Forty leaders from various sectors of the Tucson community came together at the Tucson Botanical Garden on November 14. http://www.tucsonbotanical.org/.
Representatives from the City of Tucson and Pima County were present along with environmental educators, community organizers, green economists and consultants, concerned citizens, scientists, university and high school educators, and librarians.
Julie Blake Gidley, President of AAEE traveled to Tucson to participate with us and coordinate our work with other regional coalitions forming as a result of the Arizona Crossroads Summit. AAEE will continue to support and facilitate the work of these coalitions to realize goals recommended by Summit leaders.
Brad Lancaster from Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands http://www.harvestingrainwater.com gave a thirty-minute training session for the coalition. He set the tone and approach for our shared endeavors by helping us see our work and lifestyles within a natural systems framework, one that includes building relationships with each other along the way. The ethic of walking our talk personally as well as professionally is a primary focus of the Tucson Crossroads coalition.
This month we will organize communications and place documents on the AAEE website to share with anyone who wants to track our progress and for new coalition members to catch up on the discussions, meeting dates and events.
We will hold a meeting on December 12 from 4-6 pm to consider an organizational framework based on sustainability models. The location will be announced soon.
Stay Tuned.
Susan
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