Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Fall 2015 Sustainability Internship Program: Call for Position Descriptions
Thanks! Sent from my iPhone On Feb 17, 2015, at 12:06 PM, In Shik Lee inshik...@gmail.com wrote: looks good, Spencer! I am sharing with list at TC3 On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Spencer Woodcock shwoodc...@gmail.com wrote: Is your organization interested in participating in our Sustainability Internship Program for the Fall 2015 semester? Have a creative idea for making our world a better place and need some help making it happen? The Sustainability Internship Program matches organizations, government agencies and businesses with ambitious college students who can tackle projects in Tompkins County over the course of one or two semesters. Since its inception, the Sustainability Internship Program has successfully matched over 65 students from Cornell, Ithaca College, and Tompkins Cortland Community College and placed them in over 32 sites across Tompkins County. Students have tackled projects addressing: composting, energy planning, wood smoke assessment, waste reduction, greening operations, and wetlands development, among others. Internships typically require 8-10 hours or less per week and follow the collegiate calendar. Projects must address one of the following sustainability themes: Transportation Alternatives Waste Diversion and Reduction Social Justice Energy / Greenhouse Gas Emissions Community Health Smart Development / Green Building Natural Resource Conservation Sustainable Agriculture/Local Food If you have a project that fits one of the themes above, take a look at the HOST SUPERVISOR responsibilities: 1) Participate in one Introductory Meeting / Orientation at the beginning of the semester 2) Complete one pre- and one post-internship survey 3) Provide guidance and instruction to intern(s) throughout placement so it is meaningful for both host organization and student 4) Attend the final presentation at the Sustainability Center at the end of the fall or spring semester, created and implemented by student interns, to spotlight achievements resulting from internship If those responsibilities seem manageable to you, complete an INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION at: http://www.sustainabilityctr.org/SIP.pdf and submit it to spen...@sustainabilityctr.org. The Fall 2015 Internship Description template is attached to this email for your convenience. For this semester, we will be accepting only email applications. If you need to submit a paper application, please contact us to make special arrangements. Feel free to call Spencer Woodcock, Sustainability Center Director, at (607)-227-7329 or email her at spen...@sustainabilityctr.org should you have questions or concerns. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Upon receiving your application, tSC staff will contact you if we have questions or information is missing from your description. Your placement will then be posted on our website for students to consider. Center staff will promote your internship(s) across various student and community networks, and will contact you directly when students have applied (and have indicated compatible skills and experience). From there, Host Supervisors conduct interviews with internship candidates and decide who to offer placements. Learn more about tSC’s gallery, events and internship program at: www.sustainabilityctr.org The Sustainability Center is a project of the Center for Transformative Action Spencer Woodcock Director of The Sustainability Center spen...@sustainabilityctr.org www.sustainabilityctr.org 607-227-7329 For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
[sustainable_tompkins-l] 2/23 FLI, Geneva: Sustainable Communities and Resilience to Weather Disasters
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[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fracked Over
An interesting story that includes a small town named Interlochen, TX. Even losing against oil drilling companies over fracking and exposing the corruption of govt agencies like Railroad Commissions, these residents were winners for their principles and defending the land, water and air. Tony The Holdouts, Why The British Are Better At Satire, Ever Just Want To Make Something Real?, VIDEO: Guy Goes From Total Novice Ping Pong Player To Expert In The Course Of One Year, The Computer Simulation That Almost Started World War III, The Hotels That Cater To The Dogs Of The Westminster Dog Show *The Daily Digg* *Tuesday, February 17, 2015* [image: Digg] http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/TlQWpIsdiHRk6pmNC6c31 LEFT BEHIND http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/VOMtS8PoODHCynb1A1e3f The Holdouts