On June 24, Sustainable Tucson Core Team members Susan Williams and Bob Cook attended the Water Resources Research Center’s (WRRC) 2008 conference, entitled “The Importance of the Colorado River for Arizona’s Future.” This article is their report of the conference, which first appeared in Tucson Green Magazine in August 2008
There is one notion that everyone [...]

“You can solve all your pollution problems and supply-line needs through a garden.”
Permaculture turns Middle East salt flat into sustaining harvest.

[Longer version: Making of interview before and after]

The City of Tucson and Pima County invite your early input into the recently launched Joint City/County Water and Wastewater Planning Study. They invite you to share your input on how to make the study process open, inclusive and transparent by submitting your suggestions to us in writing or by attending the upcoming meetings. Also [...]

[ Wednesday, April 23, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] NOTICE OF MEETING

City / County Water & Wastewater Study Oversight Committee
(Also known as the Regional Water Study Oversight Committee)

Pursuant to A.R.S. 38-431.02, notice is hereby given to the members of the above-named Study
Oversight Committee and to the general public that the Committee will hold a meeting open to
the public on:

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
6:00 P.M.
Manning [...]

[ Tuesday, June 24, 2008; ] The Water Resources Research Center at the University of Arizona, in collaboration with the Central Arizona Project, is pleased to announce that registration is now open for our 2008 annual conference.

The Importance of the Colorado River to Arizona’s Future
Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

We have put together an exciting and diverse [...]

[ Thursday, April 3, 2008; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] WRRC BROWN BAG SEMINAR
http://cals.arizona.edu/AZWATER

Title:
Conserve to Enhance: Voluntary Municipal Water Conservation to
Support Environmental Restoration

Speaker:
Sharon Megdal, Director, UA Water Resources Research Center
Joanna Bate, Graduate Research Assistant, WRRC

Date:
Thursday, April 3, 2008, 12:00 to 1:30 pm

Amidst growing demands for water in almost all water use [...]

By Katherine Kizilos, published December 5, 2007 by The Age (Australia)
The inventor of permaculture is among those calling for backyard farmers to be freed from water restrictions. Katherine Kizilos reports.
In a drought year, during an era of climate change, what does it mean to be a responsible gardener? Cactuses, paving and a sculpture near [...]

Today, March 22nd, is World Water Day, an international observance that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. Worldwide, we see an abundance of water problems. We also see an abundance of solutions.
On this World Water Day, thousands of people, mostly children, will die from preventable [...]

Co writers: Madeline Kiser and Lindianne Sarno
Sustainable Tucson will be holding a series of meetings is to follow up on Dr. Jackie King’s visit this past summer. City Councilwoman Karin Uhlich is particularly interested in Tucson’s followup to Dr. King’s visit. Below is an excellent article about her visit, which appeared in [...]

Here’s a story from the Tucson Weekly about Sustainable Tucson’s hero, Brad Lancaster.
Home Sustainable Home
A tour of eco-friendly Tucson houses shows the possibilities for a brighter future
By TIM VANDERPOOL
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:88379
There’s an insurgent joy to the clipped power cables poking from Brad Lancaster’s home. And there’s a defiant beauty to the lush enclave that surrounds his [...]

Africa’s Lake Chad, once a landmark for astronauts circling the earth, is now difficult for them to locate. Surrounded by Chad, Niger, and Nigeria—three countries with some of the world’s fastest-growing populations—the lake has shrunk by 95 percent since the 1960s. The soaring demand for irrigation water in that area is draining dry the rivers [...]