[sustainable_tompkins-l] Watch 2018 Izzy Award ceremony, being nationally telecast this coming week!

ET Sun, 07/22/201810:00am ET* ​Learn more about this year's winners, Lee Fang, Dahr Jamail, Sharon Lerner, and Todd Miller here <https://www.ithaca.edu/rhp/independentmedia/izzy/izzyaward2018/>. ​ ​It's really a must-watch. The speeches were so moving and terrific. Maura Stephens ​ Fo

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Looking for signs of global warming? They’re all around you

Looking for signs of global warming? They’re all around you Seth Borenstein ASSOCIATED PRESS June 21, 2018​ GOTHIC, Colo. – David Inouye is an accidental climate scientist. More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when wildflowers, birds, bees and

[sustainable_tompkins-l] COMMENTS on and ADDITION to Environmental Racism/Classism and fracked gas buildout in Pa.

.net Friend me on Facebook! <http://www.facebook.com/mikeewall> Donate <http://www.energyjustice.net/donate> | Join <http://www.energyjustice.net/join> | Like Energy Justice on <https://www.facebook.com/energyjustice>Facebook! <https://www.facebook.com/energyju

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Cynthia Nixon in Ithaca Sunday evening for a meet and greet at Argos

​Good opportunity to teach the gubernatorial candidate how to spell Ithaca, and let her learn a bit about our community! ​ https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/ 2018/06/01/oops-cynthia-nixons-campaign-misspells-

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Sharing reports of a scam targeting local businesses

​FYI​, and please excuse duplications. -- Forwarded message -- From: Ithaca Tompkins Convention & Visitors Bureau Date: Thu, May 24, 2018 at 2:32 PM Subject: Sharing reports of a scam targeting local businesses View this email in your browser

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Cuomo Trashes Plans for Municipal Waste Incinerator in Romulus

in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. Maura Stephens Independent <http://www.maurastephens.com> journalist, educator, author, theatre artist, activist On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 1:17 PM, Hilary Lambert <stew...@cayugalake.org> wrote: > Thanks To

[sustainable_tompkins-l] New piece in Truthout: Undercover Corporate Work Lures Actors and Union Members

v=2=Oj8P8Sv19qkKq%2F1huBHgPpJTSUiMXqTa> ​ *Maura Stephens, Truthout:* A recent report about paid actors showing up at public meetings in New Orleans to support a proposed power plant has brought to light another shady practice of the corporatocracy. In a country where the arts have never bee

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: [SCNCC Organize] FW: Fossil Free – Rise for Climate Action – Join the Webinar

FYI: *From:* Steve Ongerth [mailto:intex...@iww.org] *Sent:* Sunday, May 6, 2018 10:49 AM https://gofossilfree.org/rise-for-climate-action-join-the-webinar/

[sustainable_tompkins-l] “Red Flag” Warning. Dry, Windy Conditions Pose Fire Threat

T ​his warning is for Tompkins County, but I think it also includes all regions in CNY.​ Please share as appropriate. -- Forwarded message -- From: Marcia Lynch Date: Wed, May 2, 2018 at 12:43 PM Subject: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: *Tompkins County Under a “Red

[sustainable_tompkins-l] opular Beer and Wine Brands Contaminated With Monsanto's Weedkiller

alifornia-wines-even-wines-made-with-or-1882199552.html> - US Right To Know - Pursuing truth and transparency in our food ... <https://usrtk.org/> - March 2018 – Wine And Water Watch › <http://winewaterwatch.org/2018/03/> <http://www.simplelists.co

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Oops -- clarification on time for "The Viking Suicides"

aring the script with potential production companies. *Maura Stephens *(Director) Bad Dog Productions 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, To

[sustainable_tompkins-l] New Satire by George Sapio Friday April 27 at 8:30, Saturday April 28 at 7:30, Lifelong

playwright in a structured feedback session. This is part of the formal workshop process in service of this new work. The playwright will take audience responses to his questions into consideration when making final revisions before sharing the script with potential production companies. *Maura Stephens

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Environmental Health and Justice Conversation May 4

I t​hought this would interest you (note states represented: New York, North Carolina, Michigan).​ Please join the American Public Health Association's (APHA) Environmental Justice Committee and the Yale Law School's Environmental Justice Clinic totalk with leaders from state environmental

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Izzy Award on Tuesday honors truth-tellers. You're invited!

