We believe that if the most adversely impacted communities are heard and able to build resilience, then everyone benefits alongside them. That's why we work at the community level to connect people to the natural resources they depend on. It all starts with people who care - people just like you.
"Supporting Sonoran Institute's Growing Water Smart program allows Northern Water to enable our allottees, the owners of the water we manage, with tools to maximize the value of the water they use now and in the future. Education is a key initiative in our Water Efficiency Program and we appreciate this collaboration."- Frank Kinder, Northern Water
"We have been fortunate to partner with Sonoran in training our members on Growing Water Smart in the Headwaters.The expertise and targeted training have been unparalleled, and we continue to see the fruits of the workshops paying off as projects and studies kick off around the headwaters."
- Torie Jarvis, director and staff attorney for the Water Quality/Quantity Committee, Northwest Colorado Council of Governments
"My father had such respect and appreciation for the land, and he instilled that in me. To see that beautiful area where he grew his crops come back to life-I just felt that restoring the Delta needed my support. It's restoring the people's pride and bringing responsible commercial opportunities. These days, we are so busy building fences and walls along the border. With this project, we are building hope."
- Rowene Aguirre-Medina, board member, Sonoran Institute
"Working with the Sonoran Institute, I learned both the practice and the value of partnerships and how collaboration creates community and natural wellbeing. The recent collaboration between Watershed Management Group and Sonoran Institute at New Hope-Nueva Esperanza Church in Tucson, Arizona, has proven once again that this is the way to create strongcommunities and functional landscapes. ¡Vamos por más!"
- Joaquin Murrieta-Saldivar, cultural ecologist, Watershed Management Group
The Sonoran Institute's mission is to connect people and communities with the natural resources that nourish and sustain them.
Since 1990, the Sonoran Institute has brought together diverse interests to successfully forge effective and enduring conservation solutions in the face of rapid growth and change. Through civil dialogue, collaboration, and capacity building, we work with local communities and partners toward a shared vision of lasting prosperity. We have assisted others in better understanding the drivers of change and their implications for their quality of life. The constancy of change has always been a narrative thread in explaining the work of the Sonoran Institute. Rather than resist change, we have helped others embrace it and ultimately emerge the better from it.
Organization name
Sonoran Institute
1990
Category
Environment
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
P.O. Box 9792Headquarters
5049 E Broadway Blvd., Suite 127Denver County, CO, US
AZ, US
Mexicali, B.C., MX