Welcome to Sustainable Tucson

Sustainable Tucson’s Next General Meeting
* Film Showing: “Fresh” *
Tuesday, July 14th, 5:45 to 8:00pm
Joel Valdez Main Library, Downtown
101 N. Stone Ave

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Important  Local Economy meeting in August

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Sustainable Tucson is now an official U. S. Transition Initiative

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Who We Are (new)

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WORKING TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY
  • 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 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.


    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.

    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

    May 29, 2009
    To plan for emergency, or not? Heinberg and Hopkins debate

    May 29, 2009
    Richard Heinberg on Resilient Communities

    May 18, 2009
    Organic Initiative Funds Now Available! Sign up through May 29

    April 21, 2009
    From Bubble to Depression?

    March 5, 2009
    No, we can’t?

    February 21, 2009
    Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program coming to the Mercado

    February 14, 2009
    Saving the Suburbs. Walkable Urbanism. Green Redevelopment.

    February 12, 2009
    PAG EXPO Speaker Advises “Get out of markets”

    February 12, 2009
    The Crash Course - The unsustainability primer

    January 28, 2009
    The Transition Movement comes to America

    December 9, 2008
    Too late? Why scientists say we should expect the worst

    December 6, 2008
    Memo to the President-elect on Energy Realism and the Green New Deal

    December 4, 2008
    What to do about Detroit: A sustainable transportation solution

    November 10, 2008
    David Suzuki: “One of the great speeches in history”

    November 9, 2008
    Sustainability and environment leaders offer Obama their priorities