7C0%7C636598527466164849=nYk%2BsS2cHN0BS%2BeaY843LacDyKTIz4GZz3k1SvIvr4M%3D=0> Hope to see you there! -- Maura Stephens Independent <http://www.maurastephens.com> journalist, educator, author, theatre artist, activist For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please

[sustainable_tompkins-l] From Jamie Cromwell: Ready to shut it down? We need you this Saturday 4/21 and Monday 4/23!!

-- Forwarded message -- From: James Cromwell via ActionNetwork.org Date: Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 8:49 PM Subject: Ready to shut it down? We need you this Saturday 4/21 and Monday 4/23!! T Dear Friends and Neighbors, I want this to be the last time I have to

[sustainable_tompkins-l] INVITE: Black Caucus Forum on Sheridan Hollow EJ -- THIS EVENING, 6pm, APL -Washington Ave, Albany.

*BLACK CAUCUS​of the* *NYS Public Employees Federation Albany ChapterPRESENTSDiscussion on the Sheridan Hollow Power Plant: Expansion and Health Effects on the CommunityMerton D. Simpson Jr. Albany County Legislator, District 2Member of Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Community-driven solutions to expanding economic opportunity: GRANT OPPORTUNITY

​I thought some great Tompkins County groups would look at this as an opportunity to collaborate on something wonderful. It would need a lead organization. See specifics below. I am not involved, just forwarding, with hope. -- Maura Stephens​ ​ Rockefeller Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Climate alarms going off everywhere: What can you do? Join April 23 action in Albany

ises/>. There is a much better bill here <http://www.coalitiontoprotectnewyork.org/latimer-rosenthal-nyscr/>. See the message below from my colleague Doug Couchon about how you can sign up for the April 23 events and join a training in Elmira on the 17th to participate in CD on A23. Maura S

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Re: Dennis Higgins’s article on the Clean Power Plan in Truthout

Absolutely terrific piece, Dennis. Kudos! Let’s all share widely! On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 9:45 AM Dennis Higgins wrote: > > The Clean Power Plan Is Not Worth Saving. Here Are Some Steps to Take > Instead > > >

[sustainable_tompkins-l] NY State Webinar on Low-Income Solar grants, Monday at 1:00 pm

forward from Len Bjorkman of RAFT. Begin forwarded message: From: "Rabbi Glenn Jacob, NYIPL" > Subject: NY State Webinar on Low-Income Solar grants Date: December 14, 2017 at 11:55:11 AM EST To: "Leonard B Bjorkman"

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Gates Foundation Hired PR Firm to Manipulate UN Over Gene Drives

Usually i let stuff on this list lie, even when it is incorrect. But this spurious unprovoked and personal attack on a very respected colleague, whose research has shone a light on many nefarious practices by “respected” organizations, research institutions, and foundations (often in collusion

[sustainable_tompkins-l] NYS Voters: Proposition #3, re Catskill Park and Adirondack Park

Good synopsis and clear argument for voting NO on Prop 3; we should also vote NO on Props 1 & 2. Maura Sent from my iPhone (which takes responsibility for all typos) Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: > From: "Sandra Kissam"

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Theatre book launch party tomorrow, 2-4 pm, at Buffalo Street Books

Festival<http://www.ithacafringe.com/> and many other things. The book Collateral Damage, with his photographs and writings about the Iraqi people before the 2003 invasion of that country, has also been available at Buffalo Street Books. We hope to see you tomorrow! Maura Stephens Ithaca

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Tonight at Ithaca College, 7 pm, free documentary film "All Governments Lie"

“All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone” Park School of Communications Auditorium, tonight, Wednesday, October 4, 7 pm This is a must-see documentary about media and politics that will open eyes to how

Re:[sustainable_tompkins-l] Schuyler - Tompkins County bus is back in service

That’s great news. Kudos on you, Joey! (I suspect your pressure did help quite a bit.) Now I wish the Tioga County’s bus would return. Anyone else interested in that? Maura On Sep 28, 2017, at 11:28 AM, Joey Gates > wrote: Good morning

