On 2015-03-04 7:29 PM, Michael Miles wrote:
> I'm glad we at least have decent bus service to our rural
> communities.
I try to stay out of discussions on this list, but I couldn't let
that statement go. I served on TCAT's Citizens Advisory Board for
five years and can tell you this as a f
Is this press release posted somewhere it can be linked to? I'd
love to put it on my facebook page. What a story!
Jon
On 2015-03-19 9:20 AM, Jan Quarles wrote:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | March 19, 2015
Contact: Sandra Steingraber, 607-351-0719
photos: http://www.wearesenecalake.com/i
What's your property zoned (Ag, LDR, MDR, ...)?
Jon
On 2015-03-22 2:53 PM, Jane-Marie Law wrote:
Does anyone know about the keeping of dairy goats (up to two) in the Town of
Ithaca? Is this something one can get a variance on?
Jane-Marie Law
Associate Professor of Japanese Religions
Depar
On 2015-03-23 10:05 AM, Jane-Marie Law wrote:
My property is zoned MDR and I have 1.56 acres.
OK, then probably not. Town of Ithaca Code for MDR includes the
following among uses allowed by right:
§270-68(E): The keeping of household pets in a dwelling unit
or other location adjace
The LDR and (of course) Ag zones in the Town of Ithaca are not
as restrictive, either.
Jon
On 2015-03-23 1:46 PM, Joel and Sarah Gagnon wrote:
Not all towns are as restrictive of agricultural activity as Ithaca. In Danby,
where I reside, agriculture is explicitly permitted in all zones. with t
On 2015-03-24 7:05 AM, Jane-Marie Law wrote:
> Dear Tom et al, I would be very interested in getting a group of
> people together to readdress this issue of urban farming and
> passing the necessary legislation. I think, like Alicia
> mentioned, there is, even i,n the past two years, MUCH mo
Not trying to be a wet blanket here (in the interests of
resilience, I really would like to see as many people as possible
raising as much of their own food as possible), but I'm not
getting the impression that folks involved in this discussion have
a clear understanding of what needs to be d
For example, the Central Valley in CA is running out of water.
So, building capacity is crucial. Whatever works best I am for.
Regi
"Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you
will perceive the divine mystery in things." Dostoyevsky.
On Mar
I second the reference to Cummins -- they rock. But to get just what
you want, you have to place orders in the fall.
Indian Creek is the same place, BTW.
Jon
On 2015-05-07 8:54 PM, Patricia Haines wrote:
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good place to purchase these?
Sent from my iPhone
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On 2015-06-23 11:16 AM, Greg Nelson wrote:
Peak oil. Climate change.
Climate change is likely to make upstate NY a haven for refugees
from places too hot and dry to longer support a comfortable life.
This is (in my opinion) good news for a region that consists largely
of empty infrastructure,
On 2015-06-23 7:32 PM, Marty Hiller wrote:
> "Refugee" and "tourist" are not the same thing, Stuart. Refugees
> stick around a good deal longer, and have very different
> resource requirements. Jon, I'm wondering what you mean by
> "empty infrastructure." I've been thinking of the likelihood
"There has been much discussion about injection of water with lots of toxic
compounds during fracking. What is less known is that produced water is
hazardous waste and chemical reactions between water and the rock are likely
playing a role in its formation, not simply a mixing of freshwater with
Let's review the Basic Rules of Email, kids.
- Never put into an email something that you would be embarrassed
to see on a billboard. That's what telephones are for.
- Never hit Reply in a message sent to a group unless you really
want to send it to the whole group. (Tip: safest is to
I agree with Joel. What's the alternative?
And this is special pleading, but as someone whose house fronts
SR 96, I would be happy to see the trash transportation shifting
to rail from truck for reasons that go beyond the lower environmental
impact.
Jon
On 2016-03-12 9:36 AM, Sarah Gagnon wrote
We may well see a spike in oil prices when the national oil
companies have finally put all our local producers into bankruptcy
and can let the price float high again without enough excess
capacity remaining to take up the slack. High prices will make a
carbon tax more difficult to sell, so th
this cycle before beginning the long
descent in earnest. Could go either way.
Jon
On 2016-04-26 4:14 PM, Karl S North wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 12:12 AM, Sustainability in Tompkins County digest
> <mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu>> wrote:
>
On 2016-06-26 11:25 PM, James Hogg wrote:
[...]
> Comments about the scope of environmental impacts will be
> accepted by the planning board only until the end of this
> month. Just a few short days. On July 5th, from 7:00pm, there
> will be a planning board meeting at the Town Hall, corner o
ting I didn't know that.
