Welcome to Sustainable Tucson

Sustainable Tucson’s Next General Meeting
Monday, September 13th, 5:45 to 8:00pm
Joel Valdez Main Library, Downtown, 101 N. Stone Ave
Here for more information

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Our Mission and Vision

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WORKING TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY

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  • Top Priorities Community-Wide Our citizen-driven planning initiative has distilled the Top Priorities necessary for Tucson to become Sustainable.
  • Individual Actions, large and small: Everyone can take steps to move our community resiliency.
  • Climate Change: Cool Cities Committee Report by the Sierra Club Rincon Group: A starter plan for addressing the urgent issues related to Climate Change(pdf)
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    Of Interest

    Watch “The Story of Cap & Trade”

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    What is the Story of Cap & Trade?

    The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the “devils in the details” in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what’s really required to tackle the climate crisis. If you’ve heard about cap and trade, but aren’t sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film for you. Find about it here: http://www.storyofcapandtrade.org.

    And what about bottled water?

    And, after you’ve seen this one, you might want to see what they have to say about the story of bottled water at http://www.storyof stuff.org/bottledwater/

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    Watch “The Story of Stuff”

    The Story of Stuff is a wonderful online video about sustainable production and consumption, a culture of practices we don’t see very much of yet. In addition to the suggested “10 Little and Big Things You Can Do”, there is a pressing need for organized, coordinated action at the grassroots level. This is why Sustainable Tucson is so important. Watch “The Story of Stuff” on your own browser here.


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    August 15, 2010 Zero Emissions Race
    from Geneva to Geneva through Europe, Asia,
    and North America
    Around the World in 80 Days with 100% Electric Cars

    Scheduled to pass through Tucson, Monday, November 15th!

    Find out More!

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    Sustainable Tucson is now an official

    U. S. Transition Initiative

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    The Drying of the West: Our Future?

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    UA climate scientist Jonathon Overpeck confirms previous studies that Arizona is ground zero for the most extreme warming and drying impacts in the U.S. Read article here. UA Regents Professor, Malcolm Hughes recently completed a new study that shows the last decade was the hottest in at least the past 1300 years.

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    Stay Informed

    For the latest news on all sustainability subjects, www.energybulletin.net, is one of the best sources on the internet. Stay informed with news, analysis, and opinion on energy, climate change, resource depletion, geopolitics, water, food, transportation, economic development, health, community resilience, debt and currency crises, buildings, the environment, and sustainability solutions. For Tucson green news, read the latest copy of Tucson Green Times.

    News

    August 30, 2010
    Save energy and money too!

    August 26, 2010
    Beantree Farm Workshops and Feasts Begin!

    August 22, 2010
    Compute your water footprint

    August 20, 2010
    Fall 2010 Local Food Workshop & Tour Series

    August 20, 2010
    Remembering the remarkable Matthew R. Simmons

    August 20, 2010
    The Arizona’s Greenest Workplace Challenge

    August 18, 2010
    What we don’t know about saving energy

    August 17, 2010
    Stone Soup Listening Tour

    August 15, 2010
    Energy Efficiency Retrofit Program

    August 14, 2010
    Zero Emissions Race

    August 11, 2010
    Matt Simmons: “Twin Resource Threats – Oil and Water”, Dead at 67

    August 10, 2010
    Lend a Helping Hand

    August 3, 2010
    Misdirected subsidies

    July 13, 2010
    Extreme heat waves as the norm?

    June 28, 2010
    Arizona’s Future