[sustainable_tompkins-l] Looking for large wall down for mural on climate change

2018-02-02 Thread Karim Beers, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
Good day, Lachlan Chambliss, the artist behind the beautiful Muslim Cultural Mural ( https://www.ithacamurals.com/muslim-culture-mural.html) is looking for large wall space for his next big project: a community mural on climate change. Do any of you have leads? The optimal wall would have the fo

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Become an Energy Navigator - Help people reduce energy use & bills & transition to renewables!

2018-02-09 Thread Karim Beers, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
This ten-session training prepares volunteer Energy Navigators to help others in the community understand their energy use and make progress towards reducing energy use and bills, and switching from fossil fuels to renewables. Focus is on helping low- and moderate-income residents--both homeowners

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Applications Due Sunday 3/11 - Energy Navigators (some $20/hour stipends available)

2018-03-09 Thread Karim Beers, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
***Applications due soon - Please share with anyone who may be interested*** *Become an Energy Navigator - Help people reduce energy use & bills & transition to renewables!This ten-session training prepares volunteer Energy Navigators to help others in the community understand their energy u

[sustainable_tompkins-l] IC student seeking someone who has made environmentally-friendly changes for interview

2018-03-20 Thread Karim Beers, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
Good morning, See below for a request from an IC media student looking for a source to interview. Please contact her directly if interested. Karim *** Ithaca College's television show, ICTV Reports, is doing a feature story about how Tompkins County, the Town of Ithaca and the City of Ithaca al

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Interested in Repair? (learn or teach)

2018-03-28 Thread Karim Beers, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
Interested in repair? Have repair skills and care to share? Or want to learn how to fix your stuff? Finger Lakes ReUse is collaborating with Get Your Greenback Tompkins to develop a series of repair skills workshops in 2018, open to the public, to be hosted at the Ithaca ReUse Center. We'd love

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Looking for composting story - show it's easy to do?

2018-04-06 Thread Karim Beers, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
Good day, Got a good composting story? The Get Your GreenBack newsletter is looking to share the composting story of someone who can highlight that it is quite easy to compost food scraps locally. We're especially looking for someone who is composting at home, but someone who does food scrap drop

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Repair Workshops - Lamps & Small Appliances - May 17 & 24

2018-05-03 Thread Karim Beers, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
Finger Lakes ReUse is collaborating with *Get Your Greenback Tompkins * and *Significant Elements *, a program of Historic Ithaca, to offer two repair

[sustainable_tompkins-l] ICAN presents: "Faith, Hope & Climate Action" - by Ian Shapiro - 5/24 @ 7pm

2018-05-11 Thread Karim Beers, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
The Interfaith Climate-Justice Action Network (ICAN) presents *Faith, Hope and Action: The Climate Reality Project, *a presentation by Ian Shapiro Thursday, May 24, 7:00 pm St. Paul's United Methodist Church (402 N. Aurora Street, Ithaca) Ian Shapiro received activist training from former Vice P

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Thursday! ICAN presents The Climate Reality Project: Faith Hope and Action with Ian Shapiro

2018-05-23 Thread Karim Beers, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
“Faith, Hope and Action: The Climate Reality Project” *This THURSDAY MAY 24!* Ian Shapiro, the founder of Ithaca-based TAITEM Engineering firm (that stands for *Technology As if The Earth Mattered*) and longtime local environmentalist will be presenting at Interfaith Climate-Justice Action Networ

[sustainable_tompkins-l] Director of Operations position for Climate Change organization (Mothers Out Front)

2018-06-20 Thread Karim Beers, Get Your GreenBack Tompkins
I was asked to share this job announcement with this listserv. Mothers Out Front – an organization building the power and leadership of mothers to ensure a livable climate for all children – is looking for a talented, passionate and experienced Director of Operations (full-time) to join our lea