Archive for April, 2008


Info to help arrange Carpooling

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Carpool to your next Sustainable Tucson event!
Through an online community carpool system called icarpool , our members can arrange with eachother to carpool.
If you are interested in this free, safe and easy-to-use service:
Use our Contact Form with the “Carpool Info” topic chosen.
Keely Sinclair will get back with you to walk you [...]

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Sustaining Faith: Stewardship at Peace with the Earth (A Multi-Faith Conversation)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

[ April 24, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
Community Conversations Presents

Sustaining Faith:
Stewardship at Peace with the Earth
A Multi-Faith Conversation

Thursday, April 24, 2008 6:30-8:30 PM

A vegetarian meal will be provided

Catalina United Methodist Church
2700 E. Speedway Blvd. Room H230
(Located at Treat and Speedway Blvd with ample parking available)

Non-perishable food donations for Community Food Bank welcomed!

Sponsor: [...]

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Out of the Yard and Onto the Fork

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

In the Garden, By ANNE RAVER, New York Times, April 17, 2008
MY peas are coming up - sugar snaps and snow peas - and the seeds I scattered out in my cold frame a month ago are now a blanket of baby greens. A few mornings ago, while weeding, I popped a tiny bok choy [...]

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The Climate Crisis: From Inconvenience to Engagement

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

[ April 22, 2008; 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm. ] THE CLIMATE CRISIS – FROM INCONVIENENCE TO ENGAGEMENT

With M. Scott Johnson

WHAT:      In this 60-minute presentation you will learn about global warming and climate change from someone who has trained with the experts.  Hear why these issues deserve the immediate attention of all citizens and every politician. Learn why this urgent challenge presents us [...]

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Sustaining Faith: Stewardship at Peace with the Earth

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

[ April 24, 2008; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Community Conversations Presents

Sustaining Faith:
Stewardship at Peace with the Earth
A Multi-Faith Conversation

Thursday, April 24, 2008    6:30-8:30 PM

A vegetarian meal will be provided

Catalina United Methodist Church
2700 E. Speedway Blvd. Room H230
(Located at Treat and Speedway Blvd with ample parking available)

Non-perishable food donations for Community Food Bank welcomed!

Sponsor: Tucson Multi-Faith Alliance
A Project of COPA (Culture of Peace [...]

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Residential Erosion Control and Water Harvesting Workshop

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

[ May 3, 2008; 7:30 am to 11:30 am. ] Watershed Management Group will be running a hands-on workshop at a residential home in the foothills area to install erosion control features along a small wash and water harvesting earthworks to promote plant growth.  The workshop will include instruction in implementing check dams in small washes and terraced rock berms along steep slopes to capture [...]

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“Gas Hole” Film Screening

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

[ May 2, 2008; 7:30 pm; ] “Gas Hole” Film Screening
Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress
Friday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.

$15 film only, $10 student/military/senior, $25 film and discussion with producers

“GasHole”…a new documentary, narrated by Peter Gallagher, about the history of oil and the future of alternative fuels.  The event is hosted by PAG’s Clean Cities Coalition.  For more information, see PAGnet.org or [...]

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W.S. Merwin on Poetry and the Green World

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

[ April 17, 2008; 8:00 pm; ] This post is from the UA Poetry Center’s web site.

W.S. Merwin on Poetry and the Green World
Thursday, April 17, 8 p.m.
at the Poetry Center – Live video feed for overflow audiences.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Biological Diversity

W.S. Merwin
In a career [...]

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Climate: Code Red — The case for a Sustainability Emergency

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Climate Code Red: The case for a sustainability emergency
By David Spratt and Philip Sutton
Download report at: http://www.carbonequity.info/climatecodered/5keys.html
Hear two interviews with co-author Philip Sutton by Jason Bradford, Global Public Media:
1) http://globalpublicmedia.com/sustainability_emergency
2) http://globalpublicmedia.com/sustainability_emergency_part_ii
Phil Hart of The Oil Drum: Australia/New Zealand writes:
David Spratt from CarbonEquity and Philip Sutton from Greenleap [...]

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Health and Sustainability Action Group Meeting

Monday, April 14th, 2008

[ April 29, 2008; 6:30 pm; ] Health and Sustainability Action Group Meeting
Tuesday, April 29th
6:30 pm
933 N 6th Ave, Apt D
Call 390-0674 for specific directions

To view the online discussion forum for this group, click here.

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