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Tucson General information on our city.
Fossil Fuel Dependence
Please use this page for initial listing of thoughts to be developed.
MISSION STATEMENT:
•	Introductory statement: (include how it IS working – something optimistic
•	Who are we?		
•	What are we doing?
•	Why do we need to do this? 
	 Background of Peak Oil
	 Perfect storm of events coming together:
Peak oil; Global warming, Depletion of natural resources: topsoil, drinkable water, fish, extinctions, trees, Globalization, wars over remaining resources, OVERpopulation; globalization of killer viruses & diseases
Explanation of non- ecological behavior or humans (Paul Hawkens: “The Ecology of Commerce”, inventive, explanatory novels of novels Daniel Quinn: “Ishmael”, “Story of B” and others
Old Civilization vs. Young Civilization: Thom Hartmann – history of the destruction of past civilizations
DEFINING TERMS:
What is……?/ how does it work?/ how can I learn more (links)?/where is it being done? Who is doing it in Tucson (map)?
•	Some terms: sustainability (linking back to pages that describe it in more length); cisterns, water harvesting, perma culture, Xeroscape; recycling, green energy, biomass, ……much more
SPECIFIC AREAS OF WHERE WE NEED CHANGES TO BECOME SUSTAINABLE:
(each of these areas below should have TONS of pages of information)
•	Energy: Fossil fuels vs. Green Energy (types of various – positives & negatives)
•	Transportation
•	Manufacturing – development and disposal of goods –(Paul Hawkens, et al.Green tax)
•	Housing
•	Food – farming practices, growing our own, (problems created by pesticides, genetic modification)
•	Human Resources – the way we treat each other 
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN TUCSON: (map)
•	By geographical area
•	By practices
•	Community groups – Eco communities, co-housing
•	Businesses (we can ask them to contribute to cost of website)
•	Green building practices (Straw Bale, Rammed earth, and others) 
•	Non-profits
	Bartering, Freecycle, etc.
•	Farmer’s markets
•	Political
•	continuing events (also separate section for Calendar)
WHAT BUSINESSES WE NEED TO BECOME SUSTAINABLE (Lance’s work)
……….
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES, COUNTRIES
•	LINKS to practices all over the world
WHAT’S NEW?
•	In the news (links to articles in newpapers, magazines, etc.) new books
	can be new practices, inventions, etc..
CALENDAR OF LOCAL EVENTS
•	needs to be updated monthly (we’ll need someway that people can submit their own items to be approved)
•	Book/movies club – “Meet Kindred Spirits” Discussion Group - 
GET INFORMED: BIBLIOGRAPHY
•	Books, magazines
•	internet resources
•	Movies
TEACHING OUR COMMUNITY
•	Classes
•	Speaker’s Bureau
•	For children
•	special needs groups
TEACHING OR POLITICIANS AND NEWS MEDIA:
•	The things that we need to change in Tucson that are being ignored, or pushed aside. 
•	Researching Laws that make it difficult to have the best practices in Tucson. 
•	Establishing a political action group to lobby for Sustainable Practices
GETTING ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS-
•	A way people could submit questions, and get referrals or easy answers for their issues, problems.
•	A place that people can share the way that THEY have done something that has worked successfully.
category:Tucson Conversations on Sustainability