Upcoming Events in the Cayuga Lake & Neighboring Watersheds March 7-22 & previews This occasional list shares events relating to sustaining and protecting our water resources.
March 7 & 8: Ithaca Native Plants Landscape Symposium, at Cinemapolis on Green Street, Ithaca. March 7, 8 AM – 5 PM, with 5:30 reception at Lot 10; March 8, 8:15 AM – 3:30 PM. Admission fee. http://www.ithacanativelandscape.com/ TONIGHT FRIDAY MARCH 7 is Ithaca Gallery Night: http://gallerynightithaca.wordpress.com/ Friday March 7, 5-8 PM: Local artist Gwendelyn Daniels will have one of her photographs on view in the 25th Annual State of the Art Juried Photography Show. Tonight’s reception is at the SOAG Gallery, 120 West State Street, Ithaca. The piece, titled "Water Study", is a depiction of some of the instruments used to study the waters of Cayuga Lake. It was taken on the Floating Classroom teaching boat in the spring of 2012 during a Boynton Middle School science field trip. The main subject of this "found still life", known as a Secchi Disc, is pictured alongside a row of water sample collection jars and their rope coils. The Secchi Disc, originally created in 1865 by Angelo Secchi, is an instrument used to measure the depth of water clarity. It is lowered into the water and a reading is noted at the depth when the bold black and white pattern is no longer visible. This measurement, called the Secchi Depth, varies for many reasons and provides a part of the overall health snapshot of the lake. The boldly patterned Secchi Disc can be seen as a symbol of how we must remain vigilant about the health of our beloved Cayuga Lake and the surrounding watershed. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this art work (and different sized prints available) will be donated to the water health awareness efforts of the Cayuga Watershed Network. An additional portion of the proceeds will also go to the Floating Classroom (where the shot was taken) to help keep its wonderful program going! The artist will be at tonight’s reception to meet and talk about her passion for the arts, the area, and its precious water system. Thanks to all who care deeply for our water! Feel free to contact the artist directly; (607) 280-4537. Friday March 7, 5-7 PM Sustainability Center 111 N. Albany Street, Ithaca. “Green Building Illustrated – A Local Celebration.” Presenters: Lou Vogel and Ian Shapiro. Hosted by Taitem Engineering. Bringing green building design to life. The new book Green Building Illustrated explains the fundamental issues of sustainable design and construction in a beautifully illustrated format. Ian presents the theory, practices, and complexities of sustainable design including site selection, passive design using building shape, water conservation, ventilation and air quality, heating and cooling, minimum-impact materials, and much more with graphical representations by legendary author, architect, and draftsman Francis D.K. Ching. Join Taitem and Ian Shapiro in celebrating this book launch! Saturday, March 8, 12:00-3:00 pm - Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Fair, Boynton Middle School, 1601 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca. What is CSA? Learn about this partnership between consumers and farmers, and how it can benefit you! More than 20 CSA farmers serving Tompkins, Seneca, Cayuga, Tioga, Chenango, and Schuyler Counties will be on hand to talk with consumers about their farms and CSA programs. In addition to the traditional vegetable CSA, attendees will find fruits, berries, baked goods, meat, eggs, herbs and herbal products. All participants will be entered in a drawing for a variety of door prizes donated by the farms. Free admission, plus activities to keep the kids busy, and space to sit and review farm information. For more information, call Avi Miner at CCE-Tompkins, 607-272-2292 or email ag...@cornell.edu. Join our Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1426716780903059/ Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 7-9 pm: "SENECA IN THE BALANCE," a free public forum (doors open at 6pm), Watkins Glen High School Auditorium, 301 12th St, Watkins Glen, NY. An Open Invitation to All Who Love the Finger Lakes - Cuomo’s Wager: Clean Water & Fine Wine, or Industrial Gas Storage? Find out how close we are to becoming the gas storage and transportation hub for the Northeast; Discover what we've learned about the structural integrity of the salt caverns under Seneca Lake that are slated for storage expansion, and how this could impact the region; Learn about this expansion plan's regional economic and public health impacts; Identify what our region's legislative bodies think about this project; Understand the legal standing of the community and possible legal recourse. SPEAKERS: Richard A. Young, SUNY Geneseo; John Halfman, Finger Lakes Institute, Hobart William Smith College; Moneen Nasmith, Earthjustice; Steve Churchill, Seneca County Board of Supervisors; Paula Fitzsimmons, Schuyler County Physician Assistant; Doug Hazlitt, Co-Owner of Hazlitt 1852 Vineyards; Yvonne Taylor & Joseph Campbell, Gas Free Seneca. We hope you'll come to show your support for protecting the Finger Lakes. Please share this invitation widely. See you there! https://www.facebook.com/events/1375105679422620/ March 18 7:00 PM Presentation by David Owen Brown: “Water Travels” - Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca. Join underwater filmmaker/photographer David Owen Brown on a visual voyage through the world’s waterways. From pole-to-pole and throughout the tropics, from faraway seas to jungle rivers, Brown’s cameras have recorded the wealth of wildlife and cultures that thrive wherever there is water. He weaves these experiences into a visual narrative of global travels, returning to the lush aquascape of the Finger Lakes where he was raised. The presentation is designed to illustrate the connections we all share via water, providing unique amphibious perspectives on the vibrant and vital waterways of New York. March 22, 10 AM on: “Sapsquatch presents: Maple Weekend!!!” <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sapsquatch-pure-maple-syrup/41901318258> Sapsquatch pure maple syrup 2247 Mecklenburg Rd., Enfield, New York 14850. Visit the sugarshack, feed the fire, tap a tree, eat pancakes, walk in the woods, brave the luge run, howl at the moon ! 24-7 Festivities as long as the sap is running. Call if you get lost 607-280-8498. https://www.facebook.com/events/1476190012604131/?ref_notif_type=like <https://www.facebook.com/events/1476190012604131/?ref_notif_type=like&source=1> &source=1 Looking ahead: Embrace the Lake – some day soon, our embrace of Cayuga Lake will not be as chilly as it is right now. Watch for info about the 3/29 cleanup of Ithaca’s lakeshore by numerous community organizations, led by Rick Manning. Is your group interested in spring cleaning a portion of the lakeshore, or along a creek? We provide free gloves, trash bags, posters, publicity, and help with getting the trash picked up afterwards for proper disposal. Seeking groups all around the lake! Community, church/faith, Scout, schools: contact stew...@cayugalake.org to get started. Best in April and May. Sponsored by the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network. Earth Day Ithaca 2014 planning meetings: Earth Day Ithaca will be celebrated on April 27. Want to help? As our climate reels, Sustainable Tompkins looks forward to spring and our annual Earth Day Ithaca Celebration, in conjunction with the Compost Faire and Duck Race. The next planning meetings are March 26, and April 16 (time and location to be announced). For questions and more information contact Joey Gates, Earth Day Ithaca Coordinator, solkitch...@gmail.com Watch for our next events list for information about a Cayuga Lake “geopolitics” watershed talk 3/31; CSI’s annual volunteer event 4/3; a free public conference about Cornell’s Cayuga Lake research projects 4/5; Events to i.d. and report Hydrilla and Hemlock Woolly Adelgid; paddleboarding and kayaking events. Send, to share, your upcoming events relating even tangentially to water: stew...@cayugalake.org YýY “It takes a Network to protect a watershed!” www.cayugalake.org & every last one of us. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com 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.
