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posted April 2, 2018
At this month’s Sustainable Tucson meeting we will continue our investigation of water sustainability in Tucson. A five person panel of water experts from academia, government, and the community will present their viewpoints about what water sustainability means in Tucson and how we can achieve that goal. There will be a moderated question session and […]
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posted March 7, 2018
Sustainable Water Part 1 Our March Sustainable Tucson meeting will feature Beyond the Mirage: The Future of Water in the West, a film by Cody Sheehy, produced by the University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and the Water Resources Research Center (WRRC). As we in Tucson know all too well, “a […]
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posted December 29, 2017
What delicious food would you like to share with other STers? We’re looking forward to sharing good food with you at a potluck dinner at the next Sustainable Tucson meeting on January 9. The January Sustainable Tucson meeting will be a working potluck dinner. Our goal is to get to know one another, and to […]
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posted October 1, 2017
Here’s the UA’s former Institute for the Environment Director Jonathan Overpeck in his final interview with Metro Week. The August 11 program in which this interview was aired no longer appears on the UA’s podcast site for MetroWeek. Due to size limitations this 10 minute clip is presented in low resolution. LowResOverpeck
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posted in Energy, Food & Agriculture, Other Info / Topics, Water
posted July 23, 2017
How do we Build Our Sustainable Future Together? See the Entire Forum Sustainable Tucson, in collaboration with Local First Arizona and others, is hosting a City Council Candidates Forum on Wednesday, August 9, titled “Building Our Sustainable Future – Together”. All candidates from the three City wards with elections have been invited. Five candidates are […]
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posted July 6, 2017
July Workshop What are our best opportunities for action? What’s next? How do we get governments, businesses, financial organizations, educational institutions, and just plan folk to work together to make Tucson more sustainable and resilient? One answer is to know what we want … and then talk “amongst ourselves” – every chance we get. Come […]
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posted April 20, 2017
James Balog’s “Chasing Ice” is the Emmy-winning story of one person’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. This documentary brings to light the global life force of glaciers and the alarming rate at which they’re disappearing. Prepare for the People’s Climate March by joining the journey […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis
posted April 20, 2017
Citizens Climate Lobby/Tucson, Climate Reality/Tucson, and 350.org/Tucson present a “Climate Change Teach-in” April 26, 6:30-8:30 pm. Unitarian Universalist Church at 4831 E. 22nd. St.
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posted April 20, 2017
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Southwest Folklife Alliance are screening a 15-minute documentary — produced by the College of SBS and SFA — titled “Food, Water, and Traditional Knowledge in Arid Lands.” The film emerged from the Food and Water in Arid Lands conference held at the UA this spring. Following […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Food & Agriculture
posted April 17, 2017
For more than 200 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has had primary responsibility for water resource operations on most major U.S. river systems. Managing the impacts of climate variability and change is a significant challenge; projections of specific, possible threats and impacts to regional scale hydrology are still uncertain enough that explicit […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis
posted April 17, 2017
Join us for this powerful talk with environmental advocate, philosopher, and award-winning author Kathleen Dean Moore, Ph.D as we examine our motivations and obligations to extend engaged compassionate action toward the environment. Climate change may be an economic and technological problem. But fundamentally, it is a moral problem, and it calls for a moral response. […]
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posted April 13, 2017
May 18-19 — UA ENR2 See Local First Arizona for more information
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posted in Calendar Events, Economy, Food & Agriculture
posted April 13, 2017
Tuesday, May 2 — Arizona Riverpark Inn, 777 W. Cushing Street Wednesday, May 3 — Marana Middle School, Cafeteria, 11285 W. Grier Road, Marana The Arizona Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration are hosting public meetings to present corridor alternatives for the proposed interstate 11 between Nogales and Wickenburg. More information and talking […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Sustainability Tools, Sustainability Trends & Threats, Transportation