http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/VOMtS8PoODHCynb1A1e3f texasobserver.org http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/VOMtS8PoODHCynb1A1e3f Three families who took a pass on the fracking boom — and what it cost them http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/VOMtS8PoODHCynb1A1e3f LIKE THE MACY'S PARADE, BUT TERRIFYING http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/VOMtS8PoODHCynb5A9740 [image: Image: A float from the Sao Clemente samba school rides into the Sambadrome during the Carnival parade, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015.] http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/VOMtS8PoODHCynb5A9740 A float from the Sao Clemente samba school rides into the Sambadrome during the Carnival parade, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/VOMtS8PoODHCynb5A9740 Credit: AP Photo/Felipe Dana http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/VOMtS8PoODHCynb5A9740 Digg iOS app http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/UMf5ZPgFnQnB-guhB7827 • Digg Android app http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/UiB7QsJSwxc82OeTBce56 Twitter http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/UMf5ZPgFnQnB-guiBc934 • Facebook http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/UMf5ZPgFnQnB-gujB1181 • Tumblr http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/VLBBG8PoWPhaRUPvBcab3 • YouTube http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/VLBBG8PoWPhaRUPwBdffe Advertise on Digg http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/VLBBG8PoWPhaRUPxB9554 digg.com http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/TlQWpIsdiHRk6pmNEd566 • Unsubscribe http://link.digg.com/oc/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/bd3f851d © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014 http://link.digg.com/525d87981ccdf376da63e61b2ajhh.6ic3/TlQWpIsdiHRk6pmNFd3b5 -- Because a sustainable future depends on the people willing to see the truth for what it is, and for those to stand up in unison in order to make a difference. — Jake Edwards Keli'i Eakin For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
[sustainable_tompkins-l] Webinars prior to NYC conference on economics of fossil fuels, March 18-19
Just a follow-up to my post yesterday about the free, upcoming conference in NYC in mid-March. Webinars related to the conference are free to anyone who signs up for them, and take place the first week in March. They will also be archived.. A great opportunity for everyone to get smart on this very important issue. In preparation for Energy Finance 2015 (March 16-19, 2015), the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis is hosting several pre-conference webinars that will cover some basic industry information and an overview of corporate finance. The webinars are designed for attendees who are less familiar with economic and financial analysis. They will be archived on our website. *Webinar registration http://ieefa.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d76f9854b35373a46dbf899fbid=b24709e18ee=6c9ddca3c7 is open until Friday February 27, 2015.* - Corporate Finance 101 (Wednesday March 4 at 7am US Eastern time http://ieefa.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d76f9854b35373a46dbf899fbid=f4e3c81b9ee=6c9ddca3c7 ): This training will cover the basic elements of a corporate balance sheet; sources of capital for project finance; and how investment decisions get made, with a focus on the coal industry. This training will be relevant to both domestic U.S. and international participants. - Electric Utility Industry 101 (Wednesday March 4 at 4pm US Eastern): http://ieefa.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d76f9854b35373a46dbf899fbid=b64ecf717fe=6c9ddca3c7 This training will provide an overview of the regulation and deregulation in U.S. power markets; the factors that determine the profitability of power plants in different markets; and the metrics that are common used to assess the financial viability of coal plants. - Natural Gas Industry 101 (Thursday, March 5 at 4pm US Eastern): http://ieefa.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d76f9854b35373a46dbf899fbid=72d3aebd9ae=6c9ddca3c7 This training will provide an overview of basic terminology used in the natural gas industry; differences between the different shale plays in the United States; and the structure of the unconventional natural gas industry. - Corporate Finance 101 (Friday March 6 at 4pm US Eastern): http://ieefa.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d76f9854b35373a46dbf899fbid=ab897153f8e=6c9ddca3c7 Identical to first webinar Please register today and you will receive further instruction on how to access your webinar(s). Webinars may be cancelled if there is not sufficient demand. The webinars will be recorded, and links to the recordings will be posted at www.ieefa.org http://ieefa.