Home with rainwater tank

Rainwater harvesting for limited-income households.

Reduction of hazardous exposures in small businesses through a community health worker intervention.

Family and packing boxes

Building a stronger community through equal housing.

Solar Empowerment Program

Reducing the cost of energy used in your home.

Energy Efficiency

New appliances and home repairs.

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Solar Empowerment Workshop – English

Renewable Energy

Solar Empowerment

  • Free

Harnessing the power of the sun has become increasingly important in the pursuit of renewable and sustainable sources of energy. This workshop is designed to provide participants with the understanding of solar technologies, their benefits, and their components, and maintenance. The second half of the workshop will cover how the Solar Empowerment Program works. This workshop is in English and about 1.5 hours long. For any questions please contact jella@seriaz.org or (520) 222-8067.

Rainwater Harvesting Online Workshop – English

Rainwater HarvestingRainwater Harvesting

  • Online
  • Free

Rainwater harvesting helps cool urban temperatures, reduce street flooding and is best used for irrigation. The water collected can be for your trees, plants and garden. During this workshop come learn about residential rainwater harvesting. Learn about passive and active systems including design considerations, planning your project, best practices, maintenance, and more. The second half of the workshop you will receive information on Tucson Water’s Rebate and SERI’s Limited-Income Loan and Grant Program including what you will receive by participating, requirements to participate and how to apply. Register at by clicking the Details and Registration button below! For any questions please contact leslie.pilli@seriaz.org or (520) 308-9519. Attending this workshop meets one of the requirements for the City of Tucson’s rainwater harvesting rebate and is open to the public. This workshop is in English and about 1.5 hours long.

Gray Water Online Workshop – English

Gray Water

  • Online
  • Free

Gray water is a great way to take advantage of the water that comes from your hand sinks, shower and clothes washer to irrigate your trees and plants. During this workshop come learn about gray water specifically laundry to landscape systems. The first half of the workshop will cover design considerations, planning your project, best practices, and more. During the second half of the workshop you will receive information on Tucson Water’s Rebate and SERI’s Limited-Income Laundry-to-Landscape Loan and Grant Program including what you will receive by participating, requirements to participate and how to apply. Attending this workshop meets one of the requirements for the City of Tucson’s gray water rebate and is open to the public. This workshop is in English and about 1 hour long.

News

Healthy Organic Applesauce with Cinnamon

Lead Found in Cinnamon Products Sold in US

The U S Food and Drug Administration FDA recommends consumers do not buy or eat ground cinnamon Recently elevated levels in cinnamon were discovered in certain cinnamon apple sauce pouches that lead to lead poisoning in children The FDA is taking steps to address this and sent a letter to all cinnamon manufacturers processors…

Project Harvest

Contaminants Found in Rooftop Harvested Rainwater in Tucson, Arizona

For the past six years we have collaborated with University of Arizona’s Project Harvest to examine levels of contamination in residential harvested rainwater We collected and analyzed over rainwater samples by partnering with families in Tucson whom are disproportionately impacted by climate change and pollution The findings show there is increased contamination in rainwater…

Blog

NFHA Fair Housing Trends Report

National Fair Housing Alliance “2023 Fair Housing Trends Report” Finds Highest Rise in Complaints

The National Fair Housing Alliance NFHA released their most recent report Fair Housing Trends Report which is part of their series of annual reports dating back to the mid- s Their recent report covers fair housing complaint data for highlights fair housing cases that were settled in FY and policy recommendations to combat the…

New Website Launch

Welcome to Our New Website!

After seven months of hard work and dedication from our SERI team we are pleased to share the launch of our new website We wanted to update the design of our website add new features and tools update programs and projects and make it more user-friendly All of our website initiatives are to create…

Lora with her rainwater harvesting tank

Lora Makes The Most of Rainwater Harvesting

Through rainwater harvesting we can help reduce urban temperatures and increase tree coverage Rainwater harvesting is a financial investment and many limited-income families in Tucson cannot afford the upfront costs We reached out to Lora who shares with us how she was able to do rainwater harvesting at her home as a participant in…