Pooping Outside: a Retrospective
2022-05-13
May 13, 2022 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson To all my loyal Catalyst readers, this is where IContinue Reading
The Confluence of Ecology, Flow, and Human Activity on the Yampa River
2022-04-14
April 15, 2022 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson There is a clear difference between the Yampa and GreenContinue Reading
Scientists Urge Action to Avoid ‘Severe and Widespread Impacts’
2022-03-10
March 11, 2022 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson Facing unprecedented levels of wildfire and drought, the global climateContinue Reading
Dining Workers Report ‘Culture of Fear’ at Colorado College
2022-03-04
March 4, 2022 | NEWS | By Jon Lamson Facing low wages, overwork, and what they describe as a frequentlyContinue Reading
The top 10 climate villains of 2021
2022-01-27
January 28, 2020 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson | Illustration by Kira Schulist I hate to be suchContinue Reading
Apocalypse Ecology
2021-12-16
December 17, 2021 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson | Illustration by Grace Nedelman In the blinding artificial lightContinue Reading
Colorado College feeds the beast
2021-11-11
November 12, 2021 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jonathan Lamson | Illustration by Kira Schulist In January of 2020, ColoradoContinue Reading
Failure and disappointment on Colorado Springs public transit
2021-10-15
October 15, 2021 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson | Photo by Rickki Held Colorado Springs is known forContinue Reading
Lacking a permanent home, art students build community outside Robson Arena
2021-10-14
October 15, 2021 | NEWS | By Jon Lamson | Photo by Jon Lamson While alumni, school administrators, and studentsContinue Reading
Will Biden’s climate agenda survive Washington?
2021-09-16
September 17, 2021 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson | Photo by Eric Ingram Climate change is all sortsContinue Reading
Fracking reality: Colorado blazes ahead with methane emissions
2021-09-02
September 3, 2021 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson | Photo by Daniel de Koning As students return toContinue Reading
Fight over climate bill pits student activists against Gov. Polis and the fossil fuel industry
2021-04-29
Apr 30, 2021 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson | Illustration by Xixi Qin On the final Tuesday ofContinue Reading
‘Seaspiracy’ documentary struggles to stay afloat
2021-04-01
Apr 2, 2021 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson | Illustration by Xixi Qin Chronicling a globetrotting investigation intoContinue Reading
Colorado Ski Industry Brings a Storm of COVID-19 Outbreaks
2021-03-11
Mar 12, 2021 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson For many members of the Colorado College community, skiing thisContinue Reading
Could the April 6 City Election Usher in Retail Cannabis to Colorado Springs?
2021-02-18
Feb 25, 2021 | NEWS | By Jon Lamson | Photo by Jon Lamson With six Colorado Springs City CouncilContinue Reading
New Horizons for the Endangered Species Act
2021-02-04
Feb 5, 2021 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson | Illustration by Xixi Qin After four years of theContinue Reading
New Robson Arena Falls Short of Climate Goal
2020-12-10
Dec 11, 2020 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson | Photo by Patil Khakhamian There are few subjects onContinue Reading
Climate Change Drives Extreme Drought in Colorado
2020-10-22
Oct 23, 2020 | ACTIVE LIFE | By Jon Lamson | Photo by Anil Jergens The effects of climate changeContinue Reading
The Case To Bring Back Colorado’s Wolves This November
2020-09-24
Sept 25, 2020 | By Jon Lamson | Illustration by Xixi Qin While the fate of wolves in Colorado isContinue Reading
Reflections on Joe Biden’s Climate Plan and Defeating Climate Denial
2020-08-27
By Jon Lamson |Image by Xixi Qin It is difficult to comprehend the threat that climate denying politics poses toContinue Reading
Before It’s Too Late: The Looming Climate Feedback Loops
2020-04-30
By Jon Lamson | Illustration by Jubilee Hernandez On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans gathered in great masses toContinue Reading
Climate Denial, COVID-19 Denial, and Why Do All of These People Still Have Jobs?
2020-04-02
By Jon Lamson As we all take shelter and watch the world burn around us, now seems to be asContinue Reading
Despite Environmental Opposition, NAFTA 2.0 Passes Congress with Bipartisan Support
2020-01-24
By Jon Lamson In the fall of 2018, the leaders of the U.S., Mexico, and Canada signed the U.S.-Mexico-Canada AgreementContinue Reading
The Media’s Failure on Climate Change
2019-12-14
By Jon Lamson “Every single journal should have a shrieking headline every day saying we are heading to total catastrophe.Continue Reading
The Insects Are Dying, and the Reptiles Are to Blame: Just Kidding, It’s Us
2019-11-26
By Jon Lamson As the country continues to squabble about which politicians are the most corrupt, there is a silentContinue Reading