General Updates
This post, Staying Warm in Winter, is part of a series from the Cornell Cooperative Extension Energy and Climate Change team focused on Do-It-Yourself projects for your home or apartment Energy costs are likely to continue increasing, and not just electric A recent proposal by...
On September 11th, inside the quiet, book-lined walls of the Tannersville Library, a small group of us gathered to think about disaster, an appropriate topic on this mournful anniversary The occasion was a Citizen Preparedness Corps Training, a state-run program...
This post is part of a series by the Energy and Climate Change team at Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County to connect area residents to disaster preparedness resources Our area is expected to experience more intense storm events in the coming years due to climate...
This post is part of a series by the Energy and Climate Change team at Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County to connect area residents to disaster preparedness resources Our area is expected to experience more intense storm events in the coming years due to climate...
This month, the New York State Department of Conservation recognized two communities in Tompkins County for their outstanding dedication to local climate action In the latest round of the NYS Climate Smart Communities (CSC) program, the Village of Lansing reached Bronze...
Sarah Age:11 Solar&HydroStockton Age: 12 Wind, Hydro Charlotte Age:11 Solar Clara WindKloee Age: 12 Solar Eamon Age:12 Wind Della Age: 12 Solar energyJonah Age: 12 SolarMax Age:11 Water/HydroConner Age: 12 Wind/dam/solar Trevor Age: 11 Wind Eli Age: 12 Hydroelectric...
This spring, the Energy Warriors Green Workforce Development Program celebrated the graduation of the program’s largest learning cohort to date The ceremony was held on a sunny Friday morning at the Ithaca Presbyterian Church’s Dodds Hall, capping 12 weeks of training...
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,...
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...
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...