posted April 13, 2017
Come one, come all. You don’t have to be artistic! We will have examples of slogans or bring your own! Bring art supplies or donate them. We will have some too. Workshop 1 Friday, April 14, 3 pm – 7 pm Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery and Workshop 218 E. 6th Street Workshop 2 Thursday, […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Politics & Activism
posted April 13, 2017
Saturday, April 29, 10 am-2 pm — El Presidio Park, 175 W. Alameda Street Stand together to protect our climate, our health, and our communities! https://www.facebook.com/events/384421951933357/ https://www.facebook.com/ClimateMarchTucson/
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posted April 13, 2017
Wednesday, April 26, 6:30-8:30 pm — Unitarian Universalist Church, Goddard Hall, 4831 E. 22nd Street Free and open to the public For more information
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posted April 13, 2017
Wednesday, April 26, 5:30-7:30 pm — Laura Tanzer Atelier, 410 N. Toole, #110 Free and open to the public For more information & to RSVP
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posted in Calendar Events, Recycling & Waste Management
posted April 13, 2017
Tucson Earth Day Festival Saturday, April 22, 10:00 am-2:00 pm — Tucson Children’s Museum, 200 S. 6th Avenue Free and open to the public, with free admission to the Museum all day Eco-friendly exhibits and hands-on activities — for kids of all ages! Interested exhibitors can register through April 7. www.tucsonearthday.org
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posted in Calendar Events, Conferences & Festivals, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Nature Conservation, Politics & Activism, Sustainability Tools, Sustainability Trends & Threats
posted April 13, 2017
Friday, April 21, 11:00 am-2:00 pm — University of Arizona Mall
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Conferences & Festivals, Energy, Politics & Activism
posted April 13, 2017
Thursday, April 13, 6:00 pm — Unitarian Universalist Church, patio, 4831 E 22nd Street Free and open to the public Chasing Ice is the Emmy winning story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Patio: film begins at dusk. www.tucsonsolidarity.org/calendar For more information, email […]
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posted April 13, 2017
Thursday, April 13, 5:00-9:00 pm — Borderlands Brewing Company, 119 E. Toole Avenue Bring any extra art supplies, old bedsheets/blank t-shirts that you can share. 10% of sales that evening will be donated to expenses for the Climate March. This event also includes April’s Green Drinks Tucson.
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Politics & Activism
posted March 9, 2017
Join future friends from around Tucson who want to Learn to Grow, Eat and Share lots of delicious local food, at the kickoff Community Potluck of the Food Resilience Project of Feeding Tucson/Sustainable Tucson. The potluck is March 25 from 4:00 to 6:30 near County Club and 22nd. Find out more at the Food Resilience […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Food & Agriculture, Neighborhoods & Urban Villages, Politics & Activism
posted February 27, 2017
How can we build supportive relationships with our neighbors in a world that is fragmented by everything from automobiles to zoning to the internet to globalization? How do we remain secure in a world where we have almost no things stored here (like food) and nearly everything we have is made someplace else in the […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Front Page, Headline, Local News, Politics & Activism
posted February 6, 2017
Presenter: Jessie Pearl, PhD student, Department of Geosciences In this talk, Jessie will describe the science of dendrochronology— tree-ring dating — that was created at the world-renowned Laboratory of Tree Ring Research here at the University of Arizona. She will discuss the interpretation of tree-rings and show how this technique can provide especially valuable information […]
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posted February 6, 2017
The Office of Sustainability and Conservation is very excited to announce that local resource economist guru, Skip Laitner, will be our featured speaker for February’s Sustainability Brown Bag! He’ll be discussing his experience as the co-creator of Luxembourg’s strategic economic plan and how Pima County can use features of this plan to create a more […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Economy, Energy
posted February 6, 2017
Seminar by UA Center for Climate Adaptation Science & Solutions: “Transformational Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Water Sustainability in the Colorado River Basin” February 8 at 4:30 p.m. UA Campus, ENR2 Bldg. Room S0107, 1063 E. Ft. Lowell St. Speaker: Dave White, Professor, School of Community Resources and Development, Arizona State University Drawing from […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Water
posted January 12, 2017
