Genius of Archology: Remembering Legendary Architect Paolo Soleri

  “On April 9, 2013, the world has lost one of its great minds.  Paolo Soleri, architect, builder, artist, writer, theorist, husband, father, born on Summer Solstice, June 21, 1919, has died at age 93,” states the announcement on the Arcosanti.com website. Great mind, an understatement, only scratches a surface description of Paolo Soleri’s... Read More

Art With a Conscience

The US Environmental Protection Agency estimates that between 35 and 103 million gallons of post-consumer house paint are disposed of in the United States each year. One artist has found a unique use for leftover house paint that would otherwise become part of the toxic soup in landfills. Cassandra Tondro, a California-based artist that rescues house paint from recycling... Read More

Haunting Imagery: Human Expression Mirrored in Nature

Human Expression Mirrored in Nature – New collection of digital photographic works by fine artist, Michael Conner Michael Conner studies the intersection of nature and humanity, revealing haunting, delicate and complex forms beneath the surface of our own environment depicted in his newest collection of digital photography.  Technically, the photographic images... Read More

Native American Youth Sues Governor Janice Brewer Over Failure to Combat Climate Change

February 10, 2012 Government’s inaction jeopardizes her generation’s future well-being Phoenix, AZ – She may not be old enough to drink, vote or drive a car, but Jaime Lynn Butler, a 5th grader and member of the Navajo Nation, is old enough to recognize the danger of the government’s inaction on climate change. Today, Jaime will take time off from school... Read More

Green With Envy: Luxury that Suits the ENVIronment

by Edtior AZGM~ photos courtesy of The Edwards Design Group~   “Deepak Chopra once said, “Inertia is comforting, and Americans will be extremely reluctant to make any change that might affect their high standard of living.”Luxury Ifinertia is comforting, perhaps it is because we are creatures of habit.  Or, is it more likely that becoming fully... Read More

Sharpen Your Photography When the Desert Blooms in Arizona

By Jess R Lee~ Most people think of the Arizona Sonoran desert as a hot dry place, full of sand dunes, tumbleweeds and dry washes. Desert terrain can be dry and sparse. Although the look is different, the springtime does bring vegetation to the desert. When the winter rains are done, the desert comes alive with its own stark beauty. And wildflowers. Yes, there are... Read More

Artic Sancturay: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

“The refuge reaches whole and unbroken from the Arctic Ocean’s wash of blue, silver, and gray in the north to the greens and browns of the boreal forest in the south. Climbing as tundra up the North Slope to the foothills of the Brooks Range, it crests in glacier-clad peaks of the Continental Divide that settle southward into sparsely treed taiga. The refuge’s... Read More

Sail the Arizona Sea

By Russell Blackwell ~ Once during a weekend getaway as a child, I took notice of the changing flora around me. While heading to the Sonora Desert Museum and Old Tucson, I paid special attention to all of the differences between the saguaro studded desert floor of the “Valley of the Sun” where I am from, (a.k.a. Phoenix and nearby settlements), and the... Read More

Homecoming: Discovering a Sustainable Future in the Historical Past

by Phyllis Speidell/Photos by John H. Sheally II~ What’s flameproof, flood proof, and sustainable all over? Add architecturally appealing, energy efficient and cost effective, and forensic mason Jimmy Price has the answer. Inspired by a stay in a 300-year-old cottage in Edinburgh, Scotland owned by poet Robert Burns’ mother, Price developed a low tech approach... Read More

8 Favorite Things to Do in Arizona

By Valerie McGregor Want to know what to do on your next trip to Arizona? There are so many different things to see and do there, that it can be hard to know how to make the best use of your time. Here’s a list of eight of our favorite things to do in Arizona. 1. Visit The Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon may just take your breath away – this place... Read More