Earth Day Celebration

Date: April 19, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Location: Bushmaster Park (3150 N. Alta Vista Dr.) Dear Flagstaff community, Join us as we celebrate Earth Day this Saturday… rain or shine!This celebration is dedicated to bringing together the community and local organizations to discover ways we can get involved with protecting, conserving, and learning about our shared home.

Event Highlights Sustainable Exhibitions and Activities: Explore, learn, and enjoy activities for all ages from over 50 local organizations, groups, and causes! Free Workshops: Attend one of three workshops to learn practical tips for sustainable living: Garden Upcycling, Rainwater Harvesting, and Home Energy Efficiency and Electrification. Live Performances and Music: Enjoy musical performances by local performers: Side Project, Aaron White, and Cameron Jameson! Community Bike Ride: Bust out your wheels and join us to move another way! Meet us at the Flagstaff Visitor's Center at 10 am and ride to the Earth Day Celebration as a community.

Flagstaff Sustainability Events for Fall

 

Drop-off Day | Saturday, October 29th (10:00 am - 2:00 pm)

Flagstaff Police Department - 911 E Sawmill Road, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

• At Drop-off Day, we collect unwanted electronics, medications, documents for shredding, and other items for proper disposal. As a volunteer, you will help direct traffic and provide information about recycling and composting in our community.
• Learn more about Drop-off Day here. 
• Please contact me if you would like to volunteer for this event (kaeli.wells@flagstaffaz.gov)

Fix-it Clinic | Saturday, November 5^th (10:00 am - 2:00 pm)

Joe C. Montoya Community & Senior Center - 245 N Thorpe Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

• If you are good at electrical repair, sewing, woodworking, or general tinkering, we have the volunteer opportunity for you! Join the Fix-it Clinic team and help keep broken items out of the landfill.
  
• Learn more about the event here.
• If you would like to become a fixer, please email Steve Thompson at steven.thompson@flagstaffaz.gov

Sustainable Saturdays at the MRF | Saturday, November 5^th (8:00 am - 12:00 pm)

Materials Recovery Facility - 1800 E Butler Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

• Team up with other Flagstaff Sustainability Leaders to teach community members about recycling at the MRF.
• Volunteers are needed on the first Saturday of every month.
• Contact Sue Bassett at basscamp100@gmail.com if you are interested in this opportunity. 

Please let me know if you have any questions about these events. Thank you for all that you do!

Best,

Kaeli

Kaeli Wells she/her | Sustainability Specialist City of Flagstaff Sustainability Office p: (928) 856 - 4432 kaeli.wells@flagstaffaz.gov www.flagstaff.az.gov/sustainable

Sustainability of Flagstaff Events

If you are a Sustainability Leader you can volunteer for these events. If not, you might want to attend.

Fix-it Clinic | Saturday, March 26th (10:00 am - 2:00 pm)

Joe C. Montoya Community & Senior Center - 245 N Thorpe Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

• If you are good at soldering, electronics repair, electrical repair, sewing, woodworking or general tinkering, we have the volunteer opportunity for you! Join the Fix-it Clinic team and help keep broken items out of the landfill.
• -> Learn more about the event here.

Spring 2022 Flagstaff Sustainability Leaders Course | Wednesday, April 6th - May 25th (Wednesday nights 5:30 - 8:30 pm)

Flagstaff Sustainability Office (in-person) - 419 N. Mogollon St Flagstaff, AZ 86001

The Flagstaff Sustainability Office is hosting an 8-week Flagstaff Sustainability Leaders training program that educates and equips participants to be advocates for climate action in the Flagstaff community. As a Flagstaff Sustainability Leader, you will have the chance to:

• LEARN about climate change science and local impacts,  
• MEET local sustainability leaders through discussions and presentations,  
• SHARE what you learn with your community through effective communication, and  
• ACT on what you learn to inspire yourself and others to take sustainable action.

Please share this opportunity with friends and family who have not taken the course yet. More information about the class schedule and application process can be found on our website. Applications close on March 15th.

