You're invited...

 ...to EARTH WEEK at Ithaca College! It's all we can talk about these days... we are so excited to bring you a fantastic week of events celebrating the Earth!

Please join ICES (the IC Environmental Society) and REMP (the IC Resource and Environmental Management Program) for our annual Earth Week celebration at Ithaca College! There are TONS of awesome events going on with something for everyone. All events are free and open to the public – please spread the word. Invite friends to the FB event here. We hope to see you there!

Here is the full list of events… and we’re still adding more! For the most up-to-date schedule and event descriptions, check out the page above.

MONDAY, 4/16:
- IC Natural Lands nature walk, 12pm, South Hill Natural Area kiosk behind Terrace 10
- Bike repair clinic, 1-3pm, Academic Quad
- Hempstravaganza/Earth Week kickoff: Live music & hemp jewelry making, 12-5pm, Fitness Center Quad (tentative)
- Sustainability Café: “Fracking is a Crime!” 4pm, CNS 112
- “Waxing Swidjit: Using Social Media to Facilitate the Collaborative Economy,” 7pm, Textor 101

TUESDAY, 4/17:
- Friction fire kit workshop (tentative)
- Bike repair clinic, 1-3pm, Academic Quad
- Locavore and wild edibles teach-in, 5-7pm, Klingenstein Lounge
- Food justice movie screening and panel discussion, 7pm, Textor 102
- “Standing Silent Nation” screening and Native Americans and Hemp panel discussion, 8-10pm, Textor 101

WEDNESDAY, 4/18:
- IC Natural Lands nature walk, 10am, South Hill Natural Area kiosk behind Terrace 10
- “Body Care Aware” workshop, 10am-2pm, Cayuga Lake Room, Campus Center
- Medicinal plants walk, 4pm, South Hill Natural Area kiosk behind Terrace 10
- Bioneers plenary talks screenings, 6-7:30pm, Textor 101
- Hemp fiber talk with Dr. Netravali, Skype with David Bronner, and screening of WIP reel of “Bringing it Home,” 8-10pm, Textor 101

THURSDAY, 4/19:
- School of Business Sustainability Symposium, 12pm, School of Business 111
- Organic garden tour/planting, 12:10pm, IC community garden (meet at Park bus stop)
- Frack Off demonstration, 12:10pm, Academic Quad
- “Empowered” screening, 6pm, Textor 103
- Bioneers plenary talks screenings, 8-9:30pm, Taughannock Falls Room, Campus Center

FRIDAY, 4/20:
- Take It Or Leave It clothing swap, 10am-3pm, Academic Quad
- Net Impact carrot mob, 3-7pm, Waffle Frolic
- IC Natural Lands nature walk, 12pm, South Hill Natural Area kiosk behind Terrace 10
- Forestry exercises training, 2pm, South Hill Natural Area

SUNDAY, 4/22 (EARTH DAY):
- Permaculture garden workday, 2-4pm, IC permaculture garden (between Williams Hall and Mac’s)
- Earth Day celebration at Farmers’ Market, 12-5pm, Steamboat Landing

This year’s events are co-sponsored by:
ICES (IC Environmental Society)
REMP (Resource and Environmental Management Program)
Sustainability at Ithaca
Organic Growers of IC
IC Natural Lands
IC Net Impact
Bomber Bike Initiative
Primitive Skills Club
Frack Off
Students for Sensible Drug Policy
IC Feminists
Ithaca Dining Services
GreenStar Natural Foods Market
Sustainable Tompkins
Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes
Swidjit
Slow Food Ithaca College
IC Permaculture Research Team

Questions? Please contact Margaret Keating at mkeatin1@ithaca.edu. We ask that inviduals requiring accommodations contact us at ices1970@gmail.com.

The SEEN Presents: Local Investment for Community Wealth

Has the stock market and corporate big box banking got you down?

Join us on Thursday, February 9 at LaTourelle for four paradigm-shifting presentations that will change the way you think of investing when:

• Fred Schoeps presents Local Investment Opportunity Network (LION) for Tompkins County
• Krys Cail presents Slow Money Central New York
• Kavita Nehemiah, Elaina Dionosopoulos, and Max Shomaecker present BR Microcapital for Local Entrepreneurs
• Tristram Coffin presents Alternatives Federal Credit Union Sustainability Banking

Learn how these initiatives can help us create community capital, support entrepreneurship and strengthen our local economy- by investing in our neighbors' success.

We'll see you next week.

