Posted in Uncategorized on April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Credit to Krisy Gashler in the Ithaca Journal:
ITHACA — The winds are changing in Tompkins County.
After some notable recent setbacks, wind energy proponents in the county have several projects to look forward to again.
Ithaca College recently received approval to set up a meteorological tower on part of its South Hill property to measure wind and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Credit to Aaron Munzer in the Ithaca Journal:
ITHACA — Cornell University President David Skorton spoke Tuesday night to an audience of almost 70 community members about how the university he heads is trying to be a good neighbor — and a good steward of the planet.
In an Earth Day speech in Ithaca High School’s [...]
Posted in Community, Events on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Credit to Aaron Munzer in the Ithaca Journal:
CAROLINE — Foot soldiers in the fight for an energy independent community talked up bright ideas about saving energy and handed out reusable cloth bags stuffed with an efficient compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) to each of Caroline’s 1,400 households Saturday.
Approximately 90 volunteers from Cornell University, Ithaca [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Credit to Michelle Sun in the Cornell Daily Sun:
As the earth warms up, the human race must also speed up its alternative energy technologies to increase its efficiency, at least according to Nobel Laureate Steven Chu.
“The fact that the earth is warming up is not a matter of debate,” Chu told a crowd last night [...]
Posted in Activism, Announcement, Community, Cornell, Energy, Energy Independent Caroline, Events, News on April 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Credit to Rebecca James in the Syracuse Post-Standard:
You can build a better light bulb - one that uses less electricity and saves money - but how do you get people to use it?
Environmentalists from Cornell University, Ithaca and the nearby town of Caroline are betting that if you deliver a free compact fluorescent bulb to [...]
Posted in Announcement, Cornell, Sustainability Hub on April 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Credit to Seth Shapiro in the Cornell Daily Sun:
“Cornell is very progressive in its commitment to sustainability,” said Whitney Larsen ’10, the outreach coordinator for the student-run Sustainability Hub.
While the Sustainability Hub and other student groups work to make the Cornell campus as sustainable as possible, the administration is trying to widen the scope on [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Food, Just Sustainability on April 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Credit to Tyson Buerkle on the Cornell Daily Sun Blog:
This weekend kicks off what is probably the most exciting few months in the year for local foods in Ithaca – at 9 a.m. on Saturday the Ithaca Farmers Market opens its stalls for the 2008 season! The Ithaca Farmers Market started up in 1973 and [...]
