Events

Overview of the recent Grand Valley Climate & Innovation Showcase Event — an official Colorado Climate Week event on the campus of Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction.

This half-day program brought together local innovators, educators, students, and community leaders to spotlight the Western Slope’s growing role in Colorado’s clean energy and sustainability future. Topics included agrivoltaics, composting, geothermal systems, circular economy development, and wildfire mitigation, with campus facility tours and a closing networking reception on the Dominguez Hall Roof Terrace. Co-sponsored by the CMU Sustainability Council, the Cleantech Business Coalition, and Compost Junction. Download the full agenda below and explore the presentations and session recordings from the event. Full Agenda

Hutchins Water Center Overview – Shannon Wadas, Hutchins Water Center Director – (CMU Water Center presentation)

Environmental Science & Technology Program (ENVS) – Freddy Witarsa – Biomass demonstration

Composting at CMU Tech Jamie MacKillop, Compost Junction – CMU Composting Facility Overview

Agrivoltaics – Horst Caspari, Professor & State Viticulturist — CSU Western Colorado Research Center – (Vitivoltaics presentation)

Circular Economy Development Center Overview- ike Ritter, Economic Development Director — The Business Incubator Center (Circular Presentation)

Wildfire Mitigation – Hannah Holm, American Rivers – (Grand Mesa Watershed Resiliency Partnership Presentation)