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."
  • Sonoran Permaculture Guild
    An excellent resource for all people wanting to design systems guided by ecology, including building, food production and water harvesting. The site also features workshops taught by Tucson's experts in the field.
  • Tucson Audubon Society
    A leading environmental non-profit organization celebrating and protecting flora, fauna, and ecosystems.

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).
  • Tucson Audubon Society
    A leading environmental non-profit organization celebrating and protecting flora, fauna, and ecosystems.
  • University of Arizona Sustainability Site
    UA Sustainability Site
  • UofA Sustainability Centers
    Various Centers for Sustainability in conjunction with the University of Arizona.

Local Businesses

Other Resources

  • Faith Voices .org
    Faith Voices seeks to educate the wider public about the shared values, issues, and ethical concerns of religious people and their organizations. It enhances community interconnections among its diverse member organizations to coordinate efforts to educat
  • Sonoran Permaculture Guild
    An excellent resource for all people wanting to design systems guided by ecology, including building, food production and water harvesting. The site also features workshops taught by Tucson's experts in the field.
  • Synanim - group idea distilling and document writing
    Synanim is social software that enables participants to quickly develop ideas in small groups online. As easy as sending e-mail, It guides you and your group through a series of writing and sharing steps. Each participant benefits from the best ideas, an
  • 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
  • University of Arizona Sustainability Site
    UA Sustainability Site
  • UofA Sustainability Centers
    Various Centers for Sustainability in conjunction with the University of Arizona.

Global Organizations

  • Bountiful Backyards (Durham, NC)
    Bountiful Backyards is an edible landscaping collective with a radical vision for the future. It starts with the attainable ideal of transforming the relationship that people have with food and their communities. From kitchen gardens and composting to n
  • 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
  • Faith Voices .org
    Faith Voices seeks to educate the wider public about the shared values, issues, and ethical concerns of religious people and their organizations. It enhances community interconnections among its diverse member organizations to coordinate efforts to educat
  • 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.
  • Institute for Responsible Technology
    A leading spokesperson on the risks of genetically modified (GM) foods, Jeffrey Smith started this organization to promote the responsible use of technology, and stop GM foods and crops through both grassroots and national strategies.
  • Synanim - group idea distilling and document writing
    Synanim is social software that enables participants to quickly develop ideas in small groups online. As easy as sending e-mail, It guides you and your group through a series of writing and sharing steps. Each participant benefits from the best ideas, an
  • We Campaign
    "The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. Our ultimate aim is to halt global warming. Specifically we are educating people in the US

Local Discussion Groups

  • Synanim - group idea distilling and document writing
    Synanim is social software that enables participants to quickly develop ideas in small groups online. As easy as sending e-mail, It guides you and your group through a series of writing and sharing steps. Each participant benefits from the best ideas, an

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

  • Coming: New film 'In Transition'
    These are the emerging plans for the release of the Transition Movement's first major film, "In Transition."  Some of you watched an online screening of the unfinished version June 12-14th. Stage 2. Indie Screenings. We're planning then to make the film available via the Age of Stupid's Indie Screenings...
  • "The World According to Monsanto" film showing
    WHAT:  FREE public showing of The World According to Monsanto Monsanto's controversial past combines some of the most toxic products (e.g. PCBs and Agent Orange) ever sold with misleading reports, pressure tactics, collusion, and attempted corruption.  They now race to genetically engineer (and patent)...
  • Wet-Dry Mapping of Upper Cienega Creek
    4th Annual Wet/Dry Walk of upper Cienega Creek The Bureau of Land Management, The Nature Conservancy and Master Watershed Program are pleased to invite volunteers to help with the 4th annual wet-dry walk of upper Cienega Creek on the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area southeast of Tucson. Las...
  • Film Night: "City Repair" & "What a Way to Go"
    Lee Stanley presents: Thursday, May 21, 7:30 pm 1327 N. 4th Avenue At 7:30, May 21st I will show a fifteen minute short called : City Repair. City Repair is the story of a quintessential grassroots startup in Portland, OR who transform space into place. After that I will show 'What a way to Go.,,Life...
  • International IONS Conference ( Larry Dossey)
    13th International IONS Conference June 17 - 21, 2009 Marriott Star Pass Resort Join mind-body pioneer Larry Dossey, MD; Bruce Lipton, author of Biology of Belief, and other inspiring, thoughtful, and visionary people to explore insights in science, social innovation, and the world's wisdom traditions...
  • Sustainability Actions Everyone Can Do
    Sustainability Actions Everyone Can Do We in Tucson face an unprecedented sustainability crisis including economic meltdown, climate change, resource depletion, and unraveling of the social fabric.------- Every level of our community is important in the effort to mitigate and adapt to these inter-related...
  • EarthDay Conversation on Climate Action
    Spotlight Conversation on Climate Action Be a part of the Conversation! Wednesday, April 22, 2009      8 a.m.-12 p.m. The University of Arizona Student Union Grand Ballroom 1303 E. University Blvd.     FREE Registration www.tucsonaz.gov/ocsd/climateaction Contact Nicole Urban-Lopez for more...
  • Solar Rock
    Himmel Park South of Speedway and East Of Tucson Blvd 12 noon to 6pm
  • Registration for the Transition Town training: April 4,5
    TRANSITION TOWN TRAINING April 4 and 5, 2009 ~ La Placita Village, Tucson Click here for Registration Form Workshop Description: This two-day workshop is designed to provide a detailed introduction to the most important skills necessary to successfully set up, develop, and run a Transition project in...
  • The Power of Community (video /documentary on 1990 food & economy crisis in Cuba)
    Urban Food Growing in Havana Cuba: >>See Video How Cuba Survived Peak Oil: >> See Video The whole movie: When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the...