Economy

Affiliated Organizations

  • Beantree Farm
    consulting/design services, education, workshops, tours, permaculture, green building, earth/cob/straw/recycled materials building, integrated passive/active low energy/water community design, local/native foods, food security, educational staycations, na
  • Community Information Resource Center
    "a networking hub and information source dedicated to building a better world."
  • Oro Valley First
    "working actively to ensure the vitality of the local, independent businesses in our area."
  • Tucson Time Traders
    Tucson's local TimeBank - we are a network of people who trade an hour of work for an hour of work. TimeBanking allows people to trade assistance, and helps build healthy communities.

Other Local Organizations

  • Local First Arizona
    "We are the locally-owned, independent businesses that are the backbone of the Arizona economy. "
  • Sonora Arizona Local Living Economy (SALLE)
    "Our mission is to promote and improve the conditions of the locally owned, independent business community Pima, Cochise, and Santa Cruz counties."
  • Southern Arizona Holistic Chamber of Commerce
    "non-profit organization for business people of all industries who embrace a holistic attitude toward business and life."
  • Tucson Time Traders
    Tucson's local TimeBank - we are a network of people who trade an hour of work for an hour of work. TimeBanking allows people to trade assistance, and helps build healthy communities.

Local Businesses

  • EcoTech Publications
    family-owned technical writing and editing service
  • Greener Lives LLC
    A licensed, full-service interior design firm that specializes in healthy and sustainable interiors
  • Sustainable Bags
    Reusable totes, bioplastic garbage bags, education kits...
  • Tucson Time Traders
    Tucson's local TimeBank - we are a network of people who trade an hour of work for an hour of work. TimeBanking allows people to trade assistance, and helps build healthy communities.

Other Resources

  • Beantree Farm
    consulting/design services, education, workshops, tours, permaculture, green building, earth/cob/straw/recycled materials building, integrated passive/active low energy/water community design, local/native foods, food security, educational staycations, na
  • Greener Lives LLC
    A licensed, full-service interior design firm that specializes in healthy and sustainable interiors

