2009 Past Events

Webcast— Sustainability Strategies for Vibrant Campus Communities
October 21, 1 pm—2:30 pm(Discussion to follow 2:30 pm—3 pm)
Location: Mann Library Room 102

National Campus Sustainability Day Panel features Cornell's own Joe Grasso (ILR).
Hear from leaders deeply involved with change on their campuses, and also within national organizations and networks. Discover how institutions are finding opportunities in the wake of budget cuts and providing the appropriate campus infrastructure and knowledge on how to finance, plan, operate, and manage low carbon, energy efficient campuses. And learn how these actions are supporting broader community, regional, and national initiatives. Panelists will share their own experiences with green initiatives, as well as those of other campuses, paying special attention to cost control issues and the effects of uncertain revenue. Your text questions will be taken throughout the program.
For more information - http://www.scup.org/page/profdev/notravel/2009/csd/7

International Day of Climate Action
October 24, 2009,
7pm —An Inconvenient Truth
8:45pm—A Very Inconvenient Truth
Location: Goldwin Smith Hall, HEC Auditorium

To commemorate International Day of Climate Action come watch the film “An Inconvenient Truth” at 7pm followed by the presentation “A Very Inconvenient Truth” at 8:45pm.

Sustainability Day at Ho Plaza
October 22, 2009, 10am— 1pm
Location: Ho Plaza

Cornell University students celebrate Campus Sustainability Day. The event is not limited to the Cornell community.
Here are just some of the events that will be happening:

Farm to Cornell will have a pie display, with a pie baked at 350 degrees, and one baked at 400 degrees, to show how 400 is too much (Carbon ppm reference, with burnt pies).
KyotoNOW will be have a table with a campaign to sign fax-letters to our senators about the Climate Action Bill.
Back to the Tap will be having a Tap Water Challenge (a blind taste test of tap vs. bottled water to challenge the idea that bottled water tastes better).
Individual photos taken with a "350" sign, and a group photo taken with a "350" banner on Ho Plaza at 12:15 - come on your lunch break and join the crowd! The photos will be sent to our senators, with a letter (yet to be drafted).
More than 15 Student Groups and Cornell Departments will be represented.

Sustainability Day—Tree Campus USA Event
October 22, 2009,
12pm-12:30pm–Award Ceremony
12:30pm-2:00pm–Tree Planting
Location: Center of the Arts Quad

To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Tree Campus USA program, the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota teamed up with students and volunteers from Cornell University to plant trees on the Ithaca campus.

Cornell's Climate Action Plan (CAP)Presentations
Cornell's Climate Action Plan(CAP) to become a climate neutral campus by 2050 was announced on Sept 15. It is a roadmap that focuses on reducing an institution’s overall greenhouse gas emissions to zero. The following presentations by members of the Presidents Climate Commitment Implementation Committee are your chance to learn more and discuss the plan.

Date	Location	Time	Title
9/21/09	Big Red Barn	5:30pm—7:00pm	Climate Action Plan presentation to CU Assemblies meetings and resolution
9/30/09	Day Hall Board Room	4:30pm—6:30pm	Climate Action Plan presentation to CU Assemblies meetings and resolution
10/1/09	Willard Straight, Memorial Room	4:45pm—6:30pm	Climate Action Plan presentation to CU Assemblies meetings and resolution
10/13/09	Moakley House	9am—11:30am	Climate Action Plan presentation to Local Leaders
10/14/09	Goldwin Smith Auditorium	4:45pm—6:30pm	Climate Action Plan presentation to Faculty Senate

Student Sustainabililty Summit—“Putting together the Sustainability Puzzle at Cornell”
9/26/09
Location: Willard Straight, Memorial Room, 11am—2:00pm

The summit will provide an opportunity for networking among student leaders from across campus, as well as getting the word out about student environmental initiatives on campus. A short talk on leadership development will be led by Dominic Frongillo, Town of Caroline Councilmember who has been involved in many environmental initiatives in his job and in his time at Cornell (before graduating in 2005). Please contact Christina Copeland at cpc53@cornell.edu if you are interested in attending.

Fall 2009 – Special Speaker Series
SUSTAINABLE EARTH, ENERGY, and ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
Monday Nights
7:30pm—8:45pm
Room 101 Phillips Hall

Developing a sustainable society while confronting global change is one of the leading challenges facing our planet during the 21st century. This speaker series, co-sponsored by the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future, features speakers from the Cornell research community addressing some of the major threats, challenges, and hope for the future.

Date		Theme	Speaker
September	7	WELCOME	Frank DiSalvo
September	7	CLIMATE CHANGE— The Science	Charles Greene

Climate Action Plan and CU Renewable Bioenergy Initiative presentation to the University Neighborhood Council (UNC)
Date: 9/15/09, 7pm
Location: 395 Pine Tree Road, Room 140

Climate Action Plan presentation to CU Assemblies meetings and resolution
Date: 9/16/09, 12:15pm—1:30pm
Location: Day Hall Board Room

Cornell's Climate Action Plan (CAP) to become a climate neutral campus by 2050 was announced on Sept 15. It is a roadmap that focuses on reducing an institution’s overall greenhouse gas emissions to zero. The following presentations by members of the Presidents Climate Commitment Implementation Committee are your chance to learn more and discuss the plan.

