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
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
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