[ May 5, 2008 to May 7, 2008. ] May 5-7 - Southwest Marketing Network Conference 2008, Santa Fe, La Fonda Hotel, Yearly conference put on for Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah small scale, alternative and minority producers to expand local agricultural marketing. For more information contact Le Adams at (505)473-1004 or go to www.swmarketingnetwork.org.

This listing is a selection from Baja [...]

[ April 19, 2008; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] April 19 – Cholla Bud Harvest Workshop – Learn how to harvest and prepare flower buds of Staghorn and Buckhorn cholla cactus. This desert gem, about the size of your thumb is packed with nutrition. A third of a cup of buds has more calcium than an 8-ounce glass of milk, more potassium than a [...]

[ April 25, 2008; 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] SALLE: Sonora/Arizona Local Living Economy

LIFE SUPPORT events connect you with the basics of life: food, community, and beauty.  Join us on a Friday evening to ease the tensions of a long work week, experience the creativity of local artists, network with regional innovative entrepeneurs, and support SALLE.  Heart’z Foundation is planning monthly (and eventually weekly) [...]

[ May 3, 2008 11:00 am to May 8, 2008 5:00 pm. ] This write-up is from Vote Solar’s email list: www.votesolar.org

American Solar Energy Society: Catch the Clean Tech Wave

Want to let you know about an upcoming conference hosted by our friends at the American Solar Energy Society: “Catch the Clean Tech Wave” in San Diego from May 3rd - 8th. Geared for academic and business audiences, [...]

[ April 24, 2008; 5:00 pm; April 26, 2008; 2:30 pm; April 27, 2008; 6:00 pm; ] The Community Food Bank & NEW ARTiculations Dance Theatre Present:

We Are What We Eat
Stories and dance about the food we eat and the systems that feed us

Featuring choreography and dance by NEW ARTiculations artists as well as Tucson community
members who love to eat, cook, grow food, and dance!

3 performances:

Thursday, April 24
5:00 pm (free, excerpts only)
Santa [...]

[ April 10, 2008; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] Public meeting of Grant Road Corridor Planning Task Force.

This is a public meeting to provide an update on the project to widen Grant to six lanes from Oracle to Swan roads, in order to accommodate a projected 50% increase in car traffic over the next 10-15 years.

Arizona Small Business Association, 4811 E. Grant Road, Suite [...]

[ June 24, 2008; ] The Water Resources Research Center at the University of Arizona, in collaboration with the Central Arizona Project, is pleased to announce that registration is now open for our 2008 annual conference.

The Importance of the Colorado River to Arizona’s Future
Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

We have put together an exciting and diverse [...]

Faith communities of the greater Tucson area are coming together to fight global warming. On this coming Earth Day, April 22, 2008, leaders from various faith groups will be offering a workshop for Tucson faith communities to reduce our carbon footprint.
This all-day workshop at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church (3809 East 3rd Street) will focus [...]

This list was developed in response to public demand for information about what ordinary citizens can do now to get started on the process of sustainability.
(Just for comparison you might wish to read the article Ten Ways to Prepare for a Post-Oil Society, on this website under Articles.)
Ten Top Things to Do to Make Tucson [...]

on March 14 at the UofA, the Arizona Daily Star sponsored a forum entitled “Tucson Growth: Decision at the Crossroads”, during which panelists discussed the issues raised by growth in the Tucson region.
Sustainable Tucson prepared a comprehensive flyer of critical questions on the topic related to sustainability concerns, and distributed it to attendees. [View and [...]