[SustainableTompkins] ITHACA SUSTAINABILITY Events

Tue Sep 12 21:54:46 PDT 2006

from the Ithaca Community News

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ITHACA SUSTAINABILITY
(actually all the other stuff in this great newsletter contributes to 
Community Sustainability as well )
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Save Sapsucker Woods group meeting TONIGHT, September 13, Kendal at 
Ithaca, 2230 N. Triphammer Road, Conference Room C, 7:00 pm. Save 
Sapsucker Woods is a group organizing to oppose housing development 
in the northeastern part of Ithaca, in the area adjacent to the 
Sapsucker Woods bird sanctuary. The purpose of the meeting is to 
share ideas, reflect on past efforts to conserve the area's open 
space, and devise an effective strategy to save these woods. Anyone 
in the area interested in discussing conservation issues and helping 
our cause is welcome. Directions: Kendal at Ithaca is located on N. 
Triphammer Road between Community Corners and Route 13. As you enter 
the Kendal grounds, turn left at the T-junction toward Visitor 
Parking. Follow the road until you see Visitor Parking on your right. 
Enter through the main entrance, pass the reception desk, and proceed 
to the end of the corridor. Turn right, and Conference Room C will be 
the first door on the right. More info: 
<mailto:savesapsuckerwoods at gmail.com>savesapsuckerwoods at gmail.com, 
<http://savesapsuckerwoods.blogspot.com/>http://savesapsuckerwoods.blogspot.com.

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Sustainable Tompkins monthly meeting September 14, 6:00-8:30 pm, 
Cornell Cooperative Extension, 615 Willow Ave. This month's 
discussion will center on sustainable transporation. Come to hear 
about local efforts to support sustainable transportation with a 
panel of your neighbors, government officials, innovators and 
entrepreneurs. There will be opportunities to connect one-on-one and 
in small groups with organized initiatives and get inspired with 
do-it-yourself ideas for all kinds of local and regional mobility. 
The Cayuga Waterfront Trail, TCAT, Curb Your Car Coalition, Ithaca 
Car Share, Recycle Ithaca's Bicycles, Cornell Transportation, and 
others will be there to facilitate discussion and contribute to 
identifying possible and existing solutions to local issues.

Sustainable Tompkins gatherings are a place for local citizens to 
network and learn about each others interests and involvements in the 
sustainability movement. The meeting will begin with a potluck dinner 
-including many locally grown and produced foods. More info: Elan 
Shapiro, 
<mailto:elansla at ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us>elansla at ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us, 607-275-0249,
<http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/>http://www.sustainabletompkins.org.

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New web site: FINGER LAKES BUY GREEN 
<http://www.fingerlakesbuygreen.org>http://www.fingerlakesbuygreen.org, 
a service of the Tompkins County Solid Waste Division and Sustainable 
Tompkins. From an email to ICN:

"We are excited to be able to provide this useful resource to 
residents of the Finger Lakes region. Right now we have information 
and advice as to where to purchase a selection of environmentally 
preferable office supplies locally. We are currently compiling a 
directory of cleaning and janitorial supplies which should be 
available by end October. That will be followed by repairs and 
maintenance, and early next year by yard and garden."

Editor's note: They've done all the research for you on what makes a 
product "green" so you don't have to. I clicked through the site to 
figure out how to use it, and it's easy and will be a great resource. 
When you click through the site, if you find something you want to 
purchase, just check "wish list" and when you are finished browsing, 
the web site will generate a shopping list for you with all the local 
stores where you can get your environmentally preferable office 
products (with the other categories coming soon).

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Sustainable Saturday at Museum of the Earth, September 16, 11:00am 
-12:00pm. Reduce, reuse and recycle in creative and crafty ways! This 
week is egg carton animals and flowers. Included with admission to 
the museum. More info: Sarah Degen, 273-6623 ext. 11, 
<mailto:degen at museumoftheearth.org>degen at museumoftheearth.org, 
<http://www.museumoftheearth.org/>http://www.museumoftheearth.org.

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Cayuga Waterfront Trail 5K Run & Walk September 17, 11:00 am 
(registration begins 10:00 am). Join walkers, runners and trail 
supporters for the first annual Cayuga Waterfront Trail 5k. The 5k 
Run-Walk will be held on the Waterfront Trail in Cass Park, beginning 
and ending at the Ithaca Children's Garden. All proceeds from this 
race will benefit the Cayuga Waterfront Trail Initiative, the 
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Foundation's project that helps 
promote and fundraise for the development of the trail. The Run-Walk 
is the brain Child of Andris Goncarovs, a 14 year old Ithaca runner. 
Andris is a 5 time US Junior Olympics All American in Cross Country 
and Track and Field and frequently trains on the Cayuga Waterfront 
Trail in Cass Park. To register, contact Andris Goncarovs at 
607-342-6659 or <mailto:cayuga5k at yahoo.com>cayuga5k at yahoo.com, or 
<http://www.cayugawaterfronttrail.com/>http://www.cayugawaterfronttrail.com.

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Peak Oil Discussion Group, September 19, Workers' Rights Center, 
above Autumn Leaves bookstore, 115 the Commons in Ithaca, 7:00-9:00 
pm. The Peak Oil Discussion group is engaged in an ongoing discussion 
of issues related to the advent of peak oil and learning to live in a 
world with fewer fossil fuel resources. More info: Bethany Schroeder, 
277-3545, <mailto:nidus at pinax.com>nidus at pinax.com, 
<http://www.postcarboninstitute.org/>http://www.postcarboninstitute.org 
and <http://www.tclocal.org/>http://www.TCLocal.org.

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News from Cornell Chronicle online:

Alumna believes young people can make the world better. Farah Hussain 
'05, a local youth and sustainability activist with a worldwide 
vision, believes that young people have what it takes to solve the 
world's most-pressing problems: 
<http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug06/Hussain.alum.profile.lm.html>http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug06/Hussain.alum.profile.lm.html

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News from Bloomberg.com, an online global provider of "data, news and 
analytics," the site offers information on energy, trading, world 
markets and more. The following is a Bloomberg exclusive. 
"<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&refer=home&sid=arur.i7moHMs>Peak 
Oil Forecasters Win Converts on Wall Street."

-- 
Elan Shapiro
Sustainable Living Associates
and Frog's Way B&B
211 Rachel Carson Way
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-275-0249
	"We must be the change we want to see in the world"
	          Mohandas Gandhi