>
> Thank you for your response.
>
> Jim
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jun 27, 2016, at 11:11 AM, Jon Bosak wrote:
>>
>>> On 2016-06-26 11:25 PM, James Hogg wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> Comments about the scope of
Formation of the community-owned IoT network announced in this
press release may have significant implications for local
resilience.
https://ithacathings.net/docs/TTN-Ithaca-20160630.pdf
Jon
For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please
visit: http://www.su
Thank you, Martha Robertson, for saying in today's Ithaca Times exactly
what I've been thinking regarding the Lansing and Dunkirk power plants
(31 July 2013, p. 6). I don't see the piece online yet, but I'm sure it
will be.
Jon
For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County a
Hardly surprising, but interesting that it's starting to be noticed.
The New York Times
September 19, 2013
Misgivings About How a Weed Killer Affects the Soil
By STEPHANIE STROM
ALTON, Iowa — The puny, yellow corn stalks stand like weary sentries on one
boundary of Dennis Von Arb's field here.
I've just received word that Nicole Foss, who in my opinion is one of
the smartest people around and an enormously interesting speaker on
sustainability topics, will be speaking 7 p.m. Tuesday 5 November in
Cortland. I unfortunately have to be elsewhere at that time, but I urge
everyone who can t
Stuart Staniford wrote:
> In terms of the "tremendous amount of energy" required to make the PV,
> the proper way to think about this is the ratio of energy out to energy
> in (EROEI). That's generally been pretty decent for PV - you get much
> more energy out than you put in, and in particu
#x27;re looking at a radically different
future way of life.
Jon
Marty Hiller wrote:
On Mar 13, 2014, at 3:18 PM, Jon Bosak wrote:
Stuart Staniford wrote:
the proper way to think about this is the ratio of energy out to energy
in (EROEI). That's generally been pretty decent for PV -
George: Granted that we don't have very dependable figures on either end of the
equation (EROEI of sustainables and EROEI needed to support their supply
chains). We just have enough to see that there is potentially a big problem
with this.
Stuart: you wrote:
> b) civilization isn't in col
Show me a source of sustainable energy whose
real-life demonstrated overall EROEI is substantially higher than what we've
got so far and I'll be glad to change my outlook.
Jon
Stuart Staniford wrote:
On Mar 14, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Jon Bosak <mailto:bo...@pinax.com>> wrote:
to be factitious; if not, it will
be proven that the tipping point has not yet arrived. Absent the
arrival of some new kind of energy production, however, it does
seem to me to be just a question of timing.
Stuart Staniford wrote:
On Mar 14, 2014, at 3:12 PM, Jon Bosak wrote:
I guess one&#
Kinda like what we're more quietly finding out about the actual
recoverable reserves here in New York.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-oil-20140521-story.html
For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please
visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
If you h
Given the recent mention of local hydropower, maybe it's time to point
to this 2007 report again:
http://ibiblio.org/tcrp/lapepc/LAPEPC3-hydropower.pdf
Jon
For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please
visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
If you have
Two things.
1. According to the press release, "The RECs purchased by the Town
are sourced from a variety of wind, solar, low-impact hydro,
and biomass projects, and are certified by Green-e® Energy, the
nation's leading certification program for renewable energy."
So apparentl
And the healthy mix predicted in the article actually came to
pass. The diversity of every kind represented in Sunday's March
was really rather inspiring.
Jon
On 2014-09-23 10:59 AM, Miranda Phillips wrote:
This is fascinating, and really significant.
Miranda
Shared from Zite:
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I second Marie's observation that the beef issue is a lot more
complicated than people think. More complicated yet if you
include carrying capacity in the discussion and take account of
the fact that these variables are different in different
locations. See
http://tclocal.org/2009/06/can_new_yo
Some time ago, as subscribers to this list will recall, I posted
a link here to a website maintained by ecologist Guy McPherson in
which he listed a number of positive feedback loops that would
result in climate change so catastrophic as to cause the
near-term extinction of the human race. H
Wonderful to see this looked at again. It
will be interesting to read the study.
One interesting way to look at the potential
for local hydropower is in terms of meeting our goals for
greenhouse gas reduction. A study carried out by a committee
appoint
Gosh, it's nostalgic to see this kind of
instruction on how to survive Armageddon popping up again after
60-some years. Brings back my childhood and all those good times
huddled under the desk.
Not that what Greg says is bad advice (it doesn't age), but wha
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