Credited to Aaron Munzer from the Ithaca Journal:
ITHACA — It’s an unavoidable fact of life that old furnaces in old farmhouses will eventually need replacing. But when Ulysses town board member Lucia Tyler’s tired furnace is finally put to rest, she won’t just be replacing it: she’s hoping to turn it into an opportunity to [...]
Archive for November 20th, 2007
IC Forum: Conference on “green” future draws around 200 residents
Posted in Community, Energy, Events, Global Warming, Ithaca College on November 20, 2007 | 7 Comments »
New York Student Sustainability Coalition Launched!
Posted in Activism, Events, Global Warming on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From November 16-18, students from across the state of New York gathered at Cornell to launch the NY Student Sustainability Coalition (NYSSC, pronounced NISC). The New York Climate Summit ended with a structured coalition of campus student groups that will work from now on with the goal of getting climate legislation passed in Albany in [...]
COLA Pressures Cornell To Change Coffee Provider
Posted in Activism, Cornell on November 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Credited to the Cornell Daily Sun:
As Cornell decides whether or not to renew its contract with Starbucks, the Cornell Organization for Labor Action is putting student pressure on the administration to find an alternative coffee supplier, due to the accusations of Starbucks’s questionable labor practices.
In many cafés on campus, Cornell students drink Seattle’s Best Coffee, [...]
