Community action/Arizona
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| Location | Arizona, United States |
| Coordinates | 34° 23' 43.23" N, 111° 45' 47.79" W |
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Arizona.
News
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Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future, theconversation.com (Apr 08, 2026) - More Children Are Powering Their Own Wheels to School as Part of ‘Bike Buses’, insideclimatenews.org (Jan 08, 2026)
- ‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders, theguardian.com (Nov 07, 2025)
- Over 80% of All US Voters Support Ending Dark Money’s Grip on Democracy, commondreams.org (Jun 04, 2026)
- Eva v Goliath: the 20-year-old climate activist taking on Trump and the fossil fuel industry, theguardian.com (May 20, 2026)
- Meet the Americans who choose to live without a car in the US: ‘It takes some doing’, theguardian.com (May 08, 2026)
- Trapped by floods and fearing death in the heat: the Australians taking legal action over the climate crisis, theguardian.com (Jun 22, 2026)
- ‘The sea took everything away’: how Nigeria’s ‘Happy City’ is disappearing beneath the waves, theguardian.com (Jun 18, 2026)
- Trash and dignity: The rise of inclusive recycling projects in Latin America, globalvoices.org (Jun 12, 2026)
Networks and sustainability initiatives
[edit | edit source]International events
[edit | edit source]Global or International events
July 2026 — Plastic Free July, plasticfreejuly.org- Jul 04, 2026 (Sat) — International Day of Cooperatives (CoopsDay), 1st Saturday of July. The celebration aims to showcase co-operatives’ role in building ‘inclusive, resilient, and sustainable communities’, coopsday.coop
- Jul 18, 2026 (Sat) — Mandela Day, global celebration 18 July annually, to honour the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela. A call to action for individuals, communities, and organisations to take time to reflect on Mandela's values and principles and to make a positive impact in their own communities, mandeladay.com
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
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Food activism
[edit | edit source]Native Seeds/SEARCH, nonprofit organization working to strengthen food security in the Greater Southwest
Towards sustainable economies
[edit | edit source]Borderlands Restoration Leadership Institute, "Project-Based Learning Laboratory Cultivating a Restoration Economy in the U.S-Mexico Borderlands"
Citizens data initiative
[edit | edit source]- Energy Data & Statistics for Arizona
- Sustainability information from Arizona Indicators
Other resources
- Gilbert: Clean, Safe, Vibrant on Pinterest
Sustainable transport activism
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Sun Link, also known as the Tucson Streetcar, is a single-line streetcar system in Tucson, Arizona, United States, that began service in July 2014. The system's 3.9-mile (6.3 km) route connects the Arizona Health Sciences Center (including University Medical Center), the University of Arizona campus, the Main Gate and 4th Avenue shopping and entertainment districts, downtown Tucson, the Tucson Convention Center, and the Mercado District under development west of Interstate 10. The streetcar project's overall cost of $196 million was met through a combination of local funding sources and federal grants. The streetcar shares a common payment system with the Sun Tran regional bus service. In 2025, the line had a ridership of 1,535,900, or about 4,500 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2026.
Wikipedia: Hiking trails in Arizona (category)
Cycling activism
[edit | edit source]- Cycling is popular in Tucson. Tucson and Pima County maintain an extensive network of marked bike routes, signal crossings, on-street bike lanes, mountain-biking trails, and dedicated shared-use paths. The Loop is a network of seven linear parks, built mainly along river beds, comprising 131 miles (211 km) of paved, vehicle-free trails that encircles the majority of the city with links to Marana and Oro Valley. The Tucson–Pima County Bicycle Advisory Committee (TPCBAC) serves in an advisory capacity to local governments on issues relating to bicycle recreation, transportation, and safety. The League of American Bicyclists awarded Tucson a gold rating for bicycle-friendliness in 2006. In 2025, ConsumerAffairs rated Tucson the fifth most dangerous city in the United States for cyclists, citing 1.47 cyclists killed per 100,000 residents in 2023.
Past events
- Apr 2, 2017, Cyclovia Tucson
Urban sustainability
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Arcosanti is "an urban laboratory focused on pursuing lean alternatives to urban sprawl through innovative design with environmental accountability." The philosophy is one of "Arcology" - architecture plus ecology.
Education for sustainability
[edit | edit source]News archive
[edit | edit source]- ‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders, theguardian.com (Nov 07, 2025)
- ‘It happened so fast’: the shocking reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona, theguardian.com (Aug 31, 2025)
- More than 400 people suspected to have died from extreme heat in Arizona county, theguardian.com (Aug 13, 2025)
- ‘We Are the People of the River’, reasonstobecheerful.world (May 23, 2025) — The Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe is working to heal the ailing Colorado River ecosystem by planting one native seed at a time
- To Combat Phoenix’s Extreme Heat, a New Program Provides Sustainable Shade, insideclimatenews.org (Jan 02, 2025)
- ‘A sanctuary’: how neglected Native American communities are organizing their own food hubs, theguardian.com (Jun 06, 2024)
- ‘We need more shade’: US’s hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in need, theguardian.com (Apr 17, 2024)
- ‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars, theguardian.com (Oct 11, 2023)
- Google's new driverless car test wants everyday families to be first riders, Apr 25, 2017...curbed.com
About Arizona
[edit | edit source]Arizona is a landlocked state in the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners region with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the northwest and California to the west, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix, which is the most populous state capital and fifth-most populous city in the United States. Arizona is divided into 15 counties.
External links
- Wikipedia: Tucson, Infrastructure
- Ballotpedia: Arizona
- Judgepedia: Arizona
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Arizona". Appropedia. Retrieved July 5, 2026. |