ContributorsThe Sustainable Cities workshop is funded by a grant from the Water, Energy, and Environmental Solutions (WEES) program. WEES is co-managed by the Water Sustainability Program, the Institute of the Environment and the Renewable Energy Program at the University of Arizona. The workshop is also supported in part by the B2 Institute, a scientific think tank and research incubator that addresses scientific grand challenges that require solutions combining expertise from a broad range of scientific fields. A grant from the University of Arizona Student Affairs also helped make this field trip possible for the student journalists. Thanks toJohn Adams, Biosphere 2Matt Adamson, Biosphere 2Nate Allen, Biosphere 2Kevin Bonine, Biosphere 2John de DiosChristine Dunlap, Biosphere 2Rogelio Garcia, School of JournalismKim Land, Biosphere 2Shipherd Reed, Flandrau Science CenterCarol Schwalbe, School of JournalismSusan Swanberg, School of JournalismJoost van Haren, Biosphere 2Alan Weisman, School of JournalismJulian Ybarra, School of JournalismDragos Zaharescu, Biosphere 2

WEES and Biosphere 2 present

Sustainable CitiesMarch 29, 2013Biosphere 2

Laureate Professor Alan WeismanAlan Weisman is the author of The New York Times bestseller The World Without Us as well as several other books and numerous anthologies and articles. The World Without Us explores what would happen to the Earth if all humans suddenly disappeared. His next book, Countdown, looks at Earth’s carrying

Schedule Participants

Participants9:30 Welcome Nate Allen, Sustainability Coordinator, Assistant Staff Scientist,Biosphere 2

9:45 Keynote Alan Weisman, Laureate Professor, School of Journalism

10:30 Panel Ardeth Barnhart, Director, Renewable Energy NetworkGreg Barron-Gafford, Assistant Research Professor,Biosphere 2Alex Cronin, Associate Professor, Department of PhysicsDeanna Lewis, Founding Board Member,Solar GuildJean McLain, Associate Director, Water Resources Research CenterMitch Pavao-Zuckerman,Assistant Research Professor,Biosphere 2

11:30 Break11:45 Breakout 112:10 Breakout 212:30 Wrap-up Matt Adamson,

Education and Outreach,Biosphere 2

Arizona Cooperative Extension: Mark Apel, Chris Jones ASU Polytechnic: Maxx PattersonAtmospheric Sciences: Mike Leuthold,Bioengineering: Joel CuelloBiosphere 2: Matt Adamson, Nate Allen, Greg Barron-Gafford,

Kevin Bonine, Carmen Burghelea, Mitch Pavao-Zuckerman, Michael Sibayan, Joost van Haren, Dragos Zaharescu,

Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium: Shipherd ReedJohn Wesley Miller Companies: John Wesley MillerJournalism: Rogelio Garcia, Kevin Kemper, Carol Schwalbe, Alan

Weisman and 26 undergraduate and graduate studentsLandscape Architecture and Planning: Gary PivoNatural Resources and the Environment: Dave Breshears,

Larry Fisher, Dave MooreOptical Sciences: Blake Coughenour, Brian WheelwrightPhysics: Adria Brooks, Alex CroninRenewable Energy Network: Ardeth BarnhartSolar Guild: Deanna LewisSoil, Water and Environmental Science: Melanie LenartSouthwest Decision Resources: Tahnee RobertsonTechnicians for Sustainability: Kevin KochTucson Oasis Initiative: Rafael Routson de GrenadeUniversita Politecnica delle Marche, Italy: Lucio CiabattoniUrban Landscape Management Plan, Tucson: Irene OgataWater Resources Research Center: Susanna Eden, Aaron Lien,

Jean McLain, Kelly Mott LacroixWatershed Management Group: James DeRoussel