Jana Segal-Stormont

13 FACT FINDERS: New hope for recharging water supply Humans are more responsible for depleting southern Arizona aquifers than climate change.

13 FACT FINDERS: New hope for recharging water supply
U of A research leader shares surprising study with 13 Fact Finders

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YouTube video by AZPM Tucson Botanical Gardens 50th Anniversary

In the heart of Tucson, the Tucson Botanical Gardens is more than a garden, it is a living tapestry woven from the dreams of Bernice Porter, whose vision gave rise to a place where nature, art, science, and culture intertwine. Stories of heritage, and pathways invite discovery at every turn.

Zero Waste Gardening tips...

Kimberly-Clark agrees to buy Tylenol owner Kenvue in $48.7 billion deal, creating consumer staples giant The combined company would bring together brands like Huggies and Kleenex with the likes of Band-Aid and Tylenol.

The GOP's insider trading continues:

* Trump admin blames Tylenol for autism
* Tylenol's stock crashes
* Trump-affiliated billionaires buy Tylenol at a discount

When RFK Jr says something ridiculous...
Look for who is getting paid.
That's all that matters to the GOP.

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subway stop ad -- stop hiring humans. the era of AI employees is here. artisan.

huh

The Bill Gates Memo: Climate Scientists Respond With Urgency — Covering Climate Now Ahead of this month’s COP30 summit in Brazil, billionaire investor Bill Gates is advising world leaders that global warming “will not lead to humanity’s demise” and that effort to reducing emissions a...

Read about the Gates memo in the news? Wondering what @kimcobb.bsky.social, @hausfath.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social, @sammyroth.bsky.social and I think about it?

No need to wonder: @coveringclimatenow.org is hosting a free webinar panel. Join us THIS AFTERNOON:

Join Sustainable Tucson 6pm Tues, Nov. 11 for: Building on 30 years of work in sustainability

David Eisenberg, a native Tucsonan, will share stories from three decades of working in strawbale & earthen building, the US Green Building Council & building codes.

us02web.zoom.us/j/8841616522...

Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".

A flyer at the register of an on-campus market at Cal Poly SLO explains how SNAP benefits can and can't be used at the store. Annoyingly, it can't be used for hot food.

Reminder: another group of people who may rely on SNAP is students. If you live in a college town and/or feel connected to your alma mater, please consider calling up the campus food bank and asking what they need - money, types of food etc.

The paternalism of this flyer is painful when you see it.

The fall of the CBS News climate team David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.

Further perspective, by @emorwee.bsky.social at Heated, on the fall of the CBS News climate team.

Multi-neighborhood Arcadia Wash Cleanup: Saturday, November 15th from 8am to 10am. Meet at Desert Sky Community School to get your bags. Thanks Zoraida for opening the school to us!

Please come whether you RSVP or not. (It just lets Tucson Clean & Beautiful how much stuff to bring.)

Late Season Purslane Saves the Day! green chili huevos rancheros with purslane - YUM If you follow my blog it should be no surprise to you that Dan and I enjoy purslane any cha...

When we got home from our outing to Tombstone, we didn't have time to go to the store to get a veggie for dinner. Then I remembered that I had some growing in my front yard. Late season purslane saved dinner - and breakfast the next morning!

(Recipe directions included.)

What would you do if democracy was being dismantled before your eyes? Whatever you’re doing right now | Andy Beckett In California, daily life under Trump is marked by sporadic resistance and avoidance. Neither will defeat the autocrats, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

"Unless populism’s opponents create an equally relentless and compelling movement, and draw in more of those whom populism victimises and scares into silence, then this age of autocrats will carry on."

😢💔

Sustainable Tucson's Water Committee invites you to join them for a presentation on the Colorado River tonight, Monday, October 27th at 7pm on Zoom.

"The Colorado River - Our Over-Stressed Lifeline" presentation As you know if you've been following our actions for a while, we often advocate for better water bills at the state legislature. I believe i...

