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Fwd: Sustainable Tompkins Newsletter EXTRA
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Michael Burns
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Dec 06, 2005 14:10 PST
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Sustainable Tompkins Newsletter EXTRA
December 6, 2005
**Two events this week**
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Local Environmental History and Ecological Citizenship
with Ithaca College Professor Michael Smith and students
7 - 9 pm, Wednesday, December 7
The History Center
401 East State Street, Ithaca
The History Center and students in the U.S. Environmental History course at
Ithaca College have been working together to research and interpret the
environmental history of Tompkins County. Using the collection of the History
Center for primary source material, the students have explored topics ranging
from the impact of floods on Ithaca to the 1903 typhoid epidemic to the
proposed nuclear power plant at Milliken in the 1960s. The students will share
their research with the public as the first step in establishing an
ever-growing local environmental history.
Michael Smith, an environmental historian at Ithaca College, will explain the
value of incorporating environmental changes into the record of human history,
as well as developing "ecological citizenship" to create a sustainable society
that does not exceed the capacity of the Earth to support its activities.
Sustainable Tompkins and The History Center invite you to learn more about our
local environmental history and how we might learn from the past to protect
the future.
The event is free, but registration is required. Email gaynic-@aol.com to
reserve a seat. Come early to view the Museum’s exhibits and enjoy
refreshments.
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Sustainable Tompkins Coordinating Council (STCC)
Open Meeting -- Focus on Energy
6 - 8:30 pm, Thursday, December 8
Cooperative Extension
615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca
At this month's STCC meeting -- open to all -- we will explore a new direct
action project to help local citizens cope with the hardship of higher energy
prices this winter.
Ken Schlather of Cornell Cooperative Extension has been working with several
agencies on an outreach and education program to promote easily implemented
low-cost and no-cost energy conservation practices. The goals of the project
are to make sure that everyone in a given neighborhood has access to energy
efficiency information, and to provide assistance in implementing the
practices. Volunteers have already implemented this program in the Village of
Freeville. Total savings for 140 Freeville households could be between $21,000
and $35,000 if residents take the recommended actions.
STCC is seeking people who want to join in this effort by attending a training
session and being part of a door-to-door "energy rescue" in one or more
neighborhoods in the county. At the STCC meeting, we'll discuss the project
proposal in more detail and see how Sustainable Tompkins can help provide
leadership in one or more neighborhoods.
As always, the meeting starts with a potluck dinner. We will also brainstorm
outreach programs for 2006 (salons, study circles, council meetings, classes,
film screenings, etc.)
For more information on the "energy rescue" project, contact: Gay Nicholson
Southern Tier Energy$mart Communities Regional Coordinator
gaynic-@aol.com 607-533-7312
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Michael Burns
http://www.cayuta.org
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Earn your permaculture design certificate.
The Finger Lakes Permacuture Institute
offers affordable local classes.
Go to: http://www.flpci.org
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