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Unsprawl: Community of Civano in Tucson, Arizona

Unsprawl:
The Community of Civano
Tucson, Arizona

April 14, 2019

The Community of Civano located in Tucson, Arizona is a New Urbanist, 270-acre neighborhood designed and built using principles of sustainability, including reduced energy and potable water usage.

Spill Stories:
How to Catch a Leak
by Miranda Trimmier

May 14, 2018

Currents, Spill Stories

Spill Stories is a Terrain.org series that fuses the interactive climate justice story maps of the Climate Alliance Mapping Project with ... Read More...

Spill Stories:
Drag Racing to the End of the World
by Alison Hawthorne Deming

May 7, 2018

Currents, Spill Stories

Spill Stories is a Terrain.org series that fuses the interactive climate justice story maps of the Climate Alliance Mapping Project with ... Read More...

A Life of Science:
Harvesting Sunlight
by Liliana Ruiz Diaz

October 29, 2017

A Life of Science, Currents

A Series by New Scientists The phone alarm startles me awake at 6:30. Heavy curtains prevent the dawn light from passing through th... Read More...

Letter to America
by Charles Goodrich

January 20, 2017

Letter to America, Poetry

Click button above to hear Charles Goodrich read this poem, or click here to download poem in .mp3 format. Orpheus Intercedes Oh t... Read More...

Micro-Conversion
by Nicole Walker

February 9, 2014

Nonfiction

On beer and science, sun and water, biodesign and cyanobacteria, and learning to love Phoenix. Download essay audio in .mp3 format. &n... Read More...

Solar Power Innovations

February 18, 2011

News

The first TedxTucson event took place in December 2010, focusing on Tucson's green economy and innovations to help stimulate sustainable energy and te... Read More...

TEDxTucson

December 4, 2010

News

TED began in 1984 as a way to bring together people from the fields of Technology, Entertainment and Design. The nonprofit has since expanded to host ... Read More...

Guest Blog: America’s Solar Future: The View from Beijing

March 8, 2010

News

By Tom Rooney Greetings from Beijing where, from my cafe seat near Tiananmen Square, plans to expand solar power in the United States look a lot d... Read More...

Guest Blog: The Solar Panels of Orange County

December 9, 2009

News

By Shelly Yarbrough Anyone who ever watched Housewives of Orange County knows that people in that upscale community have a lot of money to spend on... Read More...

Solar is the Bridge to Our Future
by Gabrielle Giffords

November 25, 2009

Currents, Guest Editorial

Guest Editorial The Middle East is synonymous with oil—a critical natural resource that has transformed the nations of that region in... Read More...

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