March 5, 2020 Celebrating Partners in Sustainability: 2019 Go Green Award Spotlight Series, Episode 3 Mike Peel, Southern Arizona Director Local First Arizona and Local First Arizona Foundation Business Development Partner Award: Local First Arizona earned this award for its Scale Up program, a six-week workshop developed to help small businesses save water, energy and […]

February 27, 2020 Celebrating Partners in Sustainability: 2019 Go Green Award Spotlight Series, Episode 2 Jonathan Rothschild Progressive Partner Award: Mayor Jonathan Rothschild was recognized for bringing to Tucson a public bike share system that provides residents and visitors with a fun, healthy and eco-friendly way to navigate the city. Launched in 2017, Tugo Bike […]

February 27, 2020 Celebrating Partners in Sustainability: 2019 Go Green Award Spotlight Series, Episode 1 Stephanie Vickers, Wholesale Sales Manager, Civano Growers Conservation Partner Award: Civano Nursery of Tucson was recognized for its green waste recycling program, which gives new life to tree trimmings. For the past 15 years, Civano nursery has used tree trimmings […]

Impact Earth: Water, Episode 1 Brad Lancaster, author of the newly revised and released editions of the books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Rainwater Harvesting: Designing Regenerative Systems to Sustainably Enhance Local Resources and Global Potential Brad is the author of the award-winning Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond and co-founder of DesertHarvesters.org. Since […]

Down to Earth: Tucson, Episode 17 Josh Osteen and Anjelia Rene Leon, Hotel Congress Green Team Members Leader of the Pack: Employee Inspired Green Teams Josh and Anjelia have spearheaded the Hotel Congress Green Team since its inception in 2015 . Realizing the downtown community is looking at Hotel Congress to start the trend of […]

Rick McIntyre, Naturalist, Author and Wolf Researcher, National Park Service in Yellowstone, 1994 to 2018 The Rise of the Wolf Rick McIntyre has worked with the National Park Service for more than fifty years and has recorded more sightings of wild wolves than any other person. During one fifteen year period, he rose before dawn […]

Emily Rich, Occupational Therapist Awareness, Tools and Support for Dysautonomia Emily practices as an occupational therapist at Tucson Medical Center where she has the privilege of serving children, adolescents, and adults in the Tucson Community. Emily specializes in treating conditions of Dysautonomia, such as POTS, in additional to other chronic conditions. She is pursuing her […]

Impact Earth: Innovation, Episode 2 Joel Makower, Chairman and Executive Editor GreenBiz Group Inc. The State of Green Business: A 2020 Report Joel Makower is chairman and executive editor of GreenBiz Group, Inc. creator of GreenBiz.com along with research and events on sustainable business and clean technology. He hosts GreenBiz.com’s annual GreenBiz forums as well […]

Down to Earth: Tucson, Episode 15 Ted Burhans Director, Emerging Technology and Innovations, Tucson Electric Power Taking a University Campus to 100% Clean Energy: Real Partnerships at Work Mr. Ted Burhans is the Director of Emerging Technology and Innovations at Tucson Electric Power. His responsibilities include oversight of the renewable energy department, including residential and […]

Erik Bakken, Vice President, System Operations and Environmental Services Accelerating Towards Renewable Sources of Energy: Wind Erik joined Tucson Electric Power as a Corporate Counsel in 2000 after earning a bachelor’s degree in political science from Arizona State University and a juris doctorate from the University of Arizona. He advanced through management positions in Land […]