Earth Day 2022 | Saturday, April 23rd (time TBD)

Location TBD

• Mark your calendars for our amazing Earth Day event! More information to come about volunteer opportunities. 

Drop-off Day | Saturday, April 30th (10:00 am - 2:00 pm)

Flagstaff Police Department - 911 E Sawmill Road Flagstaff, AZ 86001

• At Drop-off Day, we collect unwanted electronics, medications, documents for shredding, and other items that do not belong in the landfill. As a volunteer, you will help direct traffic, and provide community members with information about item disposal.
• -> Learn more about the event here

Flagstaff Sustainability Events

 Attached are 3 flyers from the Flagstaff Sustainability Department, that may be of interest for those gardeners who are also recyclers. The first is the annual Fix-it Clinic which will happen on Saturday October 10th, from 10am-2pm. Second is the Drop Off Day and Shred-A-Thon on Saturday October 24th. In addition to drugs you can bring any hazardous waste items such as batteries or paint. Last of all on October 15 at 1015am they are having an online contest for Flagstaff's 15 Minute Makeovers.

Events this year are with the covid virus in mind - outside, socially distanced, masks required. Check out the links for details.

Fix-it Clinic

Drop Off Day/Shred-A-Thon

Flagstaff's 15 Minute Makeovers

Flagstaff Sustainability Grants

Sustainability Grant Program deadline:

• This program provides small grants to local residents, organizations or businesses that are taking climate action or working on sustainability projects in Flagstaff. Almost anyone can apply for a grant to improve our community’s sustainability or water conservation.
• This program now has additional categories in food, waste, climate action, and resilience.
• The application is now open until May 31^st.

Could you please spread information about this grant among your networks? Or perhaps consider applying yourself? A flyer is attached, and more information is available here.

If you have any questions you can contact me or Lisa Clark at lisa.clark@flagstaffaz.gov

LINK to flyer for grants.

Flagstaff Climate Leaders Course

Flagstaff Climate Leaders Course

Do you want to ignite climate action in your community? Register for the NEW Climate Leader course offered this fall through the City of Flagstaff Sustainability Program. This 8-week course will teach you how to initiate positive climate conversations and actions, and make Flagstaff more sustainable.

Course Details:

What: Eight-week course and 30-hour volunteer program.

Participants will receive information on climate change in Flagstaff, the recently adopted Flagstaff Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, how to engage in positive climate change conversations, and how to initiate climate action from local community leaders. Each session will feature guest speakers from academic, government, and community organizations with expertise in climate science, climate communication, and climate action leadership. Upon completion, participants commit to completing 30 hours of climate-related volunteerism within a year (and are encouraged to continue volunteering!).

When: August 7^th – September 25^th

Eight Wednesday night sessions, 5:30 – 8:30 pm

Plus: several optional Saturday field trips (dates and times TBD)

Where: Murdoch Community Center, 203 E Brannen Ave., Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Cost: FREE! Volunteer hours are expected. Snacks will be provided each week.

Learn more about the course HERE, and register directly HERE.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Lee Bryant (lee.bryant@flagstaffaz.gov, 928-213-2156).

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Lee Bryant | Climate Education VISTA

City of Flagstaff Sustainability Program

AmeriCorps VISTA

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

(928) 213-2156

Lee.Bryant@flagstaffaz.gov

www.flagstaff.az.gov/sustainable | www.facebook.com/FlagstaffSustainabilityProgram 

www.twitter.com/SustainFLG | www.instagram.com/FLGSustain

Recycle Class Week 2

Reduce Your Waste Tips

1. Reduce the amount of food waste

2.Use fewer single use plastics, by bringing your own reusable coffee cup, water bottle and bag.

3.Fix things that are broken instead of buying new. Flagstaff has fixit clinics 3-4 times a year

4.Use the Hazardous Products Center and Bulky Trash Pick-up for items such as paint/chemicals and large items.

5.Shop locally and support local business.

6.Eat more low carbon foods, such as minimally processed foods, fruit, grains and vegetables.

Citly Page for Recycling Info for Flagstaff - https://www.flagstaff.az.gov/3256/Trash-and-Recycling

Great site - tells you where to take a variety of items for recycle. It even provides a map.