The SEEN Team

$5 - SEEN members
$10 - non-members
Ithaca Hours accepted

DIRECTIONS
La Tourelle
1150 Danby Rd
Ithaca, NY

Share The Ride
Post ride offers or requests at Zimride.com/Tompkins

Explore Your Options
For more information on transportation options, dial 211 for Info & Referral, or email Way2Go at staff@way2goinfo.org

Public Transit
TCAT Ride Map

Take bus route #65 from Aurora Street side of the Commons at 5:07pm and request to stop at La Tourelle.

About Our Presenters

Krys Cail
Krys Cail is a food systems planning consultant, working independently and with the Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship (CADE) throughout New York State. She is also the owner of Robinia Redux, a small-scale sustainable forest products business selling black locust wood products. Additionally, Krys is an active civic volunteer, serving on many boards and steering committees in the region.

Tristram Coffin
Tristram Coffin is the Chief Executive Officer of Alternatives Federal Credit Union, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in Ithaca, New York.  Since his arrival in 2007, he has led Alternatives during a period of growth and increased community involvement while sustaining the organization’s mission of serving the underserved. In 2010 Alternatives was named Small Business of the Year by the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce, and was runner-up for the NEXT Award for innovation in financial services.

Fred Schoeps
Fred Schoeps has been volunteering with Sustainable Tompkins to help create a local informal investing circle or LION (Local Investment Opportunity Network).  Fred is also a SEEN member, serves as treasurer for EVI, Inc., the local EcoVillage educational non-profit, serves on the Groundswell Center steering committee, is a small business owner, and volunteers as a mentor for CCE.

BR MicroCapital
BR MicroCapital (BRM) is a student-run organization that spurs microenterprise development by assisting self-employed individuals reach their business goals. Launched in January of 2009, BRM seeks to meet a critical need by working with promising, but underserved entrepreneurs in the local community. BRM partners with Alternatives Federal Credit Union (Alternatives), a leading community development credit union, and the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise to support microbusiness owners.

About the SEEN

The Sustainable Enterprise & Entrepreneur Network (The SEEN) is a growing community of businesses, organizations, and individuals working together to achieve ecological, social, and financial success. The SEEN is a program of the Green Resource Hub, a local non-profit organization that aims to expand the marketplace for sustainable living in the Finger Lakes region.

Together we're building a more sustainable economy.

Annual Green Building Seminar Series begins February 9th

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County announces that their eighth annual Green Building Seminar Series will kick off on February 9th, with the first of five seminars. Seminar presentations run on consecutive Thursdays during February and March (9, 16, 23, 1, 8). The seminars will once again be held in the First Unitarian Church of Ithaca Annex, at 208 E. Buffalo St. (near Aurora), from 7 to 9pm. The cost is $8/seminar or $35/series. Preregistration is not required but payment is made at the door. Go to ccetompkins.org or call 272-2292 for more information.

February 9: Earthships! We’ll start off with a showing of the award-winning documentary, Garbage Warrior, and follow it with a discussion with one local couple who recently built an earthship and another who are working on one this year with Michael Reynolds (the leading earthship guru, featured in Garbage Warrior).

February 16: Deep Energy Retrofits. What does it take to turn a typical home into a super-performer? Jon Harrod of Snug Planet and Ian Shapiro of Taitem Engineering will walk you through their process for making a home super energy-efficient and discuss the huge benefits that can result.

February 23: Rehabbing Old Windows. With a few simple repairs and improvements, you can make your old windows perform as well as new ones. Mark Pierce, Extension Associate with Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology, is an expert in energy efficiency issues in residential buildings, and Shad Ryan is the owner of On Balance Solutions, which specializes in vintage and historic sash rehabilitation. They will discuss the benefits of keeping your old windows and walk you through the process of fixing and tightening them up.

March 1: Affordable Green Building. Following up on last year’s popular seminar, we’ve invited two local experts to discuss different strategies for keeping your green building projects affordable, including the decision-making process that goes into incorporating green building practices and materials that are healthy, safe, resource-efficient, and durable but that don’t cost a premium. Scott Reynolds is the Director of Construction Services for Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services, and Joe Laquatra is the Hazel E. Reed Human Ecology Extension Professor in Family Policy at Cornell University, whose teaching and research efforts focus on sustainable aspects of housing.

March 8: High-Efficiency Heating Systems. So, you’ve made your home as energy-efficient as possible and now your old boiler isn’t just inefficient, it’s oversized. There are a lot of options these days. We’ll discuss high-efficiency biomass and fossil fuel-fired systems, mini-splits, geothermal, masonry heaters, and more, including how heat-recovery ventilation works as part of the system.

