Our Mission
Founded in 1990, The Crestone Energy Fair is a non-profit organization that provides education in regenerative ways of living by sharing skills, ideas, and experiences rooted in land, building, and community. We approach energy as something that flows through our homes, ecosystems, and relationships, and we aim to support practices that sustain both people and place over the long haul.
Our Vision
To support the ongoing regeneration of land, shelter and community by exploring the role energy plays in our lives, ecologically, structurally, and within human interaction. The Crestone Energy Fair as a place where practical knowledge and lived experience come together. Where building, renewable energy land stewardship, and community life are understood as interconnected, holistic parts of a larger system. Through shared learning, collaboration, and participation, we aim to strengthen local resilience, support meaningful livelihoods, and cultivate the conditions for long-term sustainability.
As an expression of our Mission and Vision, we support a year-round ecosystem of educational, hands-on, and community-led learning opportunities that explore how energy moves through our homes, land, bodies, and relationships. These include:
Regenerative and natural building methods such as straw bale, cob, cordwood, Earthships, and rammed earth, with an emphasis on passive solar design and climate-responsive construction
Renewable and appropriate energy systems, including solar, wind, micro-hydro, and low-tech solutions adapted to place
Water stewardship practices, including greywater, rainwater harvesting, watershed awareness, and integrated systems design
Land-based practices such as permaculture, soil regeneration, gardening, composting, and food cultivation
Movement, health, and embodied practices, such as yoga, breathwork, qi gong, dance, and other approaches that support individual and collective well-being
Community dynamics, including communication, collaboration, conflict resolution, and restorative approaches to repairing harm
Creative expression and cultural practices through art, music, storytelling, and ceremony that strengthen connection and shared identity
Opportunities for meaningful participation, skill-sharing, and volunteer engagement that support both the Fair and the broader community year-round