Education / Awareness


Affiliated Organizations

  • Arizona Association for Environmental Education
    "...working to enhance the quality of environmental education in Arizona and to advance professionalism among all who are involved with environmental education"
  • Center for Sustainable Environments
    "CSE is a national leader in university-based sustainability science" (Northern Arizona University)
  • Community Food Security Center
    "... supporting community organizations, schools and individuals in becoming more food secure through education, advocacy, food production and desert gardening, and providing healthy food access through markets."
  • DAWN SouthWest: Natural Building Workshops
    "DAWN SouthWest offers Workshops and other Resources for Sustainable Building and Permaculture enthusiasts."
  • Ironwood Tree Experience
    "...empowering young people through active, mindful and educational eco-programs that cultivate a holistic sense of community."
  • Natural Systems Solutions
    "community sustainability education and consulting services"
  • Sonoran Kitchen Gardens
    "We started Sonoran Kitchen Gardens to make sure every school in the Sonoran bioregion has a drylands kitchen garden linked into our local food economy."

Other Local Organizations

  • azure education
    AZURE is an education-outreach partnership between Arizona’s electric utility companies, designed to educate Arizonans about renewable energy resources
  • Community Food Security Center
    "... supporting community organizations, schools and individuals in becoming more food secure through education, advocacy, food production and desert gardening, and providing healthy food access through markets."
  • Ecosa Institute
    "Unique sustainable design programs for architecture and design undergraduates, graduates, AND sustainable career explorers" (Prescott, AZ)
  • Environmental Education Exchange
    "...comprehensive consulting services to assist in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of environmental education programs."
  • Prescott College
    "For the Liberal Arts and the Environment"
  • Sonoran Kitchen Gardens
    "We started Sonoran Kitchen Gardens to make sure every school in the Sonoran bioregion has a drylands kitchen garden linked into our local food economy."
  • Sustainable Seafood Program - Desert Museum
    Resources on sustainable seafood choices (including a downloadable wallet card), with a special focus on the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez).

Local Businesses

Other Resources

  • The Cat Scan
    A University of Arizona, student-run publication on sustainability.
  • Tucson Green Magazine
    A monthly publication focusing on Sustainable Living, Community Spirit, Home and Garden, Natural Health, Good Food, Style and Arts, the Outdoors, Social Consciousness, and the Products, Services, Economics and Activities of

Global Organizations

  • City Repair.org
    "helping people reclaim their urban spaces to create community-oriented places."
  • Community Solution
    Community Service, Inc. (CSI), founded in 1940, is a non-profit organization that educates on the benefits and values of small local community living. We envision a world where people live sustainably and cooperatively in local communities which are diver
  • Groundwater Awareness League, Inc.
    a not-for-profit educational group organized to inform the public regarding the dangerous levels of depletion and pollution of groundwater in Arizona. The group encourages scientific research, synthesis of data from various water agencies, and formulating
  • Inhabitat.com
    A weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.

Publications/Media Resources

  • Inhabitat.com
    A weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.
  • The Cat Scan
    A University of Arizona, student-run publication on sustainability.
  • Tucson Green Magazine
    A monthly publication focusing on Sustainable Living, Community Spirit, Home and Garden, Natural Health, Good Food, Style and Arts, the Outdoors, Social Consciousness, and the Products, Services, Economics and Activities of

Government Relations

Articles

  • ST Growth Question in AZ Daily Star, addressed by Bill Roe
    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...
  • How Churches can "Go Green" - being good stewards to creation
    The Arizona Ecumenical Council is compiling a list of churches who have "Gone Green" through various programs, hiking, camping and gardening clubs and more. One church we know of is Papago Buttes Church of the Brethren in Scottsdale who have even dedicated a special website for these issues. Check...
  • Collaboration Tools
    The Living Directory The Living Directory is a “network of trust” that serves dozens of groups worldwide. Sustainable Tucson is one of those groups, and everyone involved in the coalition is encouraged to register and post their information so that we might know about one another and collaborate...
  • Ten Ways to Prepare for a Post-Oil Society
    Ten Ways to Prepare for a Post-Oil Society By James Howard Kunstler, Kunstler.com. Posted February 10, 2007. The best way to feel hopeful about our looming energy crisis is to get active now and prepare for living arrangements in a post-oil society. EnviroHealth RSS Feed Editor's Note: James Howard...
  • U.S. Green Building Council
    Here is some general info on the USGBC, as well as what the Arizona Chapter/Southern Arizona Branch aims to do here in our state. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is the nation’s foremost coalition of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally...
  • Sustainable Ecopreneurship Course at ASU
    ASU Technopolis Sustainable Launch Prep Entrepreneurship Course (LPEC) Overview The Sustainable Launch Prep Entrepreneurship Course (Sustainable LPEC) is a program sponsored by Salt River Project (SRP) and the National Collegiate Inventors and Investors Alliance (NCIIA). The NCIIA has provided a grant...