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Mark your calendars! Rain Gardens event in Owego, Thursday, Oct. 19, 7 pm

Maura Stephens msteph...@ithaca.edu<mailto:msteph...@ithaca.edu> Independent<http://www.maurastephens.com> journalist, educator, researcher, writer, theatre artist, etc. Park Center for Independent Media<http://www.ithaca.edu/indy> (home of the Izzy Award) associate dire

[sustainable_tompkins-l] REMINDER: Polar Explorer Will Steger in Ithaca next Wed. Sept. 27

ored by People for a Healthy Environment, Climate Changers, the Social Action Committee of First Baptist Church, and Social Justice Committee of the UU. Maura Stephens For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you

[sustainable_tompkins-l] shredding service?

When/where might I find free or cheap shredding services? Thanks, Maura Stephens 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

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Tonight and tomorrow only: "The Final Word," new play presented by Bad Dog Productions at Lifelong, 7:30 p.m.

ge theatre professor Siouxsie Easter, the play features a cast of 11 experienced actors, all of whom have graced local stages recently: Danielle Bates, Jeffrey Bihr, Sara Bonowitz, Kristina Feldesman, Gavin Keaty, Tim Perry, Jim Slattery, Dean Robinson, Katie Spallone, Maura Stephens, and Eliz

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Intriguing new play by George Sapio, with themes pertinent to our time and place, next Fri & Sat Aug 4 & 5

ve in such a place, where human services, plentiful arts, sustainability activism, and caring for each other lighten a lot of loads. Hope to see you there! Please say hi if you come. Maura Maura Stephens Bad Dog Productions <https://wolfsmouth.wixsite.com/baddogprod/current-production> vol

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Three easy things you can do now to save communities in NY & PA while also helping the climate!

Friends, Pramilla Malick, along with fellow activist Maddie Shaw and actor/activist James Cromwell, spent time in jail last week for opposing the gruesome CPV (Competitive Power Ventures, aka Corrupt Power Vultures, partial photo of this monstrosity

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Jamie Cromwell et al. in jail stopping CPV; will you join in helping? Please?

Friends, Yesterday I went to the sendoff-to-jail gathering for actor/activist James Cromwell and fellow activists Pramilla Malick and Madeline Shaw, who were sentenced to serve seven days in Orange County Jail. Their “crime”? Resisting a monstrous horrific fracked-gas power plant already

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Today is the day to protect Internet freedom

Sorry I didn’t get this to you earlier. It was stuck in my outbox. Still not too late! And if you don’t get it in by midnight, tomorrow’s fine too. Thank you! Today is the worldwide day of action to protect Internet freedom. This is a critical issue for activists as well as for all people who

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fantastic presser this morning in Albany: Experts Say State Ignoring Catastrophic Climate Impacts of CPV Valley Power Plant

I recommend we bombard the Governor’s office with this press release and links: governor.cu...@exec.ny.gov Absolutely brilliant work by everyone involved. And especially to Pramilla Malick, who pulled it all together and got such great speakers, including

[sustainable_tompkins-l] NEWS: Science-Based Climate Bill for New York State Introduced by Sen. Latimer and A.M. Rosenthal

linked. Cordially, Maura Stephens for ARCA and the legislators Maura Stephens founding member, Advocates for Responsible Climate Action member, Society of Professional Journalists; Society of Environmental Journalists associate director, Park Center for Independent Media (ret.) independent jour

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Experienced gardening help needed, short-term

. Total of 20-30 hours work in short term; if mutally beneficial, perhaps we would arrange something longer-term. Please share with others who might be interested. Please contact: Maura Stephens, 607-351-3766 (text or WhatsApp); maurastephe...@gmail.com Many thanks, Maura Stephens Maura

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Harvey Wasserman: "Donald Trump & Andrew Cuomo Are Brothers in Reactor Disaster"

> in Reader Supported News: > > Harvey Wasserman | Donald Trump & Andrew Cuomo Are Brothers in Reactor > Disaster > > > Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News > Wasserman writes: "Donald