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d76f9854b35373a46dbf899fbid=bf825252f1e=6c9ddca3c7 by March 9, 2015. These webinars are designed to enhance participants' understanding of basic finance issues prior to the Energy Finance 2015 conference. The registration deadline for the conference is February 20 and the registration link is here http://goo.gl/forms/kc96SZ2jZa http://ieefa.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d76f9854b35373a46dbf899fbid=0156cb7bcee=6c9ddca3c7 Thanks, Christa Christa Ebert, Program Manager Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis ceb...@ieefa.org 216.688.3457 Sign up for our weekly newsletter http://ieefa.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=d76f9854b35373a46dbf899fbid=f91e6ba564e=6c9ddca3c7 On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Karen Edelstein k...@cornell.edu wrote: *Energy Finance 2015: * *SPECIAL INVITATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES AND **ATTORNEYS WORKING ON NATURAL GAS AND OIL ISSUES:* *New York University School of Law, March 18-19, 2015* Sponsored by the Institute for Policy Integrity (NYU) and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis Register here: (http://goo.gl/forms/kc96SZ2jZa) (*DEADLINE Friday, Feb 20* ) You are invited to attend a conference at New York University, designed to provide advocates and attorneys working on natural gas and oil issues with the skills to understand and engage in the financial aspects of current debates on fossil fuels. Continuing Legal Education credit will be available for attorneys. As you are well aware, this is a time of rapidly expanding natural gas and oil infrastructure. This conference is designed to help advocates become conversant in the financial aspects of these debates and to learn about ways to use this information in their communities. The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU have been holding an annual Coal Finance training for several years, but this is the first year we will devote a portion of our conference to training for advocates working on unconventional oil and natural gas issues. The conference is aimed at participants who are knowledgeable about unconventional oil and natural gas issues but may have little to no background in finance and want to learn more about industry dynamics.
[sustainable_tompkins-l] Tonight overnight on the radio: The Homelessness Marathon
Overnight from 7:00 p.m. today until tomorrow at 7:00 a.m., WRFI (88.1 Ithaca, 91.9 Watkins Glen) will air the 17th Annual Homelessness Marathon, hosted by local activist Jeremy Alderson. It is also being aired on many other stations nationwide, some of which are running the full 14 hours (it officially ends at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow). List here: http://news.homelessnessmarathon.orghttp://news.homelessnessmarathon.org/ The broadcast, which has previously originated from Detroit, Kansas City, and Katrina-ravaged Mississippi, this year comes to you LIVE from Sarasota, Florida and features live in-depth discussions with homeless people. It is always a very interesting show, with people sharing moving, sometimes harrowing, sometimes very uplifting personal stories. The broadcast also takes calls from 6 minutes after the hour to 58.5 minutes after the hour, so people living in their homes can talk with people living on the streets. Call in numbers for the broadcast are If you're housed or homeless: 877-NOBODY-8 (877-662-6398) If you're homeless, formerly homeless, or afraid you're about to be homeless, you can also call: 866-LEFT-OUT (866-533-8688) Please spread the word. For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
[sustainable_tompkins-l] IMPORTANT Comp Plan Public Hearing TONIGHT
Hi All A quick reminder that there is a Public Hearing on the Tompkins County Comprehensive Plan http://www.tompkinscountyny.gov/files/compplan/documents/801%20Main%20Low%20Resolution.pdf TONIGHT 5:30pm in the County's Legislative Chambers. (121 E Court St) PLEASE come speak out in support of Living Wage, Energy Efficiency, and Sustainable Development. Wouldn't hurt to remind them of the 2020 Energy Strategy that they approved in 2010 to reduce our County's greenhouse gas footprint 20% by 2020, and 80% by 2050. There has been significant pushback against Living Wage and Sustainable Development - so your attendance and speaking out will make an important difference. Irene Weiser irene32...@gmail.com Brooktondale, NY 607-539-6856 *Joy to the world* *All the boys and girls* *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea* *Joy to you and me.* For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at t...@cornell.edu.
