by Kelsey McKeighan We had a very successful planting event at North Mountain Park last month as part of the 2019 GreenBiz Conference! By partnering with American Forests, Microsoft, and the City of Phoenix we were able to plant 75 native desert cacti, trees, and shrubs at the Penny Howe Barrier Free Trail. Some of
Leadership Update March 15, 2019 by Aubrey Coffey-Urban, Programs Director and Michelle Bevins, Assistant Executive Director This week, we say, "Thank You!" On February 26, AZSA and the City of Phoenix hosted a native planting event for the attendees of the GreenBiz Conference. A big Thank You to American Forests and Microsoft for sponsoring
By: Tearsa SaffellContact: tearsa.saffell@azsustainabilityalliance.comWe have started building the second food computer with the Glendale High School Science Club for The Food Tech For The Future: Growing Digital Farmers project. This is expected to take until the end of March, and in April we will be installing a digital farm and starting experimentation. The students planted seeds
Leadership Update April 24, 2018 by Ashley L. Camhi This has been a truly wonderful Earth Month. It has been exciting to see all of the projects that AZSA has accomplished. This past weekend we planted gardens with a groups of refugees in Phoenix. This coming weekend we have our first tree planting in Tempe
by Aubrey Coffey-Urban In our last week before our tree planting at the New School for Arts and Academics, we are busy getting the final details into place. We are completing our tree selection, marking the utilities, and organizing snacks and water for the day. We have almost everything into place and we are really
by Aubrey Coffey-Urban In two weeks, we will have our first Urban Forestry tree planting! The tree planting will be at The New School for the Arts and Academics in Tempe on April 28. We will be starting at 7am to try to avoid the heat and working until about 10am. We will be planting
We had a great time talking with people at The March for Science on Saturday! We signed up volunteers, spread the word about all the wonderful projects we have going on, and gave away great prizes to folks who spun our wheel. The seeds and succulents in perticular we're very popular. Thank you to everyone
Leadership Update April 16, 2018 by Ashley Camhi A big thank you to the AZSA volunteers that participated in the March for Science! We met a lot of great people that we hope will become involved with all of our exciting projects! The Earth Month celebrations continue! April 21 Earth Day Celebration: James will be holding
by Aubrey Coffey-Urban Exciting news! We have a site location for our first tree planting! It is at a private school in Tempe and we are scheduled for an event on April 28, 2018. This will be our inaugural event for our Tempe urban forestry program. Unfortunately, we did not receive the additional funding from
Leadership Update April 9, 2018 Ashley Camhi Happy Earth Month everyone!!! I hope that you are enjoying the incredible field of yellow that the Valley has turned into - the palo verdes never cease to amaze. For Earth Month we have lots of fun activities going on including tabling at the March for Science, our
by Karen Contos Two pro solar candidates were elected to the SRP Board on April 3rd: Randy Miller and Corey Hawkey! In addition, SRP saw a 66% increase in ballots requested for the election! AZSA had five tabling events at libraries and helped with this increase in ballots requested. Thank you to all the volunteers
by Aubrey Coffey-Urban This week has been very exciting! We have had a lot of volunteer hours go into researching potential site locations in the past few weeks. We have one site in particular that shows a lot of promise for a project this month. Other than that site, we have quite a
Leadership Update Ashley Camhi April 2, 2018 Happy April! It's spring wildflower time here in AZ and the temperatures are already heating up!! This month in lieu of our usual monthly meeting at the library we will be having a more interactive monthly meeting at North Mountain Preserve. On April 21st you can come out
by Karen Contos The Salt River Project (SRP) Election is on April 3rd! If you have received your ballot and have not yet voted, you will need to go to 1500 N. Mill Street in Tempe to cast your vote (on Tuesday). This vote is very important as we want SRP to pursue more pro
Leadership Update March 28, 2018 Ashley Camhi Taniyah Williamson, an ASU Masters student of Mass Communication came out to video and interview us during our last park clean up at Rio Salado. She created a really wonderful video and write up on our program. Check it out here. Thanks Taniyah for taking the time to
by Karen Contos This is the last week to vote in this year's SRP election. It is too late to register now. We are hoping for some pro solar candidates to be elected on April 3rd!! The nonprofit Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona is hoping to put an initiative on the ballot this November
Leadership Update Ashley Camhi and Tara Briscoe These days at AZSA we are getting ready to implement some of our exciting projects before the weather gets too warm! We have one urban forestry project in the works and a few in the planning stages so if you are excited about trees, benefiting communities, and learning
by Aubrey Coffey-Urban This week, we have a meeting on Tuesday, March 20, at 6:30pm at the Ability 360 Building, Classroom A. We will be discussing our progress on site selection and funding applications. After several drives in Tempe in targeted areas, we have several potential sites, some of which have immediate potential and some
by Karen Contos To vote, once you get your ballot, drop it off at the Early Voting Center at the SRP Administration Building, 1500 N. Mill Ave., Tempe, Mon. through Fri., 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (through April 2nd). On Election Day, April 3rd, the voting center is open from 6am to 7pm. Cast your vote to
Leadership Update Ashley Camhi and Tara Briscoe Tempe is adopting a new carbon neutrality goal by 2050 with a strategy of sourcing 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2035. We were very fortunate to be part of the working group to make this happen and we are excited to support Tempe in