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] The Challenge of Building Connection Across Race, Class, & Place

This is very clearly presented. Compliments to Anne Rhodes, and thank you for sharing it here, Elan. Anne, do we have your OK to distribute it more widely, and if so, can we add your contact info to the bottom? Maura Stephens Independent <http://www.maurastephens.com/> journalist,

[sustainable_tompkins-l] FCC Votes 2-1 Against Net Neutrality

). Please support the efforts to keep the Net free and open, with your dollars and your efforts. FreePress is a good organization with which I’ve worked a bit over the past decade or so. Thank you. Maura Stephens > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Candace Clement, Fre

[sustainable_tompkins-l] FCC Votes 2-1 Against Net Neutrality

). Please support the efforts to keep the Net free and open, with your dollars and your efforts. FreePress is a good organization with which I’ve worked a bit over the past decade or so. Thank you. Maura Stephens > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Candace Clement, Fre

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Lakes worldwide feel the heat from climate change

Lakes worldwide feel the heat from climate change Warming waters are disrupting freshwater fishing and recreation. When most people think of the physical effects of climate change, they picture melting glaciers,

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: NFA News #11 (WE WON!!!!)

rt and > store propane. > Am I missing something? > > Regi > "Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, > you will perceive the divine mystery in things." Dostoyevsky. > > > On May 10, 2017, at 10:06 PM, Maura Steph

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: NFA News #11 (WE WON!!!!)

wyer to step > forward and help us in court. He is an unsung hero of this movement and > deserves a lot more recognition than he has gotten. > > The Finger Lakes Wineries, both individually and through their association, > went way out further on a limb than businesses ordinarily go in or

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Butterflies, Their Beauty, Conservation and Importance - radio & internet Tues. May 9, 2017 8PM /10

Something beautiful for us all: From: Ken Gale > Subject: Butterflies, Their Beauty, Conservation and Importance - radio & internet Tues. May 9, 2017 8PM /10 Date: May 8, 2017 at 12:30:21 PM EDT To: Ken Gale

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Reed coming to W. NY for Saturday May 6th Town Halls

> See below from the guy who just voted for 24 million people to lose health > care coverage. Ya think he’s been listening at these “town halls”? "Caring > for our veterans" and "creating jobs," indeed! Please share with others in > western NY, part of his ridiculous gerrymandered district,

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Stop Listening to Lies about Methane: Truth from Tony Ingraffea, Jannette Barth, et al. (audio link)

tradio/green-street-podcast-the-gas-rush> Maura Stephens Independent <http://www.maurastephens.com/> 607-589-7302 office/voice 607-351-3766 mobile/text For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you ha

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Action Alert -- we have only two days!

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Susan Van Dolsen > Subject: Fwd: Action Alert > Date: April 27, 2017 at 3:17:53 PM EDT > > URGENT ACTION! > > PLEASE SHARE WIDELY > > As early as May 1st -- this coming Monday! --NYS may issue water quality > permit for dangerous

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Hmm . . . What to do later today after peace/justice and science events?

ttp://georgesapio.wixsite.com/ithacafringe/performers> and the schedule here<http://georgesapio.wixsite.com/ithacafringe/schedule> (note you can hit “Print Schedule” too). Maura Maura Stephens msteph...@ithaca.edu<mailto:msteph...@ithaca.edu> Independent<http://www.mauraste

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: NCPMG EPA Public Hearing in DC on Executive Order

The dismantling of the EPA continues. Whatever we think of the agency, it’s still the only thing between the environment and the destroyer in chief. If anyone is going to DC or has contacts there, please plan on adding this to your calendar. Note that you must register. I don’t know if it’s too

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Urgently need a full-body mannequin

Can anyone lend us a full-body mannequin through Monday? Any sex will do. The Ithaca Fringe Festival’s has gone AWOL. Thank you! Maura Stephens Ithaca Fringe Festival <http://www.ithacafringe.com/> volunteer maurastephe...@gmail.com 607-589-7302 office/voice 607-351-3766 mobil

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Op-ed: State CWA authority surrendered to Dominion and FERC

