Post-Halloween Javalina: How to get along with your pumpkin gobblin’ neighbor

by Lisa Racz ~ Each year, the fall season is celebrated with Jack-O-Lanterns, pumpkins and food made from, you guessed it, PUMPKINS! If you’re like me, you’d actually be looking forward to dipping into the pumpkins, post Trick or Treat – savoring the moment of dusting off the old family recipe for everyone’s favorite deserts, pumpkin pie.   But, have you ever walked out in the morning and found bites taken out of your pumpkins or discovered random pumpkin... Read More

EFAZ’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Event! 10/13

EFAZ’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Event! Thursday, October 13, 2011, 6:00-9:00pm The Hackett House, Tempe, AZ Join the Environmental Fund of Arizona in celebrating their 10th year of helping to preserve and improve Arizona’s environment! We’ll bring together they will bring together 29 EFAZ member nonprofits, 26 campaign-workplace partners, and dozens of friends in the green-sustainable community to celebrate this important milestone. Click... Read More

HADO: Masaru Emoto’s Thoughts on The Tohoku-Kanto Earthquake and The Science of Nature

by Masaru Emoto: About seven or eight years ago, there was a time that the Science and Technology Agency of Japan was seeking innovative technology among public and research institutes. I asked then chief researcher of IHM Research Institute, Dr. Yasuyuki Nemoto, who had earned a PhD in science from Tokyo University, to put my idea and plan together and submit an application. My proposal was to establish water crystal research labs in various places and take crystal... Read More

THE GENIUS OF ARCOLOGY: Architect Palo Soleri

THE GENIUS OF ARCOLOGY: Interview with Architect Palo Soleri “Modestly and imperfectly I am trying to put into concrete and tangible form what I firmly believe is the call of the Urban Effect. It is the triggering of an urban-environmental re-form that is the comprehensive opening of the doors to environmental sanity, pollution and waste reduction, social and cultural enrichment, waning of guilt, effective coping with population inflation, proper and frugal use... Read More

HARVESTING PRESERVATION: Eco-minded Weekend Getaways to Revitalize you Spirits!

The sweet relief of fall is in the air, finally breaking the sweltering heat that permeates our region every summer – now is a great time to hit the trails and reconnect with nature, and at the same time explore some of Arizona’s most eco-minded weekend getaways. Arizona wilderness offers some of the most breathtaking scenery anywhere, and the vibrant colors of fall are an added bonus this time of year. Throughout the State of Arizona, our network of state... Read More

ALCHEMY OF A SCAVENGER

“Through the combination of organic and found elements I allude to the human impact upon the environment, the transience of earthly things, and the process of change,” says Frank. Elizabeth Frank’s whimsical assemblage sculptures seem born from a hobbit’s curiosity shop.  Remnants of broken furniture, bits and pieces of vintage hardware and other found treasures come to life as wooden characters reminiscent of fables and folklore. Considering herself... Read More

TECH: LIKE NATURE? There’s an “APP” for that!

Being in the wilderness doesn’t always mean you should leave technology at home! Here’s one modern gizmo we recommend you bring along. A convenient new “app” helps nature enthusiasts in the Desert Southwest to identify bird and flower species. Based on the best-selling series of National Audubon Society field guides, Audubon Birds Desert Southwest and Audubon Wildflowers Desert Southwest come in a mobile package to put comprehensive information about the... Read More

Audubon Scientists Find Gulf Birds & Oil Too Close For Comfort

Our friends at The Audubon Society, the national bird advocacy group, released an excellent report earlier this month entitled: Oil and Birds: Too Close for Comfort. The 28 page illustrated report details the lasting effects from the nation’s largest maritime disaster from the BP oil leak on the Louisiana’s Coast and its avian residents. Photo: Bill Stripli for The Audubon Society The Audubon Society says the residual oil and chemicals from BP’s Deepwater... Read More