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  • Pima County Food Systems Alliance - Meeting & Potluck - January 31
    On January 31st, there will be a meeting of the Pima County Food Systems Alliance, at Tucson Village Farm, 4210 N Campbell Ave The Pima County Food Systems Alliance (PCFSA) is an open membership network comprised of a variety of groups and individuals—including but not limited to farmers, chefs, restaurants,...
  • Southern Arizona Green for All Coalition - January 24
    Green for All and The Southern Arizona Green for All Coalition (SAGAC) invite you to our first Tucson Meet and Greet information session. Join us on January 24th from 9:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. to learn more about how Tucson is engaging in a new initiative to build a broad-based coalition to address our...
  • Ten Good Things About a (Not So) Bad Year
    Ten Good Things About a (Not So) Bad Year Medea Benjamin, CommonDreams I had the privilege of starting out the year witnessing, firsthand, the unfolding of the Egyptian revolution in Tahrir Square. I saw people who had been muzzled their entire lives, especially women, suddenly discovering their collective...
  • The 12 most hopeful trends to build on in 2012
    The 12 most hopeful trends to build on in 2012 Published by YES! Magazine on Sat, 12/31/2011 Original article: http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/sarah-van-gelder/12-most-hopeful-trends-to-build-on-in-2012 by Sarah van Gelder Who would have thought that some young people camped out in lower Manhattan...
  • ST February Meeting - Climate Change in Tucson and the Southwest - Dr Jonathan Overpeck
    at DuVal Auditorium, University Medical Center, 1501 N Campbell Avenue Sustainable Tucson's February Meeting will be a special public lecture event in collaboration with the Tucson Audubon Society and the Community Water Coalition. University of Arizona climate scientist Dr. Jonathan Overpeck will speak...
  • ST statement of support for Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Tucson
    Sustainable Tucson's statement of support for the Occupy Wall Street movement and Occupy Tucson The mission of Sustainable Tucson is to create a community-wide network of people and organizations facilitating and accelerating Tucson's transition to sustainability through education and collaborative...
  • ST January Meeting - Topics and Working Groups for 2012
    at Joel D. Valdez Main Library 101 N. Stone, Downtown (free lower level parking off Alameda St) How do we "green" our homes and neighborhoods? How do we work together and contribute to each other? How do we prepare for climate change? Join us on January 9th to learn of some exciting efforts now underway...
  • Tucson Time Traders - Tucson's Local Timebank
    We're starting a local Timebank for the Tucson region, and hosting Timebank community potluck & orientation meetings on the 2nd Thursday every month at the Tucson Ward 3 Office (Grant & Vine). If you're interested in joining us, please sign up at tucson.timebanks.org/user/register, and come to an orientation...
  • Dreaming New Mexico - Peter Warshall - TEDxABQ video
    Dreaming New Mexico has built a map of pragmatic and visionary solutions to create a more localized and green economy with greater local self-reliance and enhanced prosperity. Peter Warshall is Co-Director of the Bioneers' Dreaming New Mexico Project, and a world-renowned water steward, biodiversity...
  • Empty Southwest - Where Did All the People Go?
  • $4B Public-private Program for Energy-efficiency planned
    The following national plan for investing in the energy-efficiency of our buildings is a further evolution of  Ed Mazria's 2009 Plan which Sustainable Tucson is suggesting as a model to develop a local green retrofit  stimulus program. See the Mazria Plan here: $4B public-private program for energy...
  • Inside Tucson's Civano Project
    Inside the Civano Project: A Case Study of Large-Scale Sustainable Neighborhood Development (Mcgraw-Hill's Greensource Series) 2009 By C. Alan Nichols and Jason A. Laros Forward by Sustainable Tucson -- Co-Founder Bob Cook Forward The following story is about a group of people who recognized a once-in-a-lifetime...
  • Oppose the Rosemont Mine - public meetings Dec 1st, 7th, 8th, 10th
    Thursday, Dec. 1, at Corona Foothills Middle School, 16705 S. Houghton Rd., from 5 to 9 PM (and see comments below for further meetings at other locations) From: Keith Willmarth Subject: Oppose the Rosemont Mine I am sending this message to mobilize informed opposition to the...
  • Pima County Food Systems Alliance - Meeting & Potluck - Nov 30
    On November 30th (this Wednesday) from 6-8 pm, there will be a large group meeting of the Pima County Food Systems Alliance (PCFSA) with a potluck at the Sam Lena Library (1607 S. 6th Ave, Tucson; call 520.594.5265 for directions) The Agenda is as follows: Welcome & Introduction (Nick) (5 min; 6:00-6:05) Presentation...
  • ST December Meeting - The Politics of Sustainability
    at Joel D. Valdez Main Library 101 N. Stone, Downtown (free lower level parking off Alameda St) Activism, Advocacy, and Political Action are ramping up all over the world.  Tucson is no exception, and so Sustainable Tucson begins an exploration into the realm of political expression and action, and...
  • 6 Burning Questions About the Violent Crackdowns on Occupations Around the Country
    6 Burning Questions About the Violent Crackdowns on Occupations Around the CountryBy Lynn Parramore, AlterNet Posted on November 15, 2011 http://www.alternet.org/story/153083/6_burning_questions_about_the_violent_crackdowns_on_occupations_around_the_countryOccurring without provocation, the Occupy crackdown...
  • Sustainable Tucson comments on proposed Rosemont Mine