Join Sustainable Tucson's Water Committee 7pm, Monday, Oct. 27 for "The Colorado River Our Over-Stressed Lifeline." We will cover the current and projected state of the Colorado River, ongoing negotiations over future water rights, and what a reduced water allocation could mean for us in Tucson.

Our paper on drought & riparian phenology is out in @globalchangebio.bsky.social, skillfully led by PhD candidate Rose Mohammadi! Upshot: #Drought pushes down water tables & shortens tree growing seasons by intermittent streams - and that response is visible from space #timeseries

I will be performing a dramatic reading of, "The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon's Life of Science and Art" by Wynne Brown at Schieffelin Hall in Tombstone at 2pm, Friday, October 24th. I'd love to see you there!

www.sustainablelivingtucson.com/2025/10/sits...

Flowering Desert Plants - from Arizona State Parks

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Good Weeds vs. Bad Weeds With all this rain, we are getting a lot of so-called "weeds." A weed being any volunteer plant that we don't want in our yard. But before y...

With all this rain we are getting a lot of so-called weeds. A weed is a volunteer plant that we don't want in our yard. The good weeds include edible weeds, wild flowers & native grasses. The bad weeds include buffelgrass and sticker weeds like goat heads and tumbleweeds. See how to identify them.

See the names: Top U of A professors urge rejection of Trump compact There's no assurance the University of Arizona would actually get funding benefits for complying, the Regents professors warn.

See the names: Top U of A professors urge rejection of Trump compact tucson.com/news/local/e...

Arizona AG threatens to sue House speaker over Grijalva swearing-in delay Arizona's attorney general is threatening to sue U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson if he doesn't say by the end of the day Thursday that Adelita Grijalva will be sworn into

Arizona AG threatens to sue House speaker over Grijalva swearing-in delay tucson.com/news/local/g...

Illuminating Christmas It's that time of year again when I try to wrap my head around the meaning of a Christmas without all the commercial trimmings and trappings...

Here are my musings about reducing waste this holiday season and having fun doing it!

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For days we have gotten flood alerts from Hurricane Priscilla.

Everyone kept saying, "What rain?"

Today our jujube basin filled with rainwater from the downspout and our overflow cisterns are all full too.

Proud to say, "This home harvests the the rain?

As cities expand, migratory birds face growing threats such as habitat loss, collisions with glass buildings, pollution, and light disturbance. But urban spaces can also become sanctuaries when planned with nature in mind.

Plant native vegetation and restore natural habitats.

There used to be over 100 varieties of birds in our neighborhood. Dan and I count 26 in our yard now.

World Migratory Bird Day: this year’s theme “Shared Spaces: Creating Bird-Friendly Cities and Communities” highlights the need to rethink how we design and live in our urban environments.

Tucson school bonds and overrides 2025: Your complete voter guide - AZ Luminaria Voter guide to Props 414, 415, 416 on Nov. 4; TUSD override, Flowing Wells and Sunnyside bonds for teacher pay, building repairs and student programs

Tucson school bonds and overrides 2025: Your complete voter guide azluminaria.org/2025/10/08/t...

Watering BEFORE the Rain As the dark clouds of Hurricane Priscilla loom overhead with the promise (or threat) of rain, it may seem unintuitive to deep water plants. ...

As the dark clouds of Hurricane Priscilla loom overhead with the promise (or threat) of rain, it may seem unintuitive to deep water plants. After all, won't they get watered by the storm? But one inch of rain can fill up even our biggest cistern. So it's time to make room for more rainwater.

"The Colorado River - Our Over-Stressed Lifeline" presentation As you know if you've been following our actions for a while, we often advocate for better water bills at the state legislature. I believe i...

Join Sustainable Tucson's Water Committee 7pm, Monday, Oct. 27 for "The Colorado River Our Over-Stressed Lifeline." We will cover the current and projected state of the Colorado River, ongoing negotiations over future water rights, and what a reduced water allocation could mean for us in Tucson.

Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker