Come join Liz Walker at the Sustainability Center - Thursday, June 27 at 7pm
Liz will be sharing about her lifelong work related to sustainability and
creating a sustainable lifestyle as part of the Center's Book Shelf Series.
Liz has written two books: "EcoVillage at Ithaca" and "Choosing a
Sustainable Future". She is currently project manager for the EPA Climate
Showcase Community project in Tompkins County and serves as the
organizational manager for the third ecovillage neighborhood now under
construction. She is delighted in announcing that the first set of families
will be moving into seven of the homes shortly.
The Center is at 111 N. Albany Street between State and Seneca. Gallery
hours are 2 to 6pm on Thursdays. The Center reopens at 6:30pm to allow
guests for the Book Shelf program to view exhibits, slideshows and videos
before the program starts at 7 pm.
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SUSTAINABLE_TOMPKINS-L Digest for Tuesday, June 25, 2013.
1. 7/22-7/24: Free Aquatic Invasive Species Identification trainings
2. 6/30: International Mud Day at Ithaca Children's Garden
3. SewGreen Yard Sale Benefits Youth Workers
4. This Thursday at 7PM: Book Shelf Series at Sustainability Center - Join
in!
5. Fall Creek Resident Wins Grant from Finger Lakes Climate Fund
6. Learn to inoculate log-grown shiitake mushrooms this weekend (Schuyler
County, NY)
7. LAST DAY: Plastic Pots, Canning Jars and POTATOES at CCE-Tompkins
8. * Important Notice about your Webmail
9. This Thursday at 7PM: Book Shelf Series at Sustainability Center - Join
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Subject: 7/22-7/24: Free Aquatic Invasive Species Identification trainings
From: "Sandra J. Repp" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:35:58 +0000
X-Message-Number: 1
The Cayuga County Department of Planning and Economic Development, Watershed
Assessment Associates LLC and the Finger Lakes Institute will hold five
aquatic invasive species identification training workshops for the public
across the Finger Lakes in July. These trainings are FREE and open to the
public, watershed associations, watershed officials and agency personnel.
Participants will learn how to identify invasive aquatic plants and animals
through presentations and hands-on activities, and will learn what to do
upon finding a species of concern. Species covered include quagga and zebra
mussels, the Asian clam, the Chinese mystery snail, scud (Echinogammarus
ischnus), the bloody red shrimp, hydrilla, the water chestnut, and the
European frog-bit.
Schedule of Trainings:
* Monday, July 22,
6:00-8:00pm<http://ccetompkins.org/calendar/13/06/20/aquatic-invasive-species-training-aurora>
in AURORA
* Tuesday, July 23,
1:00-3:00pm<http://ccetompkins.org/calendar/13/06/24/aquatic-invasive-species-trainings-ithaca>
in ITHACA
* Tuesday, July 23,
6:00-8:00pm<http://ccetompkins.org/calendar/13/06/24/aquatic-invasive-species-trainings-geneva>
in GENEVA
* Wednesday, July 24,
10:00am-12:00pm<http://ccetompkins.org/calendar/13/06/24/aquatic-invasive-species-trainings-penn-yan>
in PENN YAN
* Wednesday, July 24,
6:00-8:00pm<http://ccetompkins.org/calendar/13/06/24/aquatic-invasive-species-training-skaneatles>
in SKANEATELES
Contact Michele Wunderlich at [email protected] or by phone at
315-253-1107 with any questions.
For information on other hydrilla related events, and volunteer
opportunities, please visit:
http://ccetompkins.org/environment/invasive-species/upcoming-events-about-hydrilla
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Subject: 6/30: International Mud Day at Ithaca Children's Garden
From: "Sandra J. Repp" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:26:51 +0000
X-Message-Number: 2
Ithaca Children's Garden hosts International Mud Day, Sunday, June 30, 1-4pm
in ICG's Hands-on-Nature Anarchy Zone
Please share widely.
