Arizona

#ForewordFriday: Sustainable Phoenix Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On April 8th, 2016

As we continue to break global heat records and deplete our water resources, the criticism that cities like Phoenix are unsustainable grows louder. Yet Phoenix and other suburban cities—those that developed around the automobile and the single-family home—continue to increase in population. In The Future of the Suburban City, lawyer and professor Grady Gammage, Jr.

#KeepItWild Q&A with Jason Mark

By Jason Mark / On February 25th, 2016

Enter the sweepstakes here! Why is Arizona significant to you and why should it be significant to the rest of the world? I was born and raised in Arizona, and I have a huge affection for the place: the Sonoran Desert with its creosote cloves, the “sky islands” around Tucson, the ponderosa pine forests outside of Prescott where I learned how to ride horses. And of course the Grand Canyon, which is a marvel of the world.

Arizonans Support Ban on Grand Canyon Uranium Mining

By Roger Clark / On February 2nd, 2016

This week, Colorado College released the results from its 2016 Conservation in the West poll. Again, voters in the Grand Canyon state overwhelmingly support designating public lands surrounding the Grand Canyon as a national monument and thereby permanently banning new uranium mines on those lands.