for You
July 12-16 Spinning, Weaving & Traditional Arts
July 19-23 Wild Harvesting &
Tracking
July 26-30
Making Tinctures, & Herbal Remedies
Aug 2-6 Stone Age Living Skills
Aug 9-13 Mud Building
Aug 16-20 Energy &
Resource
Aug 23-27
Cooking in Nature's Kitchen
Aug 30-Sept Wholesome Living for Everyone
Special Early Bird Registration!
Save $225 when you register for 9 weeks or
more beforeMarch 15th!
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Naturalist Nights
| | Thursday Evenings- 7:30pm
 March 4th- Confessions of an Off-Road Outlaw -
Presenter:Garrette Vaneklasen
March
11th- Renewable and Efficient Energy: Pitkin
County's Energy Smart Loan Program - Presenter: Dylan Hoffman
March
18th- Fens: Ancient Wetland Ecosystems -
Presenter: David Cooper
March 25th- How the West Was Warmed - Presenter
Beth Conover
April 1st- The Complexities of Climate Change: Changes
in Treeline Elevation in the Canadian Rockies - Presenter: Will
Roush
Come early for free
tea and cookies! All presentations take place at ACES at Hallam Lake.
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| | |  $5 Off Snowshoe Tours!
Take
a naturalist-guided snowshoe or ski tour and learn about wildlife in
winter, tracking, mountain ecology, Aspen history, and the often unseen
natural wonders of life in the snow. Tours
are offered every day throughout
the winter onAspen
Mountain, Snowmass, and
at the ghost town of Ashcroft.
Present this coupon at any ticket office and
receive $5.00 off the cost of any adult Aspen Mountain or Snowmass
snowshoe ticket!
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Aspen Center for Environmental Studies |
100 Puppy Smith Street | Aspen | CO | 81611
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