Back by popular demand: FREE & FUN FOR ALL AGES (1 -100!)
International Mud Day is returning to Ithaca on Sunday, June 30, 1-4pm. This
unusual event was started in 2008 in Nepal as a way to celebrate the end of
monsoon season and the beginning of rice planting season. It has since
spread to countries around the world as a way of celebrating human
connection with nature, and last year, Ithaca Children's Garden brought the
event to the east coast. Nearly 300 attended, including families of all
ages, and many adults without children.
This year, International Mud Day will feature muddy, interactive
performances, "High Jinx in the Low Mud" with Regi Carpenter, mud-themed
baked goods by Roots & Shoots, cob construction with Tugley Wood, and more.
Children will be able to assist with rice planting, co-create mud art, and
cook in our fully stocked mud kitchen. A mud "Photo Booth" will be open and
visitors are encouraged to stop in for "before" and "after" photos. Lunch
foods will be available for purchase.
Have you ever floated in a mud pit? If not, it's a glorious experience
everyone should have at least once. Yet visitors are not required to get
fully muddy; there are opportunities for quieter mud play too (though you
might not be able to resist!).
Wash up stations and plastic bags will be provided, however all participants
are encouraged to bring towels and dress for the occasion. Sponsored in
part by US Fish & Wildlife Service, the Park Foundation, and with a grant
from the Tompkins County Tourism Program.
Volunteers are still needed. Please email
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
if you're interested.
Check out this 1-minute video of Mud Day 2012
http://vimeo.com/45109087
Mud Day Photo Album 2012
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.197353250393117.41026.155562147905561&type=3
Photo Booth Pix 2012
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.199693600159082.41604.155562147905561&type=3 --Erin Marteal - Executive
Director - Ithaca Children's Garden -ithacachildrensgarden.org<http://ithacachildrensgarden.org> -
607.272.2292,x122Ithaca Children's Garden: Whole Child, Whole PlanetICG is committed to creating an inclusive environment
that values andrespects diversity of culture and
identity.----------------------------------------------------------------------Subject: SewGreen Yard Sale Benefits Youth
WorkersFrom: "Wendy Skinner" <[email protected]>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 11:50:56 -0400X-Message-Number:
3SewGreen, downtown Ithaca's sustainable sewing center, is holding a benefityard sale from 9 am to 3 pm on Friday, July 5 and
Saturday, July 6 in frontof its store and classrooms at 112 North Cayuga Street. The sale's proceedswill go to support youth
employment at SewGreen, which hires and trainsteenagers year-round for jobs in retail sales, sewing, and teachingchildren.
SewGreen is collecting useful, clean, attractive items of alltypes -- but no clothing or large furniture -- at its reuse
store. For moreinformation contact [email protected], or call 607-319-4106.Wendy Skinner, CoordinatorSewGreen School &
Store112 N Cayuga StreetIthaca NY [email protected] Store hours: Weekdays 10 am - 6 pm, Saturdays
10 am to 5 pm,Sundays noon to 5 pm----------------------------------------------------------------------Subject: This
Thursday at 7PM: Book Shelf Series at Sustainability Center -Join in!From: "Fred Schoeps"
<[email protected]>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:03:30 -0400X-Message-Number: 4On the last Thursday of each month The
Sustainability Center hosts the BookShelf Series featuring a local sustainability advocate. Doors will be openat 6:30 pm
with the gathering starting at 7 PM.Come join us in a personal and rich conversation with Liz Walker on June27th - a
conversation that is sure to be insightful and engaging.Liz practices everyday living life sustainably. For more than two
deca!