Saturday Jan. 14th 2017 at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E Adams St, Tucson, AZ 85719. Please join our greater Tucson CCL group for our monthly meeting that starts with welcome and coffee at 9:30, our chapter meeting from 10:00 to 11:00am, followed by our international call. Meeting adjourns at 11:45. This month’s guest […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Energy
posted December 24, 2016
Our January General Meeting focuses on issues of how we communicate on Climate Change. To stimulate our discussion, we will view selections from a lecture titled “Climate Change in the American Mind,” by Anthony Leiserowitz, the Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. The program includes a reading by Susan Feathers (one of […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Education & Media, Front Page, Headline, Local News, ST Monthly Meetings
posted November 28, 2016
Speaker(s): Remy Franklin, Masters Candidate, School of Geography and Development Location: ENR2, Rm S230 School of Geography and Development MA Candidate Remy Franklin tells the story of COP22 from his perspective as an activist and observer with the youth advocacy organization, SustainUS. Sponsored by the Agnese Nelms Haury Program in Environment and Social Justice. Light […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Energy, Local News
posted November 11, 2016
Please join Sustainable Tucson for the November General Meeting, “Localizing Our Economy.” We’re excited to present speakers on two innovative tools for financing local entrepreneurs and stimulating the local economy. • Jim and Pamela Powers Hannley, from Arizonans for a New Economy, will speak on the benefits and possibility of creating an Arizona State Bank, […]
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posted October 25, 2016
Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 602 N. Wilmot Road, will discuss global climate change and the impact to the environment with five speakers, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29. An optional Mass begins at 8:30 a.m. According to press materials, speakers include: Katie Hirschboeck, associate professor of climatology for the University […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Local News
posted October 24, 2016
A Food and Water Conference, and a Celebration of Place WHAT: The 2016 ITKI ● UNESCO ● City of Gastronomy Conference in Tucson, Arizona, USA: Food and Water in Arid Lands: Dialogues across Contemporary and Traditional Knowledge WHEN: Opens on Friday, November 4, 2016 and concludes on Saturday, November 5 at 5pm, followed by a […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Conferences & Festivals, Food & Agriculture
posted September 19, 2016
The Institute of the Environment’s annual Fall Fest is back and better than ever, with a graduate student poster competition, amazing door prizes, good food and drink, and remarks from this year’s featured speaker, Rebecca Tsosie, on “Climate Justice, Indigenous Sustainability, and an Ethic of Place.” Come catch up with colleagues and enjoy the festivities […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Local News
posted September 15, 2016
Donate now to the Cyclovia Fall Fundraiser! Cyclovia Tucson is a program of Living Streets Alliance, a non-profit organization working to make our streets safe, vibrant places for everyone. All donations are 100% tax-deductible and every dollar we raise goes directly towards making Cyclovia an incredible experience for all.
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posted in Personal Lifestyle, Transportation
posted September 13, 2016
Join Rising Tide Tucson and others for a Solidarity Rally with the water protectors of Standing Rock resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline. We will be gathering on Wednesday September 14th at 4:30 at Bank of America downtown (33 N. Stone, between Congress and Pennington). Bank of America is one of many financial institutions investing in […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Energy, Local News, Politics & Activism, Sustainability Trends & Threats
posted September 13, 2016
In the first part of his talk, Dr. Fitch will define sustainable and regenerative building and why the concept is so important to society, natural environments, and the Earth’s Biosphere. He will then outline the steps and technologies of sustainable, regenerative building, using the solar-powered home he built in Redstone Canyon, Colorado, as an example. […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Local News, Personal Lifestyle, Sustainability Tools, Whole Systems & Planning
posted June 13, 2016
Along with The Loft Cinema and the UA Institute of the Environment, Sustainable Tucson will be co-presenting the film “A Time to Choose,” which will be shown June 15, at 7:30 pm, at The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Come early and visit with us at the Sustainable Tucson table on the patio. The […]
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posted April 20, 2016
