Welcome to Sustainable Tucson

Sustainable Tucson’s Next General Meeting
Monday, April 12th, 5:45 to 8:00pm
Joel Valdez Main Library, Downtown, 101 N. Stone Ave
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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

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Watch “The Story of Cap & Trade”

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.

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Take the Local Action Challenge

SustainLane, an organization that ranks US Cities in terms of their progress towards sustainability, is partnering with Hopenhagen, an international movement to drive action on climate change at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen this December. Tucson and other cities across the country have sent their top-ten lists of actions they’d like residents to take in order to combat climate change and otherwise care for the planet—right in their own communities. Residents who take their cities’ challenge, complete tasks on the list and then upload photos of themselves doing so. They are then entered into weekly drawings to win prizes donated by green business sponsors.

For more information about how to play, visit the Local Action Challenge homepage, or Tucson’s homepage for the challenge.

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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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The Drying of the West: Our Future?

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.