Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

David and Pearl Omicks barrel composting toilet system in Cascabel, Arizona in October, 2016. The two barrels on the left are composting, and the barrel in the outhouse is in use. Because the outhouse faces the remote desert, there is no need for a door. (Photo by Michaela Webb / Arizona Sonora News)

Composting toilets in Arizona put waste to work

Elizabeth S. Eaton December 10, 2016

By MICHAELA WEBB Arizona Sonora News We Americans flush an average of 10 gallons of drinkable water down the toilet every day. That’s 3,650 gallons per person per year. In Tucson, a year of...

Pecans ready for harvest on a tree at the Green Valley Pecan Company on Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. (Photo by Rebecca Noble / Arizona Sonora News)

Future of S. Arizona desert farming and development floats on water

Elizabeth S. Eaton December 9, 2016

By ELIZABETH EATON Arizona Sonora News Service GREEN VALLEY -- Row after row of pecan trees stretches into the distance, their dark green reaching up to mix with the blue of the sky, like...

Digging for clues on a mysterious people, one pot at a time

Digging for clues on a mysterious people, one pot at a time

Elizabeth S. Eaton September 9, 2016

By ELIZABETH EATON Arizona Sonora News Service The Homol’ovi Project isn’t like Atlantis; there’s no mystery as to where this civilization disappeared. Instead, anthropologists like Claire...

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