Tucson, AZ – For the fourth consecutive year, Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc. (SERI) has been awarded $125,000 to combat housing discrimination in the Tucson Metropolitan Area under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP).
Are you interested in projects that support environmental and energy justice Join the Center s team and the Director Dr Paloma Beamer to talk about how you and your organization can move towards environmental and energy justice through our free services This event is produced by Dialogue Health in partnership with PHI Center for...
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...
The City of Tucson s Landscape Advisory Committee LAC invite you to the th Urban Heat Island UHI Workshop This year the workshop is in collaboration with University of Arizona CLIMAS Discussions will focus on finding opportunities for Tucson to develop innovative solutions to mitigate the Urban Heat Island UHI effect and effectively communicate...
The City of Tucson recently won a million urban forestry grant from U S Department of Agriculture which will accelerate the initiatives in the Tucson Million Trees program The grant will allow the program to grow more green spaces invest in youth workforce development and support equitable distribution of the trees in the city...
Tucson AZ SERI has been awarded K to fight housing discrimination in the Tucson Metropolitan Area under the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD Fair Housing Initiatives Program FHIP The federal Fair Housing Act protects people from discrimination in housing on the basis of race national origin color religion sex familial...
We ended on a terrific note The saguaro research of Dr Theresa Foley of SERI and her colleagues is listed on USGS s top incredible stories about Earth s ecosystems in The team used the world s largest selfie stick to document a unique flowering pattern they found in the iconic saguaro cacti They...
Over the past years Tucson has been in a drought and the need for water management is critical Through our partnership with Tucson Water we have been able to support sustainable and equitable water management by providing limited-income families the opportunity to participate in rainwater harvesting on their property through grants and loans We...
The National Fair Housing Alliance NFHA released their Fair Housing Trends Report focused mainly on housing discrimination from the seven federally protected classes race color national origin religion sex familial status and disability In the number of housing discrimination complaints were at its highest which is an increase from the number of complaints filed...