El comisionado de Scottsdale habla sobre la experiencia de las abejas que impulsó un nuevo esfuerzo de defensa
Farmers love them because they provide agricultural pollination, they produce more than $15 billion worth of crops in the United States each year, and every third bite of food taken is in thanks to: bees. Understanding what bees provide to our ecosystem and how to promote bee and colony health while promoting human health is on Scottsdale’s agenda. “I was sitting at the kitchen table in my house on a Saturday afternoon with my wife and she looked over my shoulder into the backyard and said, ‘Wow!’ and it was like a cloud of bees in the backyard. So obviously that’s a little worrisome, right? And it seemed like they were swarming around a sage that we have in the back. It’s probably 4 or 5 feet tall,” said Ryan Johnson, commissioner of the Scottsdale Environmental Advisory Commission.
Scottsdale y ASU se unen para un plan de sostenibilidad que se implementará en2023
Scottsdale Environmental Advisory commissioners convened Wednesday, Sept. 22, for a monthly meeting discussing in part Scottsdale’s sustainability plan that will span over 18 months and cost $100,000. The decision to work with Arizona State University came after efforts in Phoenix and Tempe were proven effective, according to the proposal. Scottsdale’s mayor approved the contract’s execution back in June 2020 and it was agreed upon months earlier in April in which specific guidelines were set. The city will pay ASU for its services, according to the contract.
Expertos en ciberseguridad se reúnen en Scottsdale para la 12.ª cumbre tecnológica anual
“No, no, no, you’re watching too much ‘CSI’ and TV and stuff like that,” said Mike Lettman, explaining how real-life cybersecurity is not what is portrayed through popular shows. Lettman, cyber security advisor to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), spoke Sept. 8, at a keynote address at the 12th Annual Arizona Technology Summit at The Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch.