A partial list of information, organizations, and green vendors in Tucson
Landscaping, Gardening and Green Building
Farmers’ Markets and Natural Food Stores
Air, Water and Sustainabilty
Pima County Department of Environmental Quality(DEQPima County DEQ’s Air Info Now
Pima County DEQ’s Water information
Pima County DEQ’s Waste Management information
Sustainable Tucson is an emerging network of networks — to facilitate and accelerate Tucson’s transition to sustainability through community-wide education and action.
University of Arizona Campus Sustainability - UA’s amazing sustainability site.
GO Green!
- Who’s Green – A guide to green ideas, products and services in Southern Arizona
- Tucson Electric Power’s Green Energy
- Tucson Green Times – Tucson’s only local newspaper/magazine devoted solely to green issues, with a GREAT calendar of events.
- Tucson Cable Access’ Tucson12.TV’sDesert Living
- KVOA4 Green Team - KVOA4 TVs’ environmental news section.
- Mrs. Green Goes Mainstream - Tucson’s only green radio program with an accompanying website about ways to go green. Includes tips on green living. All weekly radio programs (Saturday morning at noon on KNST 790 AM) are archived on the site – some are podcasts! Mrs. Green also publishes a weekly newsletter, all of which are archived on her site. Visit the site, check out her resources, and sign up for the newsletter!
Solar Energy
- Citizens for Solar puts on the local Annual Solar Potluck and Festival of the Sun.
- The Solar Store is the largest source for sustainable solar energy solutions in the southwest United States.
- GeoInnovation, LLC is a residentially and commercially licensed contractor in Arizona. George Villec was the engineer on our THA solar project – it wouldn’t have happened without all his help and guidance.
- Brooklyn Pizza uses solar power and uses a “smart car” for delivery! 622-6868
Landscape, Gardening and Green Building
- Brad Lancaster is the local guru on rainwater harvesting, plants for dry climates and has written the definitive books on this topic.
- Watershed Management Group - 501(c)3 non-profit organization assisting local residents and communities in the water and water resources management.
- Oasis RainWater Harvesting
- Visit the Tucson Botanical Gardens for a great collection of information about gardening in this climate.
- Native Seeds/SEARCH – conserves, distributes and documents the adapted and diverse varieties of agricultural seeds, their wild relatives and the role these seeds play in cultures of the American Southwest and northwest Mexico. Holds educational events and sells seeds.
- Old Pueblo Plant and Seed sells plants, specializing in heirloom, rare & hard to find plants.
- Natasha Winnick owns Originate, a store specializing in green interior design and products.
- Ecological Paints locally manufactures one of the first green, friendly water based acrylic urethanes, which has been formulated especially for chemically sensitive people and professional painters.
- Greener Lives LLC, an interior design firm that specializes in healthy and eco-friendly interiors. LEED Accredited Professional (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) designer who writes a monthly column, Green Interiors, in the Tucson Green Times.
- Gerson’s Used Building Materials – a place to sell (recycle), buy (reuse) or trade (recycle) building materials.
- Arizona Chapter of the Green Building Council
- DCAT - Development Center for Appropriate [Building] Technology
- DCAT’s links to other building information websites
- Want to learn about rammed earth buildings? The people at Rammed Earth Development, Inc. can help.
Transportation
City of Tucson Department of Transportation’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Program
City of Tucson’s SunTran mass transit system
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
- Tucson Clean and Beautiful is a non-profit organization that provides information and guidance about conservation, preserving and protecting the environment through educational programs and hands-on programs. Also publishes the Reduce-Reuse-Recycle Directory.
- City of Tucson’s Tucsonrecycles
- City of Tucson’s Do More Blue effort to get people to recycle more
- Waste Management’s Think Green from Home
Farmers’ Markets and Natural Food Stores
- Tucson Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) – community program providing a direct connection between regional producers and local consumers. Members buy “shares,” and get a weekly bag of fresh, local, naturally-grown produce.
- Food Conspiracy – natural foods market, cooperatively owned by its members and open to the public.
- Local Harvest Marketplace - grocery store featuring locally grown organic produce.
- Marana Farm Stand - farmers’ market that also grows produce for the local Community Food Bank. Green Valley Farmers’ and Artisans’ Market – 490-3315
- Sierra Vista Farmers’ Market
- Civano Artisans and Farmers Market - 248-9218
- Other markets not listed here
Environmental Organizations
- Center for Biological Diversity works through science, law, and creative media to secure a future for all species, great or small, hovering on the brink of extinction.
- Sky Island Alliance is a grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of the rich natural heritage of native species and habitats in the Sky Island region of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
- Friends of the Tumacacori Highlands – works to designate approximately 84,000 acres of public land in the Coronado National Forest as Wilderness.
- Sierra Club, Grand Canyon Chapter
- CEDO, Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans is located in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, México (El Centro de Estudios de Desiertos y Océanos). CEDO maintains a biological field station for visiting classes and field researchers.
- The Arizona League of Conservation Voters is the political arm of Arizona’s conservation community.
- The Arizona Land and Water Trust works closely with local, state and federal agencies, as well as private landowners and land trusts, to protect Arizona’s vanishing landscapes and wildlife habitat.
- The Arizona Wilderness Coalition is an organization of groups and individuals whose mission is to protect and restore wilderness lands and waters in Arizona.
- Arizona Wildlife Federation is an all-volunteer, statewide non-profit 501(c)(3) association of people interested in the present and future well-being of Arizona’s wildlife, wildlife habitat and natural systems.
- The Nature Conservancy, Arizona Chapter
- Ironwood Tree Experience empowers young people through active, mindful and educational eco-programs that cultivate a holistic sense of community.
- Arizona Clean and Beautiful supports and assists educational and cleanup programs around the state and coordinates activities with its local affiliates.
- Environment Arizona is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization.
- Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection
- Friends of the San Pedro River
- Huachuca Audubon Society seeks to conserve and restore eco-systems so that birds and other wildlife can flourish and enrich the Earth’s diversity.
- The Northern Jaguar Projectt (NJP) is a binational non-profit dedicated to protecting jaguars and their habitat.
- Save the Scenic Santa Ritas’ mission is to protect the scenic, aesthetic, recreational, environmental and wildlife values of the Santa Rita Mountains, Patagonia Mountains, Canelo Hills and San Rafael Valley through education and outreach.
- Tucson Mountain Association represents the interests of thousands of families who reside in or otherwise find themselves in the Tucson Mountains, and who care deeply about preservation and sustainably fine quality of life.
- The Rincon Institute works to integrate community and conservation, to preserve and protect the Rincon, Vail, and Tanque Verde valleys.
- Friends of Saguaro National Park is the not-for-profit fundraising partner of the National Park Service at Tucson’s Saguaro National Park.
- Tucson Audubon Society
- The Tucson Herpetological Societyis a registered non-profit organization dedicated to conservation, education and research concerning the amphibians and reptiles of Arizona and Mexico.