Jihan Gearon is Executive Director of Black Mesa Water Coalition (BMWC), whose environmental justice/economic development work focuses on a region of the Navajo nation called Black Mesa. BMWC’s mission is to build a Just Transition away from the fossil fuel based economy of the Navajo Nation towards a green economy that uplifts the traditional economy, […]
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posted April 18, 2016
You are invited to a screening of the new film “Catching the Sun” on Friday, April 22nd at 7pm at Casa Video Film Bar at 2905 E Speedway Blvd. Catching The Sun is a feature length documentary that explores the global race to a clean energy future. The event will be done by donation, as […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Economy, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Local News, Politics & Activism, Water
posted April 6, 2016
We Need to Electrify As Much Transportation As We Can by Richard Heinberg Transcript: JESSICA DESVARIEUX, PRODUCER, TRNN: Welcome to the Real News Network. I’m Jessica Desvarieux in Baltimore. Folks are lining up to reserve electric car automaker Tesla’s Model 3. It’s considered to be one of the first electric cars for the mass market […]
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posted in Climate Crisis, Economy, Energy, Local News, News, Politics & Activism, Reference Info, Relocalization, Transportation
posted March 31, 2016
“Intro to Broadway Widening Project – Who What, When, Why: Why Are We Spending $74 Million and Destroying 30 Buildings in a Central Historic Area while Producing No Traffic Improvement?” Overview and background, an intro for people who are learning about the situation. By Dave Bilgray. http://www.sustainabletucson.org/2016/03/intro-to-broadway-project-who-what-when-why-why-why/ An excellent OpEd by Tucson architect Bob […]
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posted in Climate Crisis, Economy, Energy, Government, Local News, Neighborhoods & Urban Villages, Politics & Activism, Relocalization, Transportation
posted March 31, 2016
Why Are We Spending $74 Million and Destroying 30 Buildings in a Central Historic Area while Producing No Traffic Improvement? The Broadway Improvement Project is not needed, and will provide no benefit to the residents of Tucson. The City’s own data shows that widening Broadway will provide only a 6-second improvement in travel time. […]
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posted March 31, 2016
Has HDR Engineers done what they were hired to do? Here is the scope of work The phrases below are excerpted from the 2011 Scope of Work issued by COT Dept. of Procurement for the Broadway Project used to issue the contract to HDR Engineering. The consultant is to establish “an innovative and context […]
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posted March 31, 2016
There are large differences from the base alignment that the Citizen Task Force (CTF) recommended and the Mayor and Council adopted in May 2015. They are: 1. Many more buildings, historic and businesses, will be acquired and demolished. It appears to be at a minimum around 30, not the 10 to 12 promised […]
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posted in Climate Crisis, Economy, Energy, Local News, Neighborhoods & Urban Villages, Politics & Activism, Relocalization, Transportation
posted March 31, 2016
1) The current alignment (the 30% design) ignores public input, which overwhelmingly advocated for preservation of the historic streetscape and local businesses. 2) The 30% design defies the direction of Mayor and Council, who approved an alignment that would have caused the loss of at most 11 historic buildings. The proposed 30% design will […]
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posted in Local News, Neighborhoods & Urban Villages, Politics & Activism, Relocalization, Transportation
posted March 31, 2016
XXX This is an urgent appeal to the Sustainability Community to show up and speak out for sustainability and reject an unnecessary road widening plan which will cost millions and do nothing for sustainable mobility and economic vitality. XXXXX We have limited opportunities to help shape decisions about urban form and public infrastructure which effect […]
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posted March 26, 2016
Analysis of RTA and COT’s own numbers shows widening Broadway will not cut travel times for cars or anyone else. So why are we spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars amidst a budget crisis? (A) The proposed work will have almost zero (~1.4%) benefit, as the Design Concept Report (DCR) data itself declares. (B) […]
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posted March 25, 2016
XXX Why would we spend $75 million for no appreciable improvement in traffic? XXX The City of Tucson is proposing to: XXX 1) Widen Historic Broadway even though traffic hasn’t increased for 20 years, 2) Demolish 30+ buildings and businesses, and 3) Ignore the community’s plea to design for a vibrant, history and place-preserving, […]
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posted in Calendar Events, Climate Crisis, Economy, Energy, Government, Green Building & Housing, Local, Local News, Neighborhoods & Urban Villages, Politics & Activism, Transportation