Action: Nuestro Barrio

Nuestro Barrio Project Map:
AZHS has embarked upon a multi-year partnership to work with the residents of Nuestro Barrio to transform their vision plan for the community into a master plan focused on low-tech environmental sustainability, economic development, and cultural promotion. This project speaks to all of our main initiatives: food and water security, resource conservation, community building including job creation, enhancing the local ecosystem and HAVING FUN!!

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Elements of this project include community wide:
--tree canopy coverage (goal 50% in the next 5 years - currently at less than 2%)
--waste management including increased recycling, green waste composting and creative reuse of waste products
--public edibles spaces including gardens, orchards and native edibles
--community rain and greywater harvesting including daylighting existing canals
--rehabilitation of neighborhood architecture including original adobe structures
--energy audits, passive solar projects and small-scale solar projects
--creating green jobs by working with local businesses and educational facilities
--leadership building
--public art installations

Learn a little about the history, present and future of the Nuestro Barrio Community by coming with us on a tour of the neighborhood. There are many, many ways to interact with this project that we will also be discussing.