Archive for the 'SUSTAINABILITY TOOLS & TECHNIQUES' Category


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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Tucson City Manager Invites Public Voices

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Tucson City Manager Invites Public Voices;
Sustainability and Culture are Priorities
Dateline March 7, Tucson, AZ
by Lindianne Sarno
Mike Hein, City Manager of Tucson, spoke March 6 at a breakfast meeting of the Sun Belt World Trade Association. He has worked for several Southern Arizona local governments including South Tucson, Nogales, Marana, Pima County, and now the [...]

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Local Economies, Local Choices

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Independence from the Corporate Global Economy
by Ethan Miller
http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=1545
The old story says we have to depend on big corporations. The new story tells us we can earn a livelihood, gain freedom, and build community through cooperation.
Call it “globalization,” or the “free market,” or “capitalism.” Whatever its name, people across the United States and throughout the world [...]

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Sustainable Business Institute - recommended website

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Vision
The SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS INSTITUTE (SBI) is the premier catalyst for the business community and public to take the lead in implementing equitable worldwide sustainability practices.
Mission
To benefit the public through outreach initiatives that encourage business leaders to identify, create, implement and communicate economically viable sustainability practices.
How does SBI accomplish its mission?
SBI educates business leaders and the [...]

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Eco-Results - Putting People Back into Nature

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Working together to heal the West
www.ecoresults.org
Norm Lowe, Gail Lowe, Dan Dagget
Though EcoResults! is a startup enterprise, the people responsible for it have served as pioneers in creating collaborative, results-based solutions to Western environmental challenges.
Dan Dagget, environmentalist and author, literally wrote the book on the subject of applying collaborative solutions to Western ecosystems, Dagget’s book, Beyond [...]

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