In case of postponement or cancellation, please check our web page the day of the seminar:http://ccetompkins.org/gbss. Selection of speakers does not imply an endorsement of that person’s company or services by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County.

"Fresh" Screening and Sustainable Food Teach-in!

In celebration of National Food Day, the Ithaca College Environmental Society (ICES), the Resource and Environmental Management Program (REMP), and Slow Food Ithaca College will be holding a teach-in on sustainable food followed by a screening of the documentary Fresh.

The teach-in will cover various aspects of eating sustainably, including choosing local, organic, vegetarian/vegan, and sustainable carnivorous options. We will be making some delicious examples of these types of foods for your enjoyment!

Fresh celebrates local farmers, advocates, and business people that are working to reinvent our industrial food system and solve its rampant problems, such as pollution, food contamination, and obesity. We will also have snacks during the movie, if all the delicious food we're bringing isn't enough!

Where: Williams 323
When: Monday, October 24, 6-8pm

Free and open to the public; please bring your friends! It's never too late to start thinking about where your food comes from and its impact on you, the environment, and communities around the world.

Food Dignity Panel Discussion

Professors Julia Lapp, Amy Frith, and Alicia Swords, IC Food For Thought, and the IC Nutrition Club will be hosting a Food Dignity panel discussion of local food system activists and program directors. Join in the discussion with local and regional experts about efforts to promote a just, humane, and sustainable food system.

Panelists include:

• Joanna Green  (Director, Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming)
• Jemila Sequira (Whole Community Project Coordinator, Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension)
• Liz Karabinakas (Community Food Educator, Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension)
• Natasha Tompson (Director, Southern Tier Food Bank)

Where: Textor 102

When: Tuesday, October 25, 7-9pm

This should be a great event, and it's right on campus. You can never talk too much about good, sustainable food!

Dan Smolen: "Tailoring the Green Suit: Establishing a Bright Green Career in a Dull Gray Economy"

Ithaca College Career Services is hosting Dan Smolen (class of '83), who will be presenting on "Tailoring the Green Suit: Establishing a Bright Green Career in a Dull Gray Economy." The presentation will include a career development strategy overview and question & answer session, followed by a reception. 

Where: Klingenstein Lounge, Campus Center
When: Thursday, November 3, 7 - 8:30pm

From Dan's website:

As a nationally recognized executive recruiter, serial entrepreneur, direct and interactive marketing specialist, environmental and public policy activist, past chairman of a large regional political organization, and author of Tailoring the Green Suit: Empowering Yourself for an Executive Career in the New Green Economy, Smolen brings a unique perspective to green business executive employment.

Sponsored by Career Services, TREES Institute (Teaching and Research in Environmental Ethics and Sustainability), Sustainability@Ithaca, Roy H. Park School of Communications, School of Business.

Dr. Helen Caldicott: "Lessons From Fukushima"

On Tuesday, October 11th at 7pm, Ithaca College welcomes renowned nuclear activist Helen Caldicott M.D., who will be presenting “Lessons from Fukushima: What role should nuclear energy and natural gas extraction play in our energy future?” This lecture will take place in the Hockett Family Recital Hall in the James J. Whalen Center for Music. Recording artist Janet Burgan will present a pre-lecture concert starting at 6:30pm.


The single most articulate and passionate advocate of citizen action to remedy the nuclear and environmental crises, Dr. Helen Caldicott has devoted the last 38 years to an international campaign to educate the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age and the necessary changes in human behavior to stop environmental destruction.

Dr. Caldicott co-founded the Physicians for Social Responsibility, an organization of 23,000 doctors committed to educating their colleagues about the dangers of nuclear power, nuclear weapons and nuclear war. The Smithsonian has named Dr. Caldicott as one of the most influential women of the 20th Century. She has written for numerous publications and has authored seven books, including “Nuclear Power is Not the Answer” (2006) and “A Desperate Passion: An Autobiography” (1996). Dr. Caldicott’s most recent book is the newly revised and updated “If You Love This Planet: A Plan to Heal the Earth” (2009).

Copies of several of Dr. Caldicott’s books will be available for purchase; Dr. Caldicott will conduct a book signing following her talk. Representatives of local social justice and peace groups have also been invited to table at this event.

Dr. Caldicott’s appearance at Ithaca College is co-sponsored by the departments of Environmental Studies and Sciences and Journalism, Ithaca College “Committed to Change”, Sustainability at Ithaca, with generous financial support from Adelaide P. Gomer.