The City of Sedona’s Sustainability Coordinator, McKenzie Jones, will speak at Keep Sedona Beautiful’s Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series on Tuesday, August 11th at 5:00 pm. Please note that this is a change from our normal starting time. Due to the pandemic, KSB will be hosting this event on Zoom. The link to this Zoom presentation is: … [Read more...]

The Summer 2020 Quarterly Preserving the Wonder™ newsletter is now available.   It's full of interesting articles and links for further information. Here are the highlights inside the newsletter: President's Message - Water Awareness NOW KSB Event Updates Historic Noise Abatement Agreement KSB Development Committee Report Open Volunteer Positions at KSB … [Read more...]

Fundraising Manager KSB has an opening for a volunteer, part-time Fundraising Manager. Successful candidate will shadow current fundraising manager. Position includes working closely with the internal KSB team, as well as corporate and individual donors and the community. This position manages the annual fundraising membership drive, including mailings and contacting businesses. Other … [Read more...]

After five years of diligent work, an agreement has been reached to reduce helicopter noise in Sedona. Led by Mike Yarbrough, KSB was instrumental in reaching a voluntary agreement with the two local tour operators, Guidance Air and Sedona Air Tours.  The agreement establishes “No-Fly Zones” and minimum altitudes. Both of these restrictions will result in less noise pollution for both … [Read more...]

In 2008, then Governor Janet Napolitano, by Executive Order, declared April as Arizona Water Awareness Month to annually focus Arizona citizens' attention on water, the state's most important natural resource. This year, Covid-19 hijacked April. All of our attention has been focused on the pandemic, and rightly so. But Arizona has another big worry for the future - water. Unlike … [Read more...]

PBS has recently shown an amazing documentary series, H2O: The Molecule That Made Us. All 3 episodes are available on PBS.org by CLICKING HERE: Part 1: Pulse - How did water become the essential force behind all life? Part 2: Civilizations - Travel into the past to see how water created the earliest civilizations Part 3: Crisis - Earth's changing water cycle, and water for … [Read more...]

Along with tens of thousands of organizations around the world, Keep Sedona Beautiful has been forced by the COVID-19 pandemic to cancel Earth Day events this year. While we’re focused on our health and the health of our friends and loved ones, we should take time to remind ourselves to look to the health of our planet. The stunning decreases in pollution that are being … [Read more...]

The sustainability movement emphasizes the need to reduce the waste we generate. Thus, the focus on such things as eliminating single use plastics and the push to make recycling easy, efficient, and effective. More broadly, we need to transform our economy from a linear one to a circular one. As the Sustainability Alliance points out, “we need to stop thinking in terms of linear … [Read more...]

While Yavapai County Planning and Zoning (P&Z) hearings are currently on hold, after restrictions on gatherings are removed, P&Z will be considering the developer’s request to rezone Spring Creek Ranch. If you aren’t yet familiar with this audacious proposal, you can read about it HERE. A key factor in the previous vote against rezoning was the large outpouring of … [Read more...]

Yavapai County will soon be starting work on revisions to the County Comprehensive Plan, as required by the Arizona Revised Statutes. The Comprehensive Plan guides decisions by the county on key issues such as rezoning, land use and water use. The current Yavapai County Comprehensive Plan was formulated during a time of economic uncertainty, and emphasizes the need for growth. Keep … [Read more...]