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Archive of posts filed under the Sustainable Lifestyles category.

Growing Dome Garden Management Workshop

Instructor: Jerome Osentowski of the Colorado Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institutue (CRMPI) Dates: Saturday, June 2nd – Sunday, June 3rd Times: 10am to 4pm Some of the details that will be covered include, worm farming, pest traps, beneficial insects, banker plants, proper planting times for your indoor climate, amending soil, and forest gardens. The workshop will [...]

A Featured Favorite Blogger

As we find more and more ways to connect with fellow gardeners around the country we are amazed at the overwhelming number of backyard gardeners, homesteaders, professional landscapers and school gardeners that are out there writing about their experiences. It’s so fun to see a the virtual garden blooming and growing. We would like to [...]

Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership Comes into View

Last year we shared with you the vision for Pagosa Springs’ Geothermal Greenhouse Partnership (GGP) and how this sustainable movement was poised to change our community in big and beautiful ways. We are excited to post an update with a rendering of the proposed project and an overview of the design. This is all really [...]

Listen in on Positive About Pagosa

We have a great recording to share with you from an interview at the local KWUF Radio’s Positive About Pagosa radio show with Udgar Parsons, Growing Spaces LLC owner & founder. Udgar shares his journey of discovering Pagosa Springs, Colorado as the home for his family and his business  and how he came to create [...]

How We Can Occupy Our Food System

As I begin this writing, I am inspired by a TED talk in which Roger Doiron, of Kitchen Gardeners International spoke about the power of kitchen gardening over diet, health, and our wallets. In his simple presentation I was moved to see that if we” Occupy” our own food systems, we will naturally have an [...]

We are Made in America

We spend a lot of time talking about our product and what it can do, next we highlight our vision of a sustainable world, and lastly we sometimes happen to mention who we are. The increasing attention paid to goods made in America has caused us to think back to who we are as a [...]

Slow Money Entrepreneur Showcase Presentation

If you missed it last month, we have it to share with you now! Puja Dhyan Parsons, Owner & CEO of Growing Spaces® LLC was one of 24 people representing her company in the Entrepreneur Showcase at the Slow Money National Gathering on October 13, 2011 in San Fransisco, CA. A hallmark of the Slow [...]

Visioning the Balance

“For Puja and I, everything is connected, and we are ever awed by the complexity and beauty of the natural world. Offering a product which helps people enjoy and support this beauty and the bountiful ways of nature – while growing an abundance of food – is very fulfilling for us.” – Udgar Parsons, Co-Owner [...]

School Garden Program Inside and Out

We’ve been keeping you in touch with the happenings at Galileo School of Math and Science in Colorado Springs, CO from the very start of their school garden program. You’ve seen many snapshots along the way including some great segments from the local Fox news station. All of those pieces were great fun to share [...]

National Food Day Celebration Growing Dome Style

Here’s a report on the National Food Day Celebration that took place in two different Growing Domes in Colorado Springs, CO from the Bent County Democrat: “A magnet school in Colorado Springs and a demonstration garden in Woodland Park were among 20,000 venues in all 50 states hosting events held in conjunction with Food Day [...]