[FLPERMACULTURE] Local Environmental History presentation at The History Center on April 25

[Michael Burns]

*The History Center in Tompkins County*
*in partnership with Ithaca College and Sustainable Tompkins presents***
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Local Environmental History and Ecological Citizenship:
Continuing the Exploration**
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*Wednesday, April 25*
*7:00 – 9:00 pm*
*at The History Center*
*401 East State Street*
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*This event is free and open to the public.*
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The development of roads in Tompkins County and the transformation of  
wet lands on the southern end of Lake Cayuga are two of the  
historical processes Ithaca College environmental history students  
examined this semester in partnership with The History Center’s  
research library.

The History Center invites you to join us on Wednesday, April 25 from  
7 – 9 pm when the students will present their findings on these and  
other case studies of environmental transformation to the community.  
A question and answer period will follow. With news of human-induced  
environmental change increasingly in the headlines, the latest  
installment of this history project offers insights into the  
historical relationship between people and the local environment.

Michael Smith, Assistant Professor of History and Environmental  
Studies at Ithaca College, developed this environmental history  
course requiring students to use local historical resources to study  
an event or process in the greater Ithaca area. In doing so, it is  
his hope that students will develop a sense of “ecological  
citizenship” and an understanding that they are a part of the  
community they are studying.
Upon completion of their studies, the Ithaca College student research  
will become part of The History Center’s collection.

For more information please contact Mari Shopsis, Interim Director of  
Education at education at TheHistoryCenter.net  
<mailto:education at TheHistoryCenter.net> or (607) 273-8284 ext. 3.

The History Center in Tompkins County helps people use the tools of  
history to understand the past, gain perspective on the present, and  
play an informed role in shaping the future.


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