[ Saturday, March 27, 2010; 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] The 4th Annual Solar Rock Festival will be held on March 27th from noon to 6pm at Himmel Park, south east of Speedway and Tucson Blvd. This Free solar powered festival includes an outstanding lineup of local talent including Spirit Familia, Run Boy Run, Kevin Pakulis, Bruce Phillips, Drama Club, Leila Lopez, the winner of [...]

[ Saturday, March 20, 2010; 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Join us for a day of art and exploration!
This is your chance to connect with local artists and see their works up close. The excursion includes tours of sculptors’ workshops, installations, and art galleries, plus a mid-morning coffee stop and lunch afterwards at Acacia Restaurant. Large comfortable vans take us from location to location so [...]

[ Friday, March 26, 2010 12:00 pm to Sunday, March 28, 2010 9:00 pm. ] Celebrate our most precious and endangered resource -WATER -with the The Water Project: Tucson’s Synergistic Water Festival on March 26-28, 2010. This event combines the energy of Tucson’s sustainability community with the vibrant arts community to provide an opportunity for the public to experience a festive collaboration, learn about water issues and have some fun!

This [...]

[ Saturday, January 16, 2010; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] A Community Celebration of Sharing, Reusing, and Recycling. Bring something to share: useful items, a vegetarian snack, music or poetry, skills (haircuts, painting, knitting, etc.), or just your smile. Take home what you need or want.

3rd Saturday of every month at Himmel Park. Meet east of the tennis courts at 1st Street and Tucson Blvd.

No [...]

This editorial by Nicholas Kristof for the New York Times at first seems to be a plug for living in Costa Rica. In fact, it is filled with numerous links to measures of happiness and well-being, many of which incorporate assessments of sustainability. You can review this article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/opinion/07kristof.html

[ Saturday, April 17, 2010; 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. ] Tucson\’s 16th Annual Earth Day Festival and Parade will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Reid Park. The theme for the 2010 Festival is “All Species Deserve a Place on Earth!”  All species great and small – insects, plants and animals – the Earth needs them all!

Exhibits related to the environment will include [...]

A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward. This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward.  Not only does it read the opposite, the [...]

[ Thursday, January 14, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Come help plan the Water Festival! Come to the Brainstorming Gathering.

Doors open / Sign in: 6pm
Discussion / Activities: 6:30-8:30pm
Armory Park Center
220 S. 5th Avenue, Tucson AZ
(On 5th Avenue, South of 12th St)

At the Community Brainstorm Gathering you will have the opportunity to:

Learn more about the festival
Collaboratively map ideas about water issues
Sign up for preferred levels [...]

[ Monday, February 8, 2010; 5:45 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The focus of the Sustainable Tucson General Meeting will be Food Sustainability. On February 8, your view of food sustainability in Tucson ’s future may change forever. The Sustainable Tucson Working Group on Food & Agriculture will engage your mind and your tastebuds in thinking about the sources of food in Tucson, Pima County and [...]

[ Thursday, November 19, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] A Community Brainstorming Gathering is scheduled for Thursday, November 19th, 6:30-8:30pm (doors open at 6pm) at the Armory Park Center, 220 S. 5th Avenue. The Brainstorming Gathering is being organized in support of the Water Project being planned for March 26-28, 2010. The Water Project is a participatory festival that celebrates, educates, and facilitates creative [...]

Please listen to this powerful appeal to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development by a young woman of 13, wise beyond her years: http://media.causes.com/510213

[ Saturday, September 26, 2009; 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Everyone is welcome to come enjoy the ever-growing display of Artisans! Taking place in the outer-space surrounding \’4th & 4th\’- right
in the Heart of Tucson. Hosting Musical/Performance Acts on our main-shaded porch. A variety of local arts and crafts vendors will be present, as well with their works up for purchase- a great place to [...]

[ Thursday, September 3, 2009 to Sunday, September 6, 2009. ]

Hocofest Music & Audio Con 2009 is a celebration of all things music, solar & sustainable during Labor Day Weekend in sunny Tucson, AZ- home to one of the best indie music scenes in the States.
Hocofest will take over the East quarter of downtown Tucson September 4-6, 2009, enjoy over [...]

[ Wednesday, June 17, 2009 to Sunday, June 21, 2009. ] 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.

Early Registration Discount extended: $369 for members, seniors and students [...]

[ Saturday, March 28, 2009; 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Himmel Park

South of Speedway and East Of Tucson Blvd

12 noon to 6pm

[ Monday, February 23, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Event Name:    Artists Organize to Help Solve the Economic Crisis
Description:    We will hold our second organizing meeting and potluck. Our goal is to build political capital and demonstrate the value of the arts in the economic recovery process. 1) How does the economic recession impact you and/or your organization? 2) What are you doing in [...]

[ Wednesday, February 25, 2009; 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. ] 2009 Economic Forum: Creative Strategies for Economic Recovery
In an effort to put our minds together, share and gather information, enhance our collective capacities, and meet the challenges we all face in economic revitalization, the Tucson Pima Arts Council will host the Economic Forum: Creative Strategies for Economic Recovery. Facilitated by, Hildy Gottlieb, Community Driven Institute [...]

JANUARY General meeting — Organizing questions:
How can we get past the barriers that keep groups separated?
What needs to happen to create cooperation and inspiration instead of divisiveness and perhaps violence?
How do we shift our thinking to value relationships and peace and quiet over acquiring stuff and consuming stuff?
What can we do to recreate a more [...]

[ Thursday, March 20, 2008; 7:00 pm; Thursday, March 27, 2008; 7:00 pm; Thursday, April 3, 2008; 7:00 pm; Thursday, April 10, 2008; 7:00 pm; ]
Viewing for 4-part series “The Planet” at outdoor theater at Lee Stanlye’s house
Thursday Nights starting March 20, 7pm

1327 N. 4th ave.
Follow lighted path to yard/theater
882-9899

February 2008 Quote:
“The longer you postpone the necessary, the more expensive becomes the inevitable.” said Chancellor Angela Merkel, the German head of state, regarding the need for decisive, cooperative actions to stabilize the climate. This quote represents the kind of leadership we need much more of at all levels says SustainableTucson member Bob Cook. “We [...]