Kara Colovich

Associate I

Kara resides in Lander, Wyoming at the crossroads of rugged mountains and high mountain deserts. This ecologically and culturally diverse place helped form her identity growing up and continues to inspire her sense of exploration.

Being from a rural and remote area, Kara is an advocate for elevating the needs of these communities as they search for their own path toward sustainability. The first step on this path is learning a community’s energy use and operational systems impact cost, community wellbeing, and GHG emissions. Kara has helped organizations in the nonprofit and municipal sectors quantify these impacts, research funding opportunities, and evaluate cost implications as they set their sights on implementation.

 
“Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. They paved paradise, put up a parking lot.”
— Joni Mitchell (although the Counting Crows version is preferred), Song: Big Yellow Taxi
 

Fun Facts

Favorite things

Gardening, foraging, creativity in the kitchen, long trail runs, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, camping with family, a cup of good tea.

My mantra

Always listen to your gut (both for food and life choices).

Favorite music

90s alt rock (Goo Goo Dolls), classic rock (Jim Croce), instrumental (Ludovico Einaudi), bluegrass folk (the local band playing at the bar).