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Please use this page for initial listing of thougts 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.