Dennis Higgins discusses how the state has relinquished its authority to pipeline corporations; yet there’s still time to reverse this project. Please keep the pressure on NYS governor Andrew Cuomo and NYS DEC head Basil Seggos. Commissioner Basil Seggos Department of Environmental Conservation

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: "Gathering Our Hearts at Standing Rock" Community Film Screening 4/25 & 26

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Fabina Colon > Subject: Fwd: "Gathering Our Hearts at Standing Rock" Community Film > Screening 4/25 & 26 > Reply-To: Fabina Colon > > > Please Share Widely! > > Tuesday -

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Sustain yourself with some great entertainment: Ithaca Fringe Festival next Thursday-Sunday April 20-23

, at Fringe Central, or at the door. Find out about the shows, schedules, and ticket purchases at the Ithaca Fringe Festival website <http://www.ithacafringe.com/>. We hope to see you at the Fringe! Maura Stephens Ithaca Fringe Festival <http://www.ithacafringe.com/> volunteer and

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Free screening, You and your local lawmakers are invited

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Doug Couchon > Subject: [CPNY list] You are invited > Date: April 9, 2017 at 11:31:24 PM EDT > To: Doug Couchon > > Dear Friends, > You are invited to a free screening of the excellent documentary Before the >

[sustainable_tompkins-l] LAST TWO HOURS TO FAX CUOMO TO STOP Northern Access Pipeline

Today is the last day! Please do this. We have less than two hours to go! Paste the letter below (starting with Dear Governor Cuomo and add your name, address, and email address or phone number) into a Word or PDF document, then use this easy online tool to fax it. Fax

[sustainable_tompkins-l] We can actually STOP this horrible pipeline! Call Cuomo today and every day, please!

The "Constitution” Pipeline was killed last year because of the extraordinary efforts of grassroots activists (not big NGOs). Now we have the chance to help stop the Northern Access Pipeline (NAPL) as well. This pipeline would bring more Pennsylvania fracked gas through New York State to Canada,

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Capitalism Produced Trump: Let's Move Beyond "Resistance" to This Fascism by R.D. Wolff

Richard D. Wolff was here in Ithaca last year, talking about economic justice, cooperatives, and more. Here he’s got a great piece up at Truthout that should speak to us all. He describes the potential evolution to fascism (he’s being nice); here’s a useful excerpt: "'Resistance' has quickly

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Izzy Award ceremony set for April 12, 7pm, Emerson Suites, Ithaca College

> From: Jeff Cohen > Subject: Izzy Award ceremony set for April 12 (Please Share) > Date: March 23, 2017 5:46:07 PM EDT > > SAVE THE DATE. > April 12. Brave, independent journalists coming to Ithaca. > > This year’s Izzy Award ceremony will feature honorees . . . > n ARI

[sustainable_tompkins-l] 7,000 methane-filled bubbles ‘ready to explode’ in the Arctic

More good news to add to the libraries full of hard scientific evidence that fossil fuels will be the death of us all. Not that more of such evidence will sway those who are calling the shots, any more than the previous mountains-full have done. Even with the simple elegant solutions outlined

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Water Law for Activists, Mar. 25, Ithaca [1 Attachment]

> > in case you missed this: > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Rachel Treichler >> Subject: Water Law for Activists, Mar. 25, Ithaca >> Date: February 26, 2017 9:17:41 AM CST >> >> SAVE THE DATE! >> >> Access to clean water is one of the most important

[sustainable_tompkins-l] For those moved to donate to Standing Rock water protectors

! Please share as you see fit. Thank you. Maura Stephens Maura Stephens Independent journalist, author, educator, theater artist, activist Truthout contributor Coalition to Protect New York cofounder FrackbustersNY cofounder Ithaca Fringe Festival board member Wolf's Mouth Theatre Company founding

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Donations for Standing Rock at GIAC, IC, and First Unitarian Society of Ithaca: URGENT NEEDS

Thank you to everyone in this wonderful region for your generosity and help in sending out the supply truck with volunteers who will stay and work as needed for 5-6 days. Things are getting very ugly in North Dakota as the peaceful protectors are being brutalized and in some cases tortured by

