Jumping off the amazing energy that’s emerging nationally for strong action on global warming, KyotoNOW!, together with other student and community organizations around New York State, plan to organize the New York State Climate Summit 2007. Scheduled for November 16-18, the summit’s goals will be to 1) train students and community members to lead effective [...]
Archive for September 4th, 2007
KyotoNOW! To Organize New York Climate Summit
Posted in Announcement, Community, Cornell, Energy, Events, Kyoto Now on September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sustainability Hub Updates
Posted in Uncategorized on September 4, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The officers this year are Carlos Rymer (President; cmr55), Chelsea Clarke (Treasurer; cmc255), Ding Kong (Vice President; dk278), and Whitney Larsen (Outreach Coordinator; wbl5). Our advisor is Dean Koyanagi (drk5), who is also Cornell’s Sustainability Coordinator. More on Sustainable Campus at http://www.sustainablecampus.cornell.edu/. Our website can be found at www.rso.cornell.edu/sustainabilityhub. Also, the Cornell Activist Calendar can [...]
Cornell Study Says Pollution Causes 40% of World Deaths
Posted in Cornell, Impacts, Research on September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A recent Cornell research project concluded that pollution deserves a place alongside heart disease and cancer on the list of leading causes of death worldwide. Contamination of water, air and soil leads to 40 percent of the planet’s death toll, according to a study conducted by Prof. David Pimentel, ecology and evolutionary Biology.
“In the United [...]
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