Cornell Native American Alumni Association Reunion Iroquois Social
June 6,2009
Location: Bailey Hall Square
The American Indian Program (AIP) and the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future (CCSF) are pleased to co-sponsor the 2009 Cornell Native American Alumni Association (CNAAA) “Reunion Iroquois Social” in celebration of the vital role of indigenous peoples in sustainability.

Spirit of Sustainability Series—Who's putting the 'ability' in sustainability?
April 30, 2009
Location: Sage Chapel, noon-1:00 p.m.
Tim Fahey Sustainability Research and Education,and Kyu Whang, A Sustainable Campus Community

Climate Controversies: On climate dangers and containment goals
April 29th, 2009
Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall 4:30pm
Stephen Schneider (Stanford University)

Estimating the Life—Course Dynamics of Asset Poverty
April 24, 2009
Location: 153 MVR Hall, noon—1:00 p.m.
Thomas Hirschl, Department of Sociology

What's Smart about the “Smart Grid”?
April 23, 2009
Location: B11 Kimball Hall, 12:20—1:10 p.m.
Ian Hiskens, University of Michigan

Spirit of Sustainability Series— Cooling the Hottest Ivy; Heating the Coolest Ivy
April 23, 2009
Location: Sage Chapel, noon-1:00 p.m.
Jim Adams, Renewable Energy

Sustainability Hub Activities: Music, Art, Presentations
April 22, 2009
Location: Ho Plaza, 11:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

Persistent Poverty and UPward Mobility
April 22, 2009
Location: ILR Conference Center, 4:30—6:00 p.m.
Institute for Social Sciences 2008—2001 Theme Project
Christopher Barrett, Applied Economics and Management and David Skorton, Cornell University.

Kaplan Family Distinguished Lecture in Public Service
April 22, 2009
Location: Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall, 5:00 p.m.
Douglas McMeekin and Juan Kunchikuy, Yachana Foundation

Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture: Cradle to Cradle Design
April 21, 2009
Location: Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall, 4:30—5:30 p.m.
William A. McDonough, William McDonough & Partners.

Spirit of Sustainability Series— Cornell Roots Grow Green
April 16, 2009
Location: Sage Chapel, noon-1:00 p.m.
Randy Lacey, Green Development

Spirit of Sustainability Series—Taking the Car out of Carbon; Putting the Bus into Business
April 9, 2009
Location: Sage Chapel, noon—1:00 p.m.
Spring Buck and David Lieb, Alternative Transportation

Climate Controversies: On health impact
March 30, 2009
Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall 4:30pm

Spirit of Sustainability Series— The Urge to Conserve—Why Saving Energy is Everybody's Business
April 2, 2009
Location, Sage Chapel, noon-1:00 p.m.
Steve Golding, Opening remarks
Lanny Joyce, Energy Conservation

Ocean Acidification: The Other CO² Problem
April 3, 2009
Location: A106 Corson-Mudd Hall, 4:00—5:00 p.m.
Scott Doney, Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution

On ecological impact
Dan Nepstad (Moore Foundation)
March 9, 2009
Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall 4:30pm

For more information on the “Climate Controversies Leading Figures Address Leading Issues about Global Climate Change” series, go to www.sustainablefuture.cornell.edu/events/climatechangeforum.

On international equity
Shreekant Gupta (School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore)
February 23, 2009
Location: Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall 4:30pm

For more information on the “Climate Controversies Leading Figures Address Leading Issues about Global Climate Change” series, go to www.sustainablefuture.cornell.edu/events/climatechangeforum.

2008 Past Events

Defining Sustainable Development: Land Use, Climate Change, and Water Resources
November 7th & 8th 2008
Location: Cornell Law School

The conference will bring professors, practitioners, students, and community leaders together to consider what sustainability really means and what role law may have in accomplishing sustainable development. It is organized by the Environmental Law Society ("ELS") and the Development-Related Outreach Program for Sustainability ("DROPS").

Speakers with a wide variety of education and experience have been asked to consider what sustainable development is and how the broad goals implied by the term "sustainable" can be achieved. Together, they'll explore the concept of sustainability through law, ethics, business, planning, building, engineering, agriculture, and natural resources.
To register go to: www.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/ELS/index.cfm

Organizations to host Green Collar Career Fair
November 5, 2008, 12:30pm—4 pm
Location: Tompkins Cortland Community College in Dryden— Borg Warner Morse TEC Fieldhouse

Sustainable Tompkins and CollegeNow@TC3 will host the region's first “Green Collar Career Fair” from 12:30-4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5 at the Borg Warner Morse TEC Fieldhouse at Tompkins Cortland Community College in Dryden. The event is free of Approximately 500 high school students from Tompkins and surrounding counties have pre-registered through TC3 to attend in the morning. More than 35 exhibitors will introduce careers in the new green economy based on renewable energy and efficient use of regional resources. Sectors include energy, transportation and planning, green building, green products, local farms and food, and other organizations promoting sustainability.

This event is organized by Sustainable Tompkins and CollegeNow@TC3, with major sponsorship from the Park Foundation, NYSERDA and Tompkins County Solid Waste. For more information, contact