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Donations for Standing Rock: LIST OF ITEMS NEEDED & donations DROP-OFF SITES info

uprofen Aspirin Acetaminophen Baby aspirin Herbs: oregano, lavender, Thank you, dear kind people! Maura Maura Stephens 607-589-7302 607-351-3766 voice/text For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questi

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Truck needed to transport donations to NDakota

be posting a list of donation needs and drop-off locations as soon as we have them all set. Maura Stephens 607-351-3766 mobile; text/voice For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about

[sustainable_tompkins-l] TODAY! 12:30 pm Watts Up? A Forum on Energy - Corning Library

From: Lisa Marshall > Subject: Please Join Us: Watts Up? A Forum on Energy - Saturday October 29th Corning Library PLEASE JOIN US! Watts Up? Don't miss this forum on energy! Where: Steuben County Library Corning

[sustainable_tompkins-l] State-wide Day of Action on Wednesday October 26th - Please share with all your networks!

Begin forwarded message: From: Lisa Marshall > Subject: State-wide Day of Action on Wednesday October 26th - Please share with all your networks! Date: October 24, 2016 5:16:31 PM GMT-04:00 Dear friends, Wherever

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Conference Call tomorrow (Thurs) eve on Pro-pipeline Bill Moving Through Congress

Probably worth calling in tomorrow night if you can, and if you can, please report back to the group? I can't get on then. Begin forwarded message: From: "Matthew Smith" > Subject: [Pilgrim] Pro-pipeline Bill Moving Through Congress Date: October

[sustainable_tompkins-l] "This Is My Act of Love": Climate Activists Shut Pipelines

"I have signed hundreds of petitions, testified at dozens of hearings, met with most of my political representatives at every level, to very little avail," said 64-year-old mother Annette Klapstein of Bainbridge Island, Washington, who was arrested

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman to turn herself in to North Dakota authorities

Begin forwarded message: From: Erin Dooley > Subject: Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman to turn herself in to North Dakota authorities Date: October 13, 2016 2:02:29 PM GMT-04:00 Reply-To: Erin Dooley

[sustainable_tompkins-l] *BREAKING: 4 ACTIVISTS INSIDE SPECTRA PIPELINE in Westchester County

Today, Indigenous Peoples' Day, marks the beginning of an occupation at 11th St. at St. Patrick's Church in Verplank, NY. Four people are inside the Spectra Energy "AIM" pipeline right along the Hudson River right now, locked down. They are fighting what is probably the most insane fossil fuel

[sustainable_tompkins-l] IMPORTANT READ: Open Letter on Flawed NYRenews Bill

of Engineering Emeritus, Cornell University Pramilla Malick, Chair, Protect Orange County Keith Schue Maura Stephens, Cofounder, Coalition to Protect New York and other grassroots groups Susan Van Dolsen, Cofounder, SAPE; Co-Organizer, Westchester for Change Suzy Winkler For more information about sustai

[sustainable_tompkins-l] IMPORTANT: NYRenews Bill Is Seriously Flawed (from large group of signers)

.E., Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering Emeritus, Cornell University Pramilla Malick, Chair, Protect Orange County Keith Schue Maura Stephens, Cofounder, Coalition to Protect New York and other groups, Susan Van Dolsen, Co-founder of SAPE and Co-Organizer of Westchester for Change Suzy Winkler

[sustainable_tompkins-l] TONIGHT 7-9 pm: YOU ARE HERE event at The Space at Greenstar

Reminder that tonight's YOU ARE HERE event is taking place from 7:00 to 9:00 at The Space at Greenstar, 700 West Buffalo Street, Ithaca. There will be screenings of four short films featuring the stories of people living amidst fossil-fuel exploitation and the many related infrastructures.

