[sustainable_tompkins-l] FREE kids//teen science activity

[Community Science Institute]

Who: The Community Science Institute's 4-H2O program and YOU
What: Water sampling and orienteering at Stewart Park
Where: Meet at the East Pavilion in Stewart Park, Ithaca
Date: Tuesday September 13th
Time: 4- 6 pm

All ages are welcome. Children 7 and under must have a parent or guardian
present at all times.

We’ll be collecting water samples that will contribute to the Community
Science Institute’s public database of water quality in our area and we’ll
'orienteer' our way to the sampling locations. Who knows what else we’ll
find there!

We’ll learn how to use chemistry to test for 3 different water quality
parameters (and learn what a parameter is!) and maybe play a little bit of
water trivia along the way. Know any good water jokes? Be sure to bring
them along.

Questions? Email i...@communityscience.org or call 607-257-6606.

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Community Science Institute
Water Quality Testing Lab
NYSDOH-ELAP #11790
http://communityscience.org
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Tree Identification Walk for Kids!

[Edie Jodz]

Tree Identification Walk for 
Kids!
Hosted by the Finger Lakes Land Trust
Saturday, September 17 at 10:00 am
Ellis Hollow Nature 
Preserve

In honor of the 10th Anniversary of the Land Trust's Emerald 
Necklace project, 
naturalist and longtime volunteer Betsy Darlington will lead a tree 
identification walk designed especially for kids! Located just east of Ithaca, 
the Ellis Hollow Nature 
Preserve is a 
great place for kids to explore.  This event is free and open to the public.

The Emerald Necklace is an ambitious effort to conserve an uninterrupted green 
corridor extending through 50,000 acres of conserved land from Finger Lakes 
National Forest in the west to Hammond Hill and Yellow Barn State Forests in 
the east.  Through this project, the Land Trust and a variety of public and 
private sector partners are working together to protect open space, public 
drinking water and wildlife habitat.

Directions: From Ithaca, follow Ellis Hollow Road 2.5 miles past East Hill 
Shopping Plaza. Turn left on Genung Road, then right on Ellis Hollow Creek 
Road. Preserve entrance is located 0.2 miles past intersection, on left side of 
road.

Questions? Call (607) 275-9487


Edie Jodz
Assistant Director of Development
Finger Lakes Land Trust
202 East Court Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 275-9487
www.fllt.org


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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Now for some good news - GEOTHERMAL ROCKS

[Deborah Cipolla-Dennis]

Take a look at the ambitious plan that Cornell is hatching related to
community geothermal for heating. I can see so many possibilities with this
if it is successful.

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/09/geothermal-project-could-warm-campus-expand-energy-study


-- 
*“I know it's impossible. Do it anyway.” *
*Tom Dennis*

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