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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Sustainability key to UA expanded mining school mission

October 4, 2023

Tanya Ence, El Inde Arizona The UA owned student-run mining laboratory in Sahuarita. As the world’s demand for minerals increases, the University of Arizona is stepping up to solve mining challenges...

Laura Tanzer surrounded by her work in her shop at downtown Tucson. Photo provided by Laura Tanzer.

In fashion, green is the new black

Claudia Johnson November 7, 2018

After its success in the food industry, the green movement is now impacting how fashion business is operating and the way consumers are shopping. With the increase in consumer consciousness,...

Donna Bruce holding one of her chickens, in front of her plant beds, on her farm Sharing Life's Abundance (Photo by: Amanda Sladek / Arizona Sonora News).

Arizona leads nation in female farmers

Amanda Sladek April 19, 2018

In Queen Creek, Arizona, you can find a 1.33-acre lot growing oranges, apples, figs, peaches, pears, grapes, sugarcane, lettuce, tomatoes, pepper, eggplant, okra, corn, green beans – and also raising...

The breezeways built between the different structures of Cosanti help increase air flow. (Photo by Matthew Scheurman)

Beating the Arizona heat through sustainable living

Matthew Scheurman April 8, 2016

When it comes to architecture in Arizona, there is only one goal: beat the heat. From the adobe structures of the Native American tribes, to Frank Lloyd Wright’s modernist approach, managing...

The sun beats down over the Church of the Painted Hills-United Church of Christ in Tucson (Photo by: Emily Huddleston/Arizona Sonora News)

Having faith through climate change

Emily Huddleston March 10, 2016

  Climate Change and faith aren’t two ideas you often hear in the same sentence. Yet there is a long history of religious thought about the role of humans as stewards of the environment....

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