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Institute of Ecotourism
www.ioet.org
95 Portal Lane
Sedona, AZ 86336
928.282.2720

KSB – Keep Sedona Beautiful
www.keepsedonabeautiful.org/index.html
360 Brewer Road
Sedona, AZ 86336
928.282.4938

In 1972 a few visionary residents had ideas about how to keep Sedona a beautiful place. They founded an organization called Keep Sedona beautiful to fulfill their ideals. After all these years, Sedona has remained true to KSB’s vision largely because of hundreds of volunteers who have devoted their time and effort without any other reward except the pleasure of knowing that they made a difference. With over 5 million visitors a year Sedona is a remarkably clean place. Look at Highway 89A. Any other location with that much traffic would not look nearly as fine were it not for a group like KSB. Highest honors and thanks go to these folks.

Sedona Recycles
West Sedona
2280 Shelby Drive
Serving the Verde Valley since 1989.
928.204.1185
www.sedonarecycles.org/recycle/home.php

Sustainable Arizona Resource & Education Council
P.O. Box 156
Sedona, AZ 86339
www.sustainablearizona.net

A hidden gem for learning about current Arizona news pertaining to sustainability issues and concerns. Volunteers maintain this Sedona website and blog. They keep it focused through research, magazine articles, forums, special events, government legal issues reporting, and a lot more. Water issues, climate, agriculture, alternative transportation, solar applications, sustainable communities, and high-performance building are some of the topics covered in their forums. I particularly like their Resource Listings because I like to stay on top of the latest solar, green construction, and agriculture technologies. Their resource links help me do that. I found new water purification resources and rainwater harvesting ideas on their website and felt quite at home.

Verde Valley Land Preservation Institute
www.verdevalleylpi.org
P.O. Box 3356
Cottonwood, AZ 86326

A small and determined group of citizens interested in preserving and enhancing open space in the Verde Valley region. Founded in 2002 by Marybeth Carlile.

Verde Watershed Association
http://vwa.org
P.O. Box 4595
Camp Verde, AZ 86322

This group rallies around a common Southwestern concern, water. Nearly 200 million gallons of water per year is used to water 5 golf courses in just the Verde Valley, the valley that is home to Sedona. This group is concerned, as are many local residents, that this is a serious problem awaiting acknowledgement. More golf courses have been approved for the Sedona and Verde Valley region while very little research has been completed to determine if the natural water supplies in the area are sufficient to support these courses without negatively impacting present domestic use. Domestic/commercial water use versus golf course water requirements might become a compelling future theme in Arizona if the drought progresses and the state population continues to soar. This association provides timely information on all these issues.