desshe h
as rolled up her sleeves and purposefully and persistently collaboratedwith others to create a more
sustainable future that is possible. She is alocal author of two books about sustainability,
cofounder of EcoVillage atIthaca, and community organizer. In her first book, EcoVillage at
Ithaca,Liz captured and shared with us the power, beauty and at times messinesswhen people come
together to systematically create a sustainable community.In her second book, Choosing a Sustainable
Future, Liz explores and servesas guide to the richness of ideas and inspiration to be found in
Ithaca andTompkins County that are driving local sustainability solutions. Find outabout two of her
current projects: the EPA Climate Showcase Community workshe is doing and the building of the third
ecovillage neighborhood."Ithaca is one of those places showing the way towards a workable
future,and Liz Walker is a key guide on that tour." Bill McKibben, Founder
of350.org----------------------------------------------------------------------Subject: Fall Creek
Resident Wins Grant from Finger Lakes Climate FundFrom: Gay Nicholson
<[email protected]>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:00:54 -0400X-Message-Number: 5It was a sunny
fresh June day in the Fall Creek neighborhood of Ithaca -the kind of day when memories of winter
storms or summer heat waves fadeaway - but the crew from local energy contractor, Snug Planet, was
utterlyfocused on preparing Deborah Thompson's historic home on Marshall Street inthe Fall Creek
neighborhood for exactly that kind of weather.Thompson is the latest recipient of a grant from
Sustainable Tompkins'FingerLakes Climate Fund <http://fingerlakesclimatefund.org/> - our first
in thecity and our first for a senior citizen. The program offers travelers andbuilding owners a way
to take responsibility for their fossil carbonemissions by making donations to the Fund. They can
use the Fund's carboncalculator to determine the amount of greenhouse gases emitted from theirair and
car travel or building electricity and he!
ating, a
nd then make adonation that will pay to offset an equal amount of carbon by
improvingenergy efficiency in the homes of modest-income residents.In the case of the
Thompson home, Snug Planet estimated that theimprovements they made would eliminate about
54 tons of carbon dioxideemissions, and resulted in a grant from the Finger Lakes Climate
Fund for$1,076 toward the total cost of the project. The blower door test hadrevealed
that this lovely old home was exceptionally leaky for its size. Insulation in the attic
and side walls was scant and uneven, and thebasement had all sorts of moisture problems.
Over the course of severaldays, their team did extensive work in insulating and sealing
leaks in theattic, and addressed moisture problems, air leaks, and lack of insulationin
the basement.Deb Thompson is a well-known and beloved local community organizer
andactivist. Her life has been lived by the values that guide the donors tothe Climate
Fund, and thus everyone involved in this project has been extrapleased to see Deb get a
"little help from her friends" after so many yearsof being there to help
others. When we visited with Deb in her livingroom surrounded by the rich gleam of old
chestnut woodwork, we imagined hersafe and warm during next winter's storms - thanks to
the good peoplewilling to take responsibility for protecting the climate.When we surveyed
the donors to our Climate Fund, they told us that theyliked both how easy it was to do
and that they were helping local peoplewho needed a little help. Now that the summer
travel season is upon us,this is a good time for others to join in and help in the
process ofreducing our county's carbon emissions.Sustainable Tompkins has announced the
availability of a fifth round ofgrant awards due at the end of June. So far the program
has helped a verydiverse mix of household types in Dryden, Enfield, Lansing, and the City
ofIthaca. Details of the projects can be found
atwww.fingerlakesclimatefund.org.----------------------------------------------------Gay !
