Upcoming Events
The calendar of events includes a range of opportunities to meet people, learn, and collaborate. Emphasis is placed on events in the Southwest focused on understanding climate change or moving specific solutions forward. Visitors and Network members are encouraged to submit relevant events.
Lower Colorado river Tour (Field trip)
March 10, 2010 - March 12, 2010 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Event Web site
This 3-day, 2-night tour follows the course of the lower Colorado River through Nevada, Arizona and California, and includes a private tour of Hoover Dam, a boat ride on Lake Mead, and visits to the Havasu National Wildlife refuge, farms in the Imperial and Coachella valleys, the All-American Canal lining project and the Salton Sea.
The Challenge of Sustainability
March 12, 2010 - March 13, 2010 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Event Web site
The Wallace Stegner Center’s Fifteenth Annual Symposium takes on The Challenge of Sustainability. Can we create a civilization that is both prosperous and environmentally healthy?
USGBC Green Building Operations and Maintenance
March 17, 2010 | Tucson, Arizona | Event Web site
This workshop is intended for building owners, operators and suppliers who are familiar with the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance Rating System, but new to implementing it on projects or looking to brush up on implementation best practices. It is also useful for design professionals, investors and others seeking to enhance their existing buildings with green operations.
National Water Resources Association: 2010 Federal Water Issues Conference
March 22, 2010 - March 24, 2010 | Washington, DC | Event Web site
Election Year politics will have a major impact on Congress' agenda. Historically, it has provided an excellent opportunity to advance less politically charged-- more parochial legislation. This year's Washington meeting will feature prominent decision-makers and lobbyists with years of experience in getting the job done.
Upgrading Technology and Infrastructure in a Finance-Challenged Economy
March 23, 2010 - March 26, 2010 | Sacramento, California | Event Web site
Financing infrastructure and technology, a challenge in normal times, has become even more difficult for irrigation water supply providers as a result of the recent tightening of the credit markets. Irrigation districts, and other water providers, face a continuing need to upgrade technology and infrastructure even in these tight credit markets that complicate financing.
International Drought Symposium
March 24, 2010 - March 26, 2010 | Riverside, California | Event Web site
The main objective is to compare drought impacts and mitigation under various physical, economic, and institutional situations in these states, and to allow 'out of the box' approaches to be considered and adopted by the various countries.
Sustainable Industries: Economic Forums 2010
March 25, 2010 | Denver, Colorado | Event Web site
Tribal Energy Economies: Investing in a Sustainable Future
March 25, 2010 - March 26, 2010 | Memorial Union, ASU, Tempe, AZ | Event Web site
The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law’s Indian Legal Program sponsors this conference. Arizona attorneys may receive continuing legal education credit by attending.
Please contact the College's Indian Legal program for more information.
Alternative Fuels and Vehicles, National Conference and Expo
May 9, 2010 - May 12, 2010 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Event Web site
Crisis. The Economy. Foreclosures. Bailouts. You can’t get away from the economic turmoil. We have all been affected in one way or another. But there is some light at the end of the tunnel. In February 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 into law. This landmark legislation included billions of dollars for alternative energy and technologies.