    Sustainable Tucson comments on proposed Rosemont Mine Sustainable Tucson is a non-profit, grass-roots organization that builds regional resilience and sustainability through awareness raising, community engagement and public/private partnerships. We recognize the need to focus on sustainability within...
  • Ed Mazria's Two-Year, Nine-Million-Jobs Investment Plan
    By Caroline Dobuzinskis (Ed Mazria's  Revised One-Year, 4.5 Million-Jobs Investment Plan available here:) With the job market crashing and a reported one in five mortgages underwater, the need for complex solutions to fix the US economy grows increasingly urgent. Ed Mazria, founder of the non-profit...
  • 2012 Green Retrofit Stimulus Proposal for Tucson
    With half of all mortgaged homes “underwater” and owing more than their market value, housing prices continue to decline even after four years of collapsing prices. The ongoing global credit and debt crisis combined with declining house prices spell disaster for the home-building industry for at...
  • 2012 Green Retrofit Economic Stimulus Proposal for Tucson
    2012 Green Retrofit Economic Stimulus Proposal for Tucson With half of all mortgaged homes “underwater” and owing more than their market value, housing prices continue to decline even after four years of collapsing prices. The ongoing global credit and debt crisis combined with declining house prices...
  • "The world is looking straight into the face of a great depression".
    New recession threatens the globe as debt crisis grows by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - Telegraph  (UK)  published 11/10/11 Europe's escalating debt crisis has cast a black shadow over the world's fragile recovery, threatening to tip large parts of the global economy into a deep downturn and even outright...
  • ST's Tom Greco Gives Economics Talk at International Conference
    Sustainable Tucson founding coalition member, Tom Greco gives a presentation on his transformational model of economic change to the International Conference on Sustainability, Transition and Culture Change: Vision, Action, Leadership. This TED-like talk is video-streamed from the conference and is...
  • Saying No to WalMart, A Town Builds its Own Store
    Buying Underwear, Along With the Whole Store By AMY CORTESE SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. THE residents of Saranac Lake, a picturesque town in the Adirondacks, are a hardy lot — they have to be to withstand winter temperatures that can drop to 30 below zero. But since the local Ames department store went...
  • Tucson Time Traders - 2011 Nov
    We're starting a local Timebank for the Tucson region.  If you're interested in joining, please sign up at tucson.timebanks.org/user/register, and/or contact us by email - timetraders(at)sustainabletucson.org We'll be at the Sustainable Tucson General Meeting on Food Security on November 14 to give...
  • The Dark Side of the ‘Green’ City
    The Dark Side of the ‘Green’ City By Andrew Ross PHOENIX The struggle to slow global warming will be won or lost in cities, which emit 80 percent of the world’s greenhouse gases. So “greening” the city is all the rage now. But if policy makers end up focusing only on those who can afford the...
  • Adapting to Our New Economic Reality
    Welcome to the Post-Growth Economy "As humanity has chewed through the low-hanging fruit of our natural resources and has turned to lower-grade and more expensive ores and fuels, managers of the economy have attempted to keep growth going by piling up debt in the mistaken belief that it is money that...
  • Don't let Arizona regulators pull the plug on solar
    (from The Vote Solar Initiative www.votesolar.org) Friends, Your elected utility regulators at the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) are considering cutting funding for the state's solar programs. Can you help us urge the ACC to keep Arizona's solar growth and job creation on track? The ACC is currently...
  • Occupy Tucson Event: Tar Sands Keystone XL Pipeline Protest
    Event: Occupy Tucson: Tar Sands Keystone XL Pipeline: Decision by Obama on behalf of the American People Sunday, November 6, 11:30–12:30, followed by General Assembly meeting. Amory Park, 221 S. 6th Ave. ??? moved to Veinte de Agosto Park at Church & Congress ??? This Sunday, exactly one year before...
  • Move Your Money: Campaign grows to divest from "Too Big to Fail" banks to local banks, credit unions
    Published by Democracy Now! on Wed, 11/02/2011 Original article: http://www.democracynow.org/2011/11/1/move_your_money_campaign_grows_to by Amy Goodman As participants in the Occupy Wall Street movement continue protesting the record profits made by banks bailed out by taxpayer money, a group of grassroots...
  • Sustainability Lessons for the United States
    How Germany became Europe’s green leader: A look at four decades of sustainable policymaking by Ralph Buehler, Arne Jungjohann, Melissa Keeley, Michael Mehling In Brief Over the last 40 years, all levels of government in Germany have retooled policies to promote growth that is more environmentally...
  • ST November General Meeting - Food Security
    at  Joel D. Valdez Main Library 101 N. Stone, Downtown (free lower level parking off Alameda St) FOOD SECURITY What is it? ... Do we have it? ... What can we do about it? Please join us for the next Sustainable Tucson General Meeting, where we will begin to tackle the issue of creating a secure food...
  • Occupy Wall Street & the Climate Movement
    Subject: #OccupyWallStreet and the #Climate Movement From: organizers(at)350.org Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 19:49:56 +0000 Dear friends, I'm writing from New York City, where the Occupy Wall Street movement is taking off. What started as a small group of young people with a vague call to action is evolving...
  • ST Sustainability Book Sale
