Archive for the 'Sustainability Trends & Threats' 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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Public Hearing: Rosemont Mine

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Date not yet set, but keep informed.
www.savethesantacruzaquifer.info

Ms. Jeanine A. Derby, Supervisor
USDA, Coronado Nat. Forest
300 W. Congress st., tucson, AZ 85701
520-388-8300

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Water troubles in the West may worsen

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

A study finds that man-made global warming has been steadily reducing snowpack along mountain ranges. States must make plans now to adapt, scientists say.
By Alan Zarembo, Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2008
Human-caused global warming has been shrinking the snowpack across the mountain ranges of the West for five decades, suggesting that the region’s long battle [...]

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James Hansen: Significant climate tipping points have been passed

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

While the world’s attention was on Bali in December 2007, a remarkable set of comments and predictions were made by Prof. James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute of Space Science and other scientists at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
They were made at a media briefing: “Climate tipping points: Are we [...]

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This crisis demands a reappraisal of who we are and what progress means

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

By George Monbiot, The Guardian (U.K.), December 4, 2007
Outdated figures have been hiding the full extent of climate change. But I am still advocating action, and not despair.
When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be done to stop it, they call [...]

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We are the people we have been waiting for

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

By Thomas L. Friedman, published December 2, 2007, The New York Times
It was 60 degrees on Thursday in Washington, well above normal, and as I slipped away for some pre-Christmas golf, I found myself thinking about a wickedly funny story that The Onion, the satirical newspaper, ran the other day: “Fall Canceled after 3 Billion [...]

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Invasive, Indeed

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

One species-Homo sapiens-consumes nearly a quarter of Earth’s natural productivity.

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Ordinary Citizen: Awareness Leads to Action

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

I became aware of global warming several years ago but did nothing because I did not know what to do. Then I heard of the light bulbs, using less water while showering, buying a water bottle to reuse instead of buying bottled water, etc. The list now goes on.
Then last year I began [...]

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What to Do? Taking Action in the Face of Collapse

Wednesday, August 1st, 2007

Creating a sustainable culture of peace based on progressive values starts with
facing what’s really going on, both internally and externally.
WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? Taking Action In The Face Of Collapse
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
By Carolyn Baker
Every time I write an article on collapse such as my most recent one “Happy
Independence Day; You Have [...]

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The Earth today stands in imminent peril

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

…and nothing short of a planetary rescue will save it from the environmental cataclysm of dangerous climate change. Those are not the words of eco-warriors but the considered opinion of a group of eminent scientists writing in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
By Steve Connor, Science Editor, The Independent (UK) published June 19, 2007
Six scientists from some [...]

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