Focus on Water Sustainbility

August 23, 6 p.m. at Woods Library on First Avenue in Tucson, Sustainable Tucson will sponsor a panel of experts to discuss key issues about water sustainbility in the Old Pueblo and region. To read current reports and articles go to http://www.sustainabletucson.org./

The panel discussion on August 23rd is a prequel to the address by Dr. Peter Gleick, Director of the Pacific Intitute in California, and internationally recognized scholar on water and the West and impacts of climate change:

Peter Gleick Presents Tucson Public Lecture on Sustainable Water Use

Peter Gleick will discuss innovate strategies for achieving sustainable water use at a public lecture at Temple Emanu-El, 225 N. Country Club, Tucson at 7:30 on Thursday, Aug. 30. The lecture is free and open to the public. He is co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security.

Gleick has a Ph.D. from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California at Berkeley. He is a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for his work on water issues, and the BBC named him a "visionary on the environment" in its Essential Guide to the 21st Century. He is the principal author of the recent publication, "The World's Water 2006 - 2007, The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources," published by Island Press. Sponsors of the event include Pima County, Arizona Hydrological Society, Southwest Hydrology, Southern Arizona Leadership Council and Temple Emanu-El.

Along with Southwest Hydrology, the other University of Arizona sponsors are the Water Resources Research Center and the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth. Gleick will be in Tucson participating in a regional water symposium, "Sustainable Water, Unlimited Growth, Quality of Life: Can We Have it All?," an event sponsored by the Arizona Hydrologic Society and Southwest Hydrology.

Check the symposium web site for information about the event: http://www.watersymposium.org/.

Contacts:Sharon Megdal, Water Resources Research Center, smegdal@cals.arizona.eduGregg Garfin, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, gmgarfin@email.arizona.edu
Cas Sprout, Administrative AssociateWater Resources Research Center350 N. Campbell Tucson AZ 85721Office: 520-792-9591 ext. 55 Fax: 520-792-8518

Sustainable Tucson Summer Events

Sustainable Tucson launched a summer film and discussion series last month with a film on relocalization featurning Mike Schumann (Going Local). About 40 people attended and engaged in a brainstorming session about the local businesses in Tucson that represent the network that currently exists here and need our support.

Thursday, July 19,Woods Memorial Library, 3455 N. First Ave.6:00 pm - 7:45 pm. For more information contact Kitty at 622-0525 x251. The Community Food Bank will join Sustainable Tucson for the second of our summer films, "Broken Limbs: Apples, Agriculture and the New AmericanFarmer." Guy Evans' father is losing the family farm. To discover why,Evans sets out on a hometown journey that ultimately takes him through theglobal issues facing all of America's small farmers. Along the way, he discovers a new breed of farmer and a new hope for the future ofagriculture (2004). A discussion of the film will follow.

Education for Sustainability Conference October 25-27, 2007
This event is hosted by the Arizona Association for Environmental Education, a state-wide professional society for environmental educators (http://www.arizonaee.org/). It will take place at the University of Arizona.

Thursday night the 25th, John Overpeck, Director of the UA Institute for the Study of Planet Earth will be the keynote, talking about the need for sustainability education and climate change. Friday night, the 26th, Gary Nabhan, Director of the Center for Sustainable Communities at NAU, will be the keynote, talking about principles of sustainability education. October 26th during the day, workshops and field trips take place (permaculture, water conservation, climate change, and local food production are the four tracks of educational workshops/field trips. October 27th in the a.m. are volunteer, hands on projects implementing principles learned at the workshop, and the afternoon is a Green Festival at Mission Manor Park on 12th Avenue in conjunction with Sunnyside School District’s Make a Difference Day volunteer projects in their district. We encouraged the 25 schools to do green projects in the morning.

Contact for Info: Jessi Williams, jessiwilliams@hotmail.com; Floyd Gray (President of AAEE), domino_gray@hotmail.com. Contact for the Green Festival (Viva Verde! A Green Festival for Kids and the Kid in You): susanleewilliams@cox.net.


October 24th: Campus Sustainability Day at UA: contact Jackie Moxley at the AZ Water Research and Resource Center. http://ag.arizona.edu/AZWATER/
Jackie Moxley, Program Coordinator - WRRC520-792-9591 ext.17 jmoxley@ag.arizona.edu

"Community Conversation on Water"Friday, October 26, 2007

Approximate Time: 8:30 to 2:30 Doubletree Hotel (445 S. Alvernon, Tucson, Arizona).

This event will be an important opportunity to learn, listen and participatein a discussion on water resource issues in the Tucson regionThe “Community Conversation” is being organized by:The University of Arizona, Water Resources Research CenterArizona Department of Water Resource, Tucson Active Management AreaPima Association of Governments

http://ag.arizona.edu/AZWATER/