“Water and Sustainability In a Time of Uncertainty: Lessons for Tucson” was presented by Colette Altaffer, Neighborhood Infill Coalition to the Joint City/County Water Study Committee on October 22nd. It’s a very clear summary of what we should be aware of as we move forward. What is at stake? What are the risks? Are there [...]

On October 30th, Dr. David Suzuki, reknowned Canadian scientist and educator, gave “one of the great speeches in history”  to the 20th Anniversary Roundtable on the Economy and the Environment.
Click on the following to watch a video of that speech:
http://www.cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&act=view3&pagetype=vod&lang=e&clipID=2099

[ November 15, 2008; 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] DU VAL AUDITORIUM
University Medical Center, 1501 North Campbell Avenue
November 15, 2008; 8:00AM - 5:00 PM
Register online at: www.healthandclimatechange.eventbrite.com

Keynote Speakers:
Andrew Comrie, PhD, Professor of Geography & Climatology, University of Arizona
Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH, Consultant, National Center for Environmental Health,
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia

A Multidisciplinary Panel of Clinicians and Public Health Professionals and Elected Officials and
3 [...]

The Climate for Change
By Al Gore
November 9, 2008, published by the New York Times
The inspiring and transformative choice by the American people to elect Barack Obama as our 44th president lays the foundation for another fateful choice that he - and we - must make this January to begin an emergency rescue of human civilization [...]

Environmental leaders offer their elevator pitches for Obama
November 5, 2008
Grist Magazine (Gristmill.org) asked a number of leaders in environment and sustainability issues to imagine they found themselves in an elevator with the president-elect — giving them one minute of his undivided attention. Here are their messages to Obama about how he should approach environment, energy, [...]

[ December 9, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Sustainable Tucson’s next General Meeting
“Sustainability and the Economy: Three new options”
Sustainable Tucson is beginning a six-month series of general meeting programs on the current economic crisis and how we can respond.

Date: Tuesday December 9th
Time: 6:00 - 8:00pm
Place: Downtown Library - lower level meeting room

Joel Valdez Main Downtown Library, 101 N Stone Ave
Free Basement Parking

December’s general [...]

[ November 13, 2008; 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] On November 13, 2008 KUAT is airing “The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry” documentary from 8:30-9:30pm, followed by a half-hour special edition of “Arizona Illustrated” with panelists Chuck Huckelberry, Jeff Biggs, Sharon Megdal and Kathy Jacobs.

Then at 10pm, another documentary on water called “Liquid Assets” which looks at America’s water infrastructure.

[ November 13, 2008; 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ] On November 13, 2008 KUAT is airing “The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry” documentary from 8:30-9:30pm, followed by a half-hour special edition of “Arizona Illustrated” with panelists Chuck Huckelberry, Jeff Biggs, Sharon Megdal and Kathy Jacobs.

Then at 10pm, another documentary on water called “Liquid Assets” which looks at America’s water infrastructure.

The Peak Oil Crisis: Memorandum for the President-Elect
by Tom Whipple, retired CIA analyst, columnist for the Falls Church (VA) News-Press, and editor of Peak Oil Review. Published November 6, 2008
The way things are shaping up, in less than three months you will be in charge of solving the direst set of crises since the ones [...]

Tucson is ideal locale for a ‘Green New Deal’
By David Schaller, published November 6, 2008
SPECIAL TO THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson has not been immune to the great economic turmoil of the past year. In recent weeks, the crisis hit home as retail and home sales plunged, financial institutions were shaken, budgets cut and jobs lost.
The [...]