Posted in Uncategorized on February 28, 2007 | No Comments »
The Chronicle had an article about the recent commitment to climate neutrality. Check it out below:
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb07/climate.change.aj.html
VOTE YES FOR CLEAN ENERGY ON MONDAY!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2007 | No Comments »
After a year of aggressive campaigning to make Cornell go Beyond Kyoto, Cornell has embraced the goal of achieving climate neutrality to “make a difference… for the world at large” through leadership. With a majority of the campus supporting this goal, Cornell is ready to begin planning how to truly make the campus climate neutral.
Before [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2007 | No Comments »
The first issue of Campus Sustainability News for the Spring semester is scheduled to be completed by March 10. If you have great updates to tell everybody, then you should submit them for the newsletter.
Send all entries to Carlos at cmr55@cornell.edu.
Thanks!
Posted in Uncategorized on February 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Love or hate MTV, here’s a nice clip of the Campus Climate Challenge, highlighting the students themselves!http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1542702
Posted in Uncategorized on February 13, 2007 | No Comments »
After meeting with members of KyotoNow! last Friday to discuss the possibility of Cornell becoming climate neutral, President David Skorton decided to form a six person committee of students and faculty to gain a more in-depth understanding of the implications of the commitment. Skorton promised to present his decision by Feb. 23.
“I strongly endorse the [...]
Posted in Kyoto Now on February 5, 2007 | No Comments »
Sign It, SkortonBrutal HonestyBy Jeff PurcellFeb 5 2007
Among other criticisms, former President Lehman was accused of being distant and unresponsive to student and faculty concerns. To show that he was none of these things, President Skorton moved into Mary Donlon Hall and, like every other freshman, took the swim test. From his inauguration to his [...]
Posted in Kyoto Now on February 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Hi all,Wanted to let everyone know that KyotoNOW! is having a planning session and skills training on Saturday at 1 pm in McGraw 145. Maura Cowley, the Northeast Coordinator for the Campus Climate Challenge, will be there as will all the coolest kids on campus.Time is running out for our schools to take action on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 2, 2007 | No Comments »
This week, Cornell joined 575 schools in the Energy Action Coalition to stop global warming, an environmental trend that has consistently gained prevalence on social and political agendas around the world.
The Energy Action Coalition, which consists of 41 organizations in universities across the United States and Canada, has united students in the Campus Climate Challenge, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 2, 2007 | No Comments »
“Global Warming. Everybody talks about it. We hear it in the news all the time nowadays. The Congress, major corporations, the insurance industry, and even the White House have picked up the point: the buildup of global warming pollution is heating Planet Earth.”
“Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “we judge a man’s wisdom by his hope.” [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 2, 2007 | No Comments »
Joel Salatin addressed a full auditorium of Cornell students, faculty, staff and growers Thursday, January 25th. His talk “In-sourcing out food: scaling production and distribution for local viability” was an engaging account of Joel’s innovative work at his family farm, Polyface Farms in Swoope, VA. Joel described his pasture-based multi-species livestock system that combines [...]
