Ideas, Speakers & Lectures

Hurst Community Initiative

Aspen Public Radio is proud to present select lectures and speakers from area events and conferences, thanks to community partnerships with the Aspen Ideas Festival, Here House, Aspen Art Museum, Wilderness Workshop, Hurst Community Initiative, Aspen Words, Aspen Music Festival and School, Aspen Center for Physics, the Equity Speaker Series produced by MANAUS and TACAW, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

Hurst Community Initiative: Environmental Sustainability in Basalt

Aspen Public Radio

Published April 13, 2022 at 2:00 PM MDT

This event was recorded on April 13, 2022 as part of the Hurst Community Initiative Town Hall Speaker Series, in partnership with Aspen Public Radio.

Welcome to the first Town Hall Speaker Series presented by the Aspen Institute's Hurst Community Initiative and the Garfield County Public Libraries, the Basalt Regional Library, and the Regional Chambers of Commerce. Joined by panelists from the Town of Basalt, CORE, and Habitat for Humanity, moderator and founder of Arcos Energy, Matthew Shmigelsky, leads a discussion focused on the Town of Basalt's policies that have led to ground-breaking innovations in environmental sustainability across the community.