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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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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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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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