U.S. Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) (center front row) poses with organizers and volunteers of the very first Solar Rock held in Tucson in 2007.  Photo by Torey Ligon.

Solar Rock is a Tucson tradition

By Torey Ligon
Tucson Green Times – February 2010
In 2007, when a group of concerned citizens got together to do something about climate change, they never imagined that their idea would become a Tucson tradition. And yet, as the Solar Rock Festival enters its fourth year, it has already made its way onto the annual Tucson [...]

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City launches green certification program for businesses

Devorie Brown of Goodmans Interior Structures, has a look at her company’s circuit box following an energy audit.  Goodmans was one of the pilot businesses for the City’s new green business certification program.  Photo by James Patrick.

By Gretel Hakanson
Tucson Green Times – February 2010
After about a year of planning, the City of Tucson Office of Conservation and Sustainable Development (OCSD) has developed a Green Business Certification program.
In Tucson, the commercial and industrial sector energy use is responsible for 39 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Inventory [...]

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The healing touch

Paul Bucky, co-creator of the International foundaiton of Bio-Magnetics and president of th Bio-Touch Center in Tucson, specializes in healing with love.  Just don't ask him how it works.  Photo by James Patrick.

By Jan Henrikson
Tucson Green Times – February 2010
Paul Bucky was the resident hippie in a small Colorado mining town. Living off the land and off the grid, he felt like a free spirit, except for a pinched nerve down his leg, which caused excruciating back pain.
For a year he immersed himself in self-healing work: yoga, [...]

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UA makes strides in sustainability

The University of Arizona, which has a number of sustainability efforts under way on and off the campus, has created a virtual school for sustainability that spans five of its colleges.

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Planting seeds for youth

(left to right) Shanti Sellz and Debbie Weingarten: “Calling all young urban farmers!”  Photo by James Patrick.

Shanti Sellz and Debbie Weingarten are eager to start the new year by filling their garden rows with young people.

The two are coordinators for the Spring 2010 Youth Apprentice Program at the Community Food Bank’s Marana Heritage Farm. The youth farming project took root a couple of years ago, but has been revamped under a new grant…

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