Nicholso
n, Ph.D.PresidentSustainable Tompkins109 S. Albany St.Ithaca, NY
14850www.sustainabletompkins.org607-533-7312 (home office)607-220-8991 (cell)607-216-1552 (ST
office)607-216-1553 (ST
fax)g...@sustainabletompkins.org----------------------------------------------------------------------Subject:
Learn to inoculate log-grown shiitake mushrooms this weekend(Schuyler County, NY)From: Michael Burns
<[email protected]>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:15:23 -0400X-Message-Number: 6Join us
at Cayuta Sun Farm (the sight of the Finger Lakes PermacultureInstitute's summer design course) this
Saturday or Sunday (June 29 and 30.)Learn how to prepare sugar maple and white oak logs for mushroom
productionin the cool, deep shade of the mushroom yard.Workshops are held from 12 pm to 5 pm. The workshop
fee is $10 and includesa take-home log. Snacks and beverages are provided.More information and
registration is
at:http://fingerlakespermaculture.org/?p=2212----------------------------------------------------------------------Subject:
LAST DAY: Plastic Pots, Canning Jars and POTATOES at CCE-TompkinsFrom: "Sandra J. Repp"
<[email protected]>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:12:26 +0000X-Message-Number: 7Plastic Plant Pot AND
Canning Jar SwapThursday, June 20-Tuesday, June 25, 12:00-7:00pmCornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins
County, 615 Willow Avenue, IthacaNYTODAY IS THE LAST DAY of the plastic pot and canning jar swap and we've
gota BUNCH of pots here for the TAKING! If you're planning a garden for nextyear, NOW'S THE TIME to come
down to CCE and grab a few stacks to use forseed starting, sharing plants from the yard with friends, or
whatever!We've got lots of various-sized trays and cell packs, stacks of small tolarge pots, and we just
received a PICKUP TRUCK LOAD of black plasticnursery pots (9.5" appx. 2 gallon size). There's no
point in buying themnew when you can get perfectly good used pots for FREE! This morning, alocal nursery
owner loaded up his truck with pots of all sizes and told ushe hasn't bought a pot!
since h
e started his business several years ago -they've all come from our annual Pot Swap! Come
on down and TAKE AWAY asmany pots as you can use, too! Pots are located in a designated
area off theCCE-Tompkins main parking lot on Willow Avenue. Plastic that is left afterthe
event will be taken to a recycler for processing.CANNING JARS have come and gone pretty
quickly; right now (3:10pm) there aresix 1-QT. jars in the Greenhouse, and a box of rings
(mixed sizes). Sorry, Ican't run out and check for you!After June 25th, no more pots or
jars will be accepted at CooperativeExtension. County residents can however, take these
items to the TompkinsCounty Recycling/Solid Waste Center. For more information, call
CooperativeExtension at 607-272-2292 or
visithttp://ccetompkins.org/calendar/10/04/16/gardeners-pot-swap-recycling-event.POTATOES -
somehow (2) more 50lb. bags of certified seed potatoes haveturned up - Red Pontiac and
Katahdins. They are now in a wheelbarrow nextto the pot swap. Come and take as many as
you can plant right away- theyare all sprouting
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This Thursday at 7PM: Book Shelf Series at Sustainability Center -Join in!From: "Fred
Schoeps" <[email protected]>Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:58:33
-0400X-Message-Number: 9On the last Thursday of each month The Sustainability Center hosts the
BookShelf Series featuring a local sustainability advocate. Doors will be openat 6:30 pm with
the gathering starting at 7 PM.Come join us in a personal and rich conversation with Liz Walker
on June27th - a conversation that is sure to be insightful and engaging.Liz practices everyday
living life sustainably. For more than two decadesshe has rolled up her sleeves and
purposefully and persistently collaboratedwith others to create a more sustainable future that
is possible. She is alocal author of two books about sustainability, cofounder of EcoVillage
atIthaca, and community organizer. In her first book, EcoVillage at Ithaca,Liz captured and
shared with us the power, beauty and at times messinesswhen people come together to
systematically create a sustainable community.In her second book, Choosing a!
Sustain
able Future, Liz explores and servesas guide to the richness of ideas and inspiration to
be found in Ithaca andTompkins County that are driving local sustainability solutions.
Find outabout two of her current projects: the EPA Climate Showcase Community workshe is
doing and the building of the third ecovillage neighborhood."Ithaca is one of those
places showing the way towards a workable future,and Liz Walker is a key guide on that
tour." Bill McKibben, Founder of350.org---END OF DIGEST
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visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/
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