[sustainable_tompkins-l] useful stats, rather mind-boggling, about how much STUFF we accumulate . . .

http://www.becomingminimalist.com/clutter-stats/ Of course, most of this does not apply to the poor and disenfranchised, although I've always marveled at how even the poorest people in the rural poor areas where i live and travel have always had satellite dishes and/or cable TV and often pretty

[sustainable_tompkins-l] uplifting news: Victoria, Australia bans fracking

l 30/08/2016 12:14, "(no username)" > escribió: Hey all, A huge day for us with the unconventional gas campaign in Victoria. After a mammoth 5 year campaign, a huge community mobilisation, our Premier Daniel

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Please sign & share: Petition against bill that would ALLOW fracking in Quebec, Canada + further allowance of oil & gas corps to expropriate private land

Please forgive cross-postings. Begin forwarded message: From: "(no username)" > Date: August 15, 2016 10:34:48 AM Subject: Legal bill to ALLOW fracking in Quebec, Canada Hi, Last week, in Québec, Canada, we

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Cashing in on Cellulosic Ethanol: Subsidy Loophole Set to Rescue Corn Biofuel Profits

Thought many of you would find this interesting. Please excuse duplications. Begin forwarded message: From: Jonathan Latham > Subject: Cashing in on Cellulosic Ethanol: Subsidy Loophole Set to Rescue Corn Biofuel Profits

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Alert: No Fast-Track for Pipelines///Deadline Monday

Begin forwarded message: From: Iris Marie Bloom > Subject: Alert: No Fast-Track for Pipelines Date: July 29, 2016 2:33:58 PM EDT Dear Friends, As you know, Pilgrim wants to drill both their proposed fracked-oil and volatile

[sustainable_tompkins-l] How the TTIP Could Make Safe & Ethical Meat and Dairy Harder to Find

If you eat animal meat and products (eggs, cheese, etc.), here's one more reason to oppose these closed-door trade deals; the food supply chain is scary enough already, and these deals will only exacerbate the problems with food safety, animal cruelty, and oversight. (And although they promise

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Reply from Senator Gillibrand about Genetically Mutilated foods

She sells out on this one, as she does on just about every other issue (when she even acknowledges the issue, I should add). Well, at least she used the salutation "Ms." rather than the insulting "Miss" or "Ma'am" or "Mrs." I've gotten from some of her male colleagues. Small consolation that,

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Catching The Sun - Free Screening

If you missed an earlier screening, you’ll want to catch this one in nearby Spencer, next Wednesday evening. [cid:51ABBCC0-1DF7-495C-A416-314A3204AD27@campus.ithaca.lan] For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Prediction: Our counties will opt out -- effectively killing solar for everyone who lives here

This is a very troubling analysis by our ally Phil in Vestal, and seems right to me, as our towns in Broome and Tioga Counties are pushing hard to opt out of the solar tax exemption, which would hurt all of us who are in process of installing solar or planning to do so. I’m sure they’re not the

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Heinberg on renewables; good stuff to use for us all

Please excuse duplications; I think this will give everyone some usable data. Maura === http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/06/15/tiptoeing-through-renewable-energy-minefield Tiptoeing Through the Renewable Energy Minefield by Richard

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] what we need right now

.edu<mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu>>, Jim Murphy <murphyvets...@gmail.com<mailto:murphyvets...@gmail.com>>, Maura Stephens <msteph...@ithaca.edu<mailto:msteph...@ithaca.edu>> Subject: [sustainable_tompkins-l] what we need right now Like some of you on

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Waste Done Right (and Wrong) [May 2016]

Friends, Very useful materials here. From: "Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network" > Reply-To: "Mike Ewall, Energy Justice Network" > Date: Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 4:43 PM Subject: Waste

[sustainable_tompkins-l] couple looking for space to rent or swap with NYC apartment over the summer

Forwarding from good friends: We (married couple) would love to be in Ithaca July thru September, or as close to that as possible. We need a clean place and prefer Ithaca proper. We can rent or swap, or a combination of both. If you want to swap, we have a wonderful 3 bedroom apartment

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Free Webinar on Teaching Sustainability to Young Learners, THIS THURSDAY 4 pm

Listmates, I thought this would interest some of you. Project Look Sharp is such a great national resource, and it’s based right here in Ithaca. —Maura From: Project Look Sharp > Subject: Free Webinar on Teaching Sustainability to Young

Re: [sustainable_tompkins-l] The Good Mind - a film about the Onondaga Nation - Premieres 4/30 in Syracuse!

