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A Natural Building Journey

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Mother Earth News published a nice article written by Joe Silins about his journey as a natural builder and building his small straw bale guest house. “Building my own straw bale guest house was the culmination of one journey and the beginning of another. Photos by Joe Silins.

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Higher Education/Research Award of Merit - University of Arizona Environment and Natural Resources Phase II

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The five-story University of Arizona Environment and Natural Resources Phase II, in Tucson, houses five different departments and a classroom.

Arizona 28
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The Art of Earth Architecture

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Studio Rick Joy’s Tucson Mountain House was constructed from rammed earth an is a mix of modern minimalism and vernacular construction. This house is one of 250 buildings in The Art of Earth Architecture: Past, Present, Future , a new book by Jean Dethier and Princeton Architectural Press.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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Some of the locations already are well-known for developing the next generation of technologies, such as Austin, home to Dell, Apple, Facebook and Google, and Tucson, with its hotbed of solar technology innovation. Tucson is the Sun King. Tucson has been identified as one of thirteen Solar America Cities by the U.S.

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FEATURE STORY: Semiconductor HUBS – Macro Growth from Micro Chips

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billion, first-of-its-kind collaboration housed at the CNSE’s Albany NanoTech complex. CNSE] houses the most advanced clean rooms, tools and equipment, as well as next generation tools that are still several years from making it out into industry,” said Steve Janack, CNSE vice president for marketing and communications. “It

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Awards

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The business may use a public or private training provider, or may use an in-house training provider based on the nature of the training. Buffalo Niagara Enterprise; Upstate SC Alliance; Tucson (AZ) Regional Economic Opportunities. Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc. Indiana University Health, Denison, Inc.,

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FEATURE STORY: Workforce Development Programs – The Recipe For Success

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The facility houses three dozen industrial robots and features an automated welding lab and an automated manufacturing line that operates to the strains of “Sweet Home Alabama.”. Tom Corbett gear-housing assemblies during a tour of ASI Technologies Inc. Assembler Okie Kozminski shows Gov. REGIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN ARIZONA.

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