    Sustainable Tucson is offering a very special Book Sale fundraising event at our October  General Meeting. We have more than 150 titles, including some hard-to-find classics. The winter reading season is coming, so come and browse this rich collection of sustainability literature. You can shop with...
  • Regional Water Assessment Task Force ThinkTank Report
    иконописJoin an interactive community meeting to help shape the greater Tucson region's efforts to achieve a sustainable water future. This meetings will present the results of the . The meeting will be held at the Tucson Association of...
  • Tucson Time Traders - at Connect 2 Tucson - Sept 24
    We're starting a local Tucson Timebank soon.  If you're interested in joining, please pre-register below, and/or contact us by email - timetraders(at)sustainabletucson.org We will also be at the Connect 2 Tucson - Moving Planet event on September 24 to meet people and give information about time banking...
  • Massive default is best way to fix the economy
    Massive default is best way to fix the economy by Brett Arends - MarketWatch Clearing away the debt is the only way forward You want to fix this economic crisis? You want to put people back to work? You want to light a fire under the economy? There’s a way to do it. Fast. And relatively simple. But...
  • Updated Primer on Ongoing Financial Crisis
    The Automatic Earth is a unique, one-stop website which presents the world's best current writing on the ongoing financial and economic crises. The following Primer lists key articles and analyses written by the Automatic Earth team. Nicole Foss (aka Stoneleigh) writes: It is time to undertake the yearly...
  • What is building Resilience and Sustainability?
    Sustainability is the capacity to continue a desired condition or process either social, ecological or both. Resiliency is the ability of a system to adjust its configuration and function under disturbance. Both concepts are important as we seek to ensure a sustainable built-environment and economy...
  • The peak oil crisis: reality on hold
    The peak oil crisis: reality on holdby Tom Whipple As much of America bakes in some of the highest temperatures ever recorded and while Washington argues interminably over taxes, budget cuts and debt caps, one is struck by the unreality of it all. When the House of Representatives votes to preserve...
  • Welcome to the Post-Growth Economy
    Welcome to the Post-Growth Economy by Richard Heinberg During recent weeks, evidence has piled up that U.S. and European economies, far from recovering, are swirling back into recession. Failure of American politicians to address the federal debt crisis, the U.S. credit rating downgrade, and increasing...
  • Seed School - Native Seeds/SEARCH
    October 30th - November 4, 2011 at the NS/S Conservation Center - 3584 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ Join NS/S Executive Director Bill McDorman and special guests for a 6-day immersion into a new regional and sustainable seed production and distribution system. Bill is a 30 year veteran of the seed industry...
  • What does a food cooperative do and why is it important?
    Monthly Community Series - Ideas, Conversation, Food - 3rd Monday of every Month Sep. 19, 2011, 5:30-7:30p, Native Seeds/SEARCH Retail Store, 3061 N. Campbell Ave. Guest Speaker, Coley Ward, Marketing Mgr., Food Conspiracy Cooperative, "What does a food cooperative do and why is it important?" Door...
  • Forum on flat income tax
    If you think the idea of a flat tax on income is a good idea because it sounds simple and fair, come to this forum and learn what it will really mean to Arizona taxpayers if it passes in 2012.  For example, the taxes on 8 out of 9 Arizonans will increase! This free event will feature panelists Dr....
  • SEKEM: A visionary Egyptian desert project
    Learn about an important example of sustainable development in Egypt. SEKEM, founded by Ibrahim Abouleish, winner of the Right Livelihood Award -- the "Alternative Nobel" Sekem: Born of the sun  5:17 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-D23-OjmoM&feature=fvsr Ibrahim Abouleish - Founder Sekem Group  ...
  • "We are experiencing a high level of uncertainty"
    August 4th , 2011 from CNBC.com Dow Sinks 500, Worst Day Since Dec. 2008 Stocks plunged sharply Thursday, with the Dow down more than 500 points, in its worst one-day drop since December 2008. All three major averages tumbled into negative territory for the year as investors were rattled over...
  • August ST Film Night  "First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture
    Sustainable Tucson General Meeting Monday, August 8th,  5:45 - 8:00 pm Joel D. Valdez Main Library 101 N. Stone (free lower level parking - off Alameda St This month's General Meeting will continue our project on "Becoming a Desert Community" by presenting films relevant to desert natural buildings ...
  • Home Food Production Workshops
    The PRO Neighborhoods Newsletter informs us that: The Community Food Bank's Community Food Resource Center will team up with the Pima County Library system in June to present a series of workshops on Sustainability and Home Food Production June 11th, 18th, 23rd and 25th. See details here. The workshops...
  • Home Food Production Workshops
    The PRO Neighborhoods Newsletter informs us that: The Community Food Bank's Community Food Resource Center will team up with the Pima County Library system in June to present a series of workshops on Sustainability and Home Food Production. The workshops are free and open to the public. Pre-registration...
  • Monsoon Gardening Workshop
    320 N. Commerce Park Loop, Sentinel Building, Rillito/Sabino Room. Growing a Monsoon Vegetable Garden. Learn how some simple techniques and carefully choosing delicious and desert-adapted varieties of corn, squash, beans, melons, and others can make your vegetable garden a success during this upcoming...
  • Moving Day for Santa Cruz River Farmers' Market