Recycling Plastic such asgrocery/or store bags

I learned there are many more things you can add to this recycle:

  Newspaper bags

  Ziplock bags - you don't need to remove the ziplock. Remember these are washable and reusable.

  Saran Wrap

  Packing plastic and air puff fillers with air out

Many stores take them:

   All the groceries

   Target

   Walmart

 Recycling them uses less energy than most items and it is easy.

Recycling Florescent Bulbs and Tubes

Hazardous waste or either of the Home Depot Stores

Agriculture to Appetites: Sustaining working Landscapes in a Changing Arizona

Master Gardeners: You are invited to the next Agriculture to Appetites to be held on April 18 at 6:30pm at NAU’s Ashurst Auditorium. Please see the attached flier for more information.

Agriculture to Appetites: Sustaining Working Landscapes in a Changing Arizona

Spring Presentation/Community Roundtable Series to focus on preserving agriculture

Agriculture is important to Northern Arizona, where long--‐standing traditions of farming and ranching provide good food, good jobs, and valuable open space. Yet these traditions are under fire due to a growing population, rising land prices, changing markets, threatened water supplies, and a warming climate.

Agriculture to Appetites: Sustaining Working Landscapes in a Changing Arizona is an interactive series of three evening events that will take a close look at how agriculture is dealing with these threats, and what might be done in the future. The sessions, to be held on three separate evenings in Clarkdale, Tuba City, and Flagstaff, will feature short presentations by regional experts and roundtable discussions among interested community members. Anyone interested in food is invited to attend—growers, marketers, chefs, hunters, elected officials, eaters. Participants will hear details about the challenges growers face, and about opportunities for helping regional agriculture grow and thrive—and they will be given the opportunity to share experiences and insights of their own. The topics addressed will include preserving agricultural open space, the safeguarding of water supplies and ecological integrity, and the development of local markets for locally produced foods. The discussions will particularly focus on establishing and nourishing mutually beneficial relationships between rural food producers and urban food consumers.

Contact: Peter Friederici, Director, 928-523-6378; Peter.Friederici@nau.edu

Hattie Braun

County Director/Horticulture, Coconino County

University of Arizona Cooperative Extension

2304 N. 3rd St.

Flagstaff, AZ  86004

Phone: 928-774-1868 x 170

FAX: 928-774-1860

Keep Sedona Beautiful Sustainability Series

Putting Together the  Pieces of Community Sustainably   A five Week Course  April 9 thru May 7.  3:00 - 5:00 PM  at Keep Sedona Beautiful 360 Brewer Rd., Sedona    with Debra Emmanuelle

Sustainability has become a new buzz word that is getting more attention than ever before.     Debra Emmanuelle,  Course Intsructor Unfortunately, there are as many definitions as there are people using the term, resulting in a "green-washing" effect that is actually detracting from the deeper relevance of the meaning.    If true sustainability is to become a reality, there must be a synthesis of agreement and a common plan at the community level that is based on a shared vision and shared values.    In this course, we will dialogue about current challenges whose solutions lie in the implementation of foundational Sustainability Principles and Practices as well as number of tools that support effective implementation and follow through.     This class is a group exploration of shared vision and value-sets that, when acted upon, turn the possibility of local sustainability into a local reality - starting with you!    Pre-register online at www.greenpapillonalliance.com or call Debra at (928) 282-8738 - $15.00 - $20 at the door.   Watch for further programs throughout the summer and fall - here is the link Upcoming series: Future Classes in this Sustainability Series:  Choosing and Eating Food With Sustainability In Mind - May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 18  Food Security: How Can We Ensure Local Food Sustainability? - August 13, 20, 27, September 3, 10  A New Perspective for Raising Our Children - September 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15 Cost: $15.00 per individual class with pre-registration ($20.00 at the door)  $60.00 - with pre-registration for full 5-week course *Special discounts for members of Keep Sedona Beautiful, Gardens for Humanity For more information and to pre-register contact Debra Emmanuelle at Green Papillon Alliance: debra@greenpapillonalliance.com or 928- 282-8738