Does NAU Recycle? Absolutely!
You are invited to hear about the new NAU recycling program and to tour the Municipal Recycling Facility (MRF) where campus recyclables are processed. Jonathan Koehn, Director of the City of Flagstaff Environmental Services and Robert Chavez, Director of Environmental Health and Safety at NAU will explain how the recycling process works on campus, respond to questions, and lead a tour of the MRF. (more...)
 

Saving the Wide Open Spaces:
Advancing the Conservation & Sustainability of Working Landscapes in the American West
In May, 2005, three dozen Westerners met at White Stallion Ranch in Avra Valley, Arizona to discuss and promote working landscapes in the American West that conserve biodiversity through incorporating sustainable ranching, forestry and farming. (more...)
 

Celebration of Basket Weaving & Native Foods Festival
December 4-5
Heard Museum, Phoenix
More than 200 of the nation's finest basket weavers from across North America will gather at the Heard Museum to demonstrate, show and sell their hand-woven masterpieces. Plus, Native food producers from 15 tribes will sell delicious Native foods as chefs demonstrate both traditional and contemporary preparations and recipes. See www.heard.org/cob.php or call TOCA at: (602) 252-8840
 

Images and Stories Celebrating America's Most Endangered Foods
November 17, 7:30 p.m.
Wettaw Auditorium, NAU
Award-winning photographer David Cavagnaro presents selections from 35 years of internationally recognized color photography from America's gardens, farms, and ranches to celebrate the release of the new book from the Center for Sustainable Environments, Renewing America's Food Traditions: Bringing cultural and culinary mainstays from the past into the new millennium. Dr. Gary Nabhan, director of CSE, will introduce the Renewing America’s Food Traditions project and the first ever Redlist of America’s Endangered Foods. Copies of the book will be on sale after the presentation. (more...)
 

Conversations on Sustainability
How sustainable is NAU? Do you ever wonder how they figure that out? What is sustainability anyway?
Come to Conversations on Sustainability, with hosts Gary Nabhan and Gary Deason from the Center for Sustainable Environments, as they talk with guests about sustainability issues facing NAU and Flagstaff. Your questions and discussion will be an important part of this informal series. (more...)
  

A New Plateau: Celebrating the Lands and People of Canyon Country, An Evening of Stories and Entertainment
Wednesday, November 3, 4:00 PM
at the Museum of Northern Arizona
The Center for Sustainable Environments will honor innovators in grassroots sustainability profiled in its recently published book, A New Plateau: Sustaining the Lands and Peoples of Canyon Country. A book and CD launch will be part of celebration including a late afternoon panel discussion with honorees, a book signing and regional foods sampling, and an evening of stories and songs about our Southwestern sense of place. The free event, co-sponsored by the Center and the Museum of Northern Arizona, will be held in the Museum auditorium, where you can hear stories of sustainable building, farming, wildcrafting, and renewable energy generation from honored practitioners from across all Four Corners states. (more...)
 

Advancing Sustainability in Arizona Through Academic Collaborations with Businesses and Economic Councils:  A Tri-University Forum
Held on Thursday, April 29, 2004
at Northern Arizona University
This forum brought together representatives of Arizona's three public universities with state and national business leaders to advance sustainability through university/business collaborations. The forum responded to recommendations in the Battelle Report for Arizona to marshal the state's preeminent research capacity in ecological and environmental sciences in support of businesses and industries specializing in sustainable design, services or products. (more...)
 

The Future of Local Foods
Monday, March 15, 2004 at 7:30 PM,
Cline Library Auditorium.
Where will our food come from in the future? How can we ensure its safety and availability? Attend this forum and learn what you can do within your community to build safe local food systems.

Sustainable Foods Fair for the Four Corners
Networking - Marketplace - Tribute
October 18, 2003, La Posada Hotel, Winslow, Arizona
We invite you to join us for a special event celebrating sustainable food and agriculture efforts at historic La Posada in Winslow, Arizona on October 18th. Although most people do not think “agriculture” when they think of the Painted Desert, Grand Canyon country, and the Four Corners states, our region has the longest continuous history with the most diverse set of heirloom crops and rare breeds of any existing American agricultural tradition. At this event, you will meet Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo farmers who are not only culture bearers of these time-tried traditions; you will taste their products and hear their stories.

A Foraged Feast - 2003
We would like to share with you some of the joys of foraged foods. This year we initiated the first experiment in Community Supported Wild Foraging. Please come and enjoy some of the harvest, cooked by Chef Francisco Perez, accompanied by some local beverages.
(download the flyer for more info)
 

Water and the Future of Our Communities: A Citizen's Forum
Consecutive Thursdays, May 29 - July 3. Flagstaff City Council Chambers
 

Southwest Drought Summit
May 12-13, 2003
This summit will bring together regional experts and decision makers to assess drought impacts and potential response scenarios. An emerging concern is that the drought may be the long-term norm and the Southwest is emerging from an unusual “wet” period of several decades. The environmental consequences of a new precipitation regime have tremendous policy implications for municipal, regional and land management decision makers.
 

An Afternoon of Archaeology from Bighorn Cave, Arizona
Sunday, May 4th, 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Join us for an afternoon of lectures and slides about Bighorn Cave and nearby sites following the publication of the book, Bighorn Cave: Test Excavations of a Stratified Dry Shelter, Mohave County, Arizona, edited by Phil R. Geib and Donald R. Keller.

Land Trusts, Field Stations, and the Future of Land Stewardship in the West
This lecture series featured some of the country’s leaders in the management of field stations and land trusts to brief our university and the surrounding community on how to use these opportunities to forge a new, more inclusive, and ecologically sensitive agenda for land use in the West.

Regional Food Celebration and Dinner:
Sustainable Foods from the Four Corners - Networking, Marketplace, Tribute
March 8th, 2003
Get ready for CSE's regional sustainable foods celebration and expo, honoring farmers, ranchers and orchard-keepers of the Colorado Plateau. We will honor Hopi, Navajo, Hispanic and Anglo families who have contributed to keeping food and farming traditions alive in northern Arizona, New Mexico and southern Colorado.