In 2006 the City of Tucson was ranked overall number 20 of 50 U.S. cities by the organization SustainLane on quality of life and economic factors that affect your personal sustainability. The complete study is available online at www.sustainlane.com.

A "Sustainable" community is one in which the population and renewable resources necessary for their continued comfortable lifestyle are in balance. For most of the world, this is not the case today. Oil powers our infrastructure, and like other fossil fuels, is a finite resource. While there will always be oil in the Earth, eventually it will be so difficult to obtain that it will be impossible to pump at the rate of demand. Prior to that point, we need to have re-think and re-engineer our communities to eliminate our dependence.

Transition to an entirely renewable sustainable energy resource economy will require intelligent foresight. The world faces "sustainability" challenges, but while Tucson is Tucson is a "natural" for development into a solar community, and home for numerous individuals, formal and informal organizations working toward a long-term Sustainable Tucson, there is of course a long way to go.

The Sustainable Tucson discussion group has a website at:

http://www.sustainabletucson.org

We also have wiki entries at:

http://sca21.wikia.com/wiki/Sustainable_Tucson

Feel free to review our webpage, wiki entries, and the files and message archives at this egroup site. If you have preliminary questions about this listserv, please feel free to send email directly to the list owner (see below).

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