Know where your food has come from through knowing those who produced it for you, from farmer to forager, rancher or fisher to earthworms building a deeper, richer soil, to the heirloom vegetable, the nitrogen-fixing legume, the pollinator, the heritage breed of livestock and the sourdough culture rising in your Read more…
Garden Notes -Season 2 Some Lessons Learned By Nona Siegel Last fall I decided that I was going to translate my fantasies into action, and stop waiting for someone else to appear and make a congregational garden happen at our synagogue. We have a large plot, a 16×66 foot raised Read more…
If it all starts to seem to be too much, turn to Mother Nature for some soothing. Check out these community amenities for some space, peace, quiet and reflection. The Museum of Walking at Arizona State University Museumofwalking.org Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center Riosalado.audubon.org Desert Botanical Garden Read more…
Food television impresario Anthony Bourdain is throwing his weight behind a new cause with the release of “Wasted!,” a documentary that sheds light on the massive production of global food waste. The feature length documentary will be available on-demand and released in theaters on Friday, October 13 and sees the chef-cum-media Read more…
Sign the petition now! My household/my faith community will continue to work to protect creation regardless of what the U.S. federal government does. We are still committed to fighting global warming, we are keeping the faith, and we’re still in! Global warming is a moral issue we are compelled Read more…
More water, more restoration bound for Colorado River Delta By TONY DAVIS Arizona Daily Star Oct 8, 2017 UA geosciences professor Karl Flessa stands in a base-flow release into the main Colorado River Delta channel in Mexico. Martha Gomez-Sapiens 2016 In March 2014, the staged release of water into the Read more…
Growing Food 101 – How to Start Your Backyard or Community Garden * (Recommended for first time backyard and community gardeners) Growing Food 201 – Once You’re Ready For More Than The Basics** Workshop #1 – How to start a community garden to grow your own food * Date: Read more…
Opinions Harvey should be the turning point in fighting climate change People walk along a flooded road’s median during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Tuesday in Houston. (Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) By Vernon Loeb August 29 at 8:46 PM Vernon Loeb is managing editor of the Houston Read more…
September 21, 2017 World Day of Peace Thursday, 7 pm – 9 pm Franciscan Renewal Center, 5801 E Lincoln Drive, Scottsdale 7pm: Interfaith Prayer & Music 8pm: Presentation of Nonviolence Leadership Certificates 8:15pm: Presentation of the Casa Peace Award 8:30pm: Closing and Dances of Universal Peace Social Gathering & Read more…
Short Answers to HardQuestions About Climate Change By JUSTIN GILLIS UPDATED July 6, 2017 Photo Credit: James Yang for The New York Times The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. Predictions about the fate of the planet carry endless caveats and asterisks. We get it. So we’ve put together a Read more…