Looks great! I can’t be there that day; will it be showing anywhere else in the region Thanks! Maura On Apr 26, 2016, at 10:50 AM, Lindsay Speer > wrote: Please spread the word! The Good Mind 12:30 PM Saturday, April 30 Palace Theater

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport Closing July 8-July 23

FYI. Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport Closure There will be a major runway resurfacing project that will require the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport to close this coming summer from July 8 (starting approximately at 8:00 pm) to July 23 (ending at approximately 5:00 pm). During this closure

Re:[sustainable_tompkins-l] UPLIFTING film for/about creative, successful activists, "1971," Now Available on Netflix

The book on which this great film is based is by Betty Medsger, not Myra McPherson (the latter wrote the great biography of I. F. "Izzy" Stone). Apologies, and apologies that this was stuck in my outbox fof On Apr 18, 2016, at 11:03 PM, Maura Stephens <msteph...@ithaca.edu&

[sustainable_tompkins-l] UPLIFTING film for/about creative, successful activists, "1971," Now Available on Netflix

Highly recommend this film about how a few “ordinary” activists took on the FBI, and won. The book on which it’s based, “The Burglary,” by Myra MacPherson, is even better, but this is quicker for your busy activist life. It’ll make you feel good, energized to keep on keepin’ on. Let’s rock the

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Sustain yourself today & tomorrow, take a break and enjoy some great performances -- downtown Ithaca!

The Ithaca Fringe Festival goes for two more days, all in venues on and around the Ithaca Commons. These shows are rich with thought-provoking, scary, delightful, and entertaining performances by artists from Philadelphia, Chicago, Rochester, Brooklyn,

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Izzy Award & I. F. Stone Hall of Fame induction of Amy Goodman Wednesday; bring cash or check for book signing

posed official Chicago coverup of police shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald). Wed., April 6, 7:00 p.m., Park Hall Auditorium, Ithaca College. More about the Izzy Award winner and the event here<http://www.ithaca.edu/indy/izzy>. Please spread the word. Cordially, Maura Maura Stephen

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Fwd: Breaking: Climate Justice Activists Occupy the Superdome!

Begin forwarded message: From: Rising Tide North America - Rising Tide North America > Subject: Breaking: Climate Justice Activists Occupy the Superdome! Date: March 23, 2016 at 11:13:02 AM EDT T

[sustainable_tompkins-l] TPP: Obama Close To Vote Despite TPP Opposition

The TPP and similar deals are not just about “trade” (although the press release below is from a free trade organization). “The administration already [knows] there’s public opposition to TPP” but still wants to push it through. We can kiss all our great efforts — on sustainability, home rule,

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Family Wins Case Against Fracking Company After 7 Years Of Polluted Drinking Water

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/10/3758832/dimock-fracking-case-decided/ CLIMATE Family Wins Case Against Fracking Company After 7 Years Of Polluted Drinking Water BY KATIE

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Can you open your home to some performing artists for a few days in mid-April?

to volunteer, we are recruiting volunteers for one or more days during and just before the festival. Thank you thank you thank you! Maura Stephens (volunteer/board member) for the Ithaca Fringe Festival For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Tomorrow's Holleran Tree Cutting Forecast

Begin forwarded message: From: Kelly Finan > Subject: Tomorrow's Holleran Tree Cutting Forecast Date: February 29, 2016 at 8:07:37 PM EST To: un-constitution-al-pipel...@googlegroups.com Hi

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Should the Constitution Pipeline Be Approved for NYS?

All Otsego has an online poll, which apparently was earlier heavily in the “Yes” column. An upswing in votes from more practical people has made it now 68% No, 32% Yes. Let’s make the No side even bigger. (Realizing these polls don’t mean TOO much, still, they may help local “journalistic”

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Izzy Award Winners Announced and Amy Goodman to be Honored!

of Democracy Now!<http://www.democracynow.org/> — now celebrating its 20th year — she is also peerless in showcasing the topnotch journalism of others.” Goodman shared the first Izzy Award in 2009 with Glenn Greenwald. Full release here<http://tinyurl.com/Izzy2016Announcement>

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