Archive for the 'Education / Awareness' Category


ST Growth Question in AZ Daily Star, addressed by Bill Roe

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

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 concerns, and distributed it to attendees. [View and [...]

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How Churches can “Go Green” - being good stewards to creation

Friday, March 14th, 2008

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 it out at http://creationcare.pbcob.org/
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Collaboration Tools

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

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 more effectively.
Anyone may register, but to use the [...]

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Ten Ways to Prepare for a Post-Oil Society

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

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.
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Editor’s Note: James Howard Kunstler is a leading writer on the topic of peak [...]

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U.S. Green Building Council

Wednesday, December 27th, 2006

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 responsible, profitable and healthy places [...]

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Sustainable Ecopreneurship Course at ASU

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

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 to develop the Sustainable LPEC program and to deliver it twice during the 2007-2008 academic year. [...]

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