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May 15, 2025

This powerful student art exhibit emerged from a collaboration between Cornell Cooperative Extension, and Lansing Middle School teachers Nicole Lamie (tech), and Lee Iannone (art) CCE Tompkins Educators spent time with students during their tech and art classes,...

April 17, 2025

Reduce, reuse, and recycle—the “three R’s” of solid waste management—are listed in order of importance for actions that should be taken to manage solid waste So why isn’t recycling the first step Advertisers, educators, and government officials constantly urge us to...

March 27, 2025

Take action by donating materials or volunteering your mending skills…

February 20, 2025

Energy Warriors, currently offered in Tompkins County, provides a comprehensive foundation in environmental literacy, from climate change to renewable energy broadly, to specific efforts to lower the region’s carbon footprint, with an emphasis on new and expanding...

July 10, 2024

Members of CCE Tompkins’ clean energy workforce training program were recognized and honored in a community ceremony.

February 14, 2024

Currently, Lansing has reduced 24% of this target goal, so the soccer ball has moved 24% toward the goal. The more gas gets reduced, the closer to the goal the soccer ball gets!

November 15, 2023

On Friday, November 3, approximately 25 individuals connected with Ithaca and Tompkins-area sustainability and workforce development gathered at TC3 Extension, on the Ithaca Commons, to celebrate a milestone in the region’s climate efforts They gathered...

October 12, 2023

By Aaron Fernando About a hundred people gathered in the ballroom of the DoubleTree Hotel in Binghamton on Wednesday, September 27 for a day-long summit and job fair focused on the burgeoning green energy sector in New York’s Southern Tier In attendance were...

August 15, 2023

by Aaron Fernando A birds-eye view of solar panels in a green space Photo credit: Anders J via Unsplash   Climate change is in the news every day now, with a lot of attention being drawn to disasters like fires and floods, as well as aspirations and promises at...

June 21, 2023

May 22, 2023

By Anne Rhodes There is evidence of the climate crisis everywhere Each year, we see an increase in fires, floods, and migration as a result of climate-related issues The past eight years were the hottest on record So maybe you are wondering “But what can one...

May 10, 2023

by Agnes Guillo Imagine waking up on the coldest morning of the year You unearth yourself from layers of blankets and walk across the frigid floor to the thermostat You turn up the heat but find that it is not working You trudge down the stairs and into the...