Neighborhoods/Urban Villages/Cities

Affiliated Organizations

• Barrio Santa Rita Park Neighborhood Association
  
• Canelo Project
  "A small non-profit dedicated to the exploration and education of natural, local and artistic building techniques Workshops in straw bale, earthen and lime plasters...
• Community Gardens of Tucson
  
• Desert Harvesters
  Desert Harvesters is a volunteer -run, grassroots organization based in Tucson. We strive to promote, celebrate, and enhance, local food security and production by encouraging the planting of indigenous, food-bearing shade trees (such as the Velvet mesqui
• Development Center for Appropriate Technology
  "...promoting a shift to sustainable construction and development through leadership, strategic relationships and education."
• Learn to fix a house
  
• Pro Neighborhoods
  
• Tucson Sustainability Forum Report 2008
  
• Volunteer Center of Southern Arizona
  The Youth Volunteer Corps (YVC) is a program for youth ages 11-18. We provide service learning and leadership opportunities in several different areas including the environment, animals, children, seniors, homelessness, hunger, social justice and more...

Other Local Organizations

• Terrasante Community
  "Permaculture, organic and biodynamic farming practices, earth architecture, earth as sculpture, architecture as art, and environmentally conscious design..."

Other Resources

• Learn to fix a house
  
• Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan (Pima County)
  "What Pima County has now achieved is the integration of all natural resource protection and land use planning activities into one plan."
• 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
• Tucson Sustainability Forum Report 2008
  
• Urban Environmental Accords
  Signed by 50 cities worldwide (including Tucson) in 2005, the accords outline 21 steps toward sustainability.
• US Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement
  The City of Tucson signed this agreement in 2006.

Global Organizations

• City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development
  
• 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
• EcoCity Builders
  
• 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.
• US Green Building Council
  Green building certification, professional training & accreditation, educational resources...

Local Discussion Groups

• Tucson Permaculture discussion group
  Getting started with projects like growing food, harvesting rainwater, harnessing solar energy? This email discussion group is a good place to post questions, share knowledge, and make connections.

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.
• 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

• City of Tucson Office of Conservation and Sustainable Development
  "OCSD delivers policies and programs that integrate efforts related to energy efficiency, renewable resources, waste reduction and recycling, resource conservation, climate change, green building, and smart growth."
• Environmental Accords/Green Cities Declaration and Sustainability Committee (City of Tucson)
  Facilitates and monitors the City's progress on the Environmental Accords/Green Cities Declaration and the Kyoto Treaty and advise Mayor and Council on ways to best meet the goals set out in those documents.
• Pima Association of Governments
  Pima Association of Governments is a nonprofit metropolitan planning organization with Transportation Planning, Environmental Planning and Technical Services divisions.
• Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan (Pima County)
  "What Pima County has now achieved is the integration of all natural resource protection and land use planning activities into one plan."

Articles

• Green Audit: Congregation Initiative Workshop
  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...
• Grant Road Planning
  Mobility & Urban Villages - The new Face of Tucson Actions on Transportation The Grant Road Improvement Plan process is developing a vision and plan for major changes to Grant Road. This project is part of the recently adopted Regional Transportation Authority plan (RTA), funded by a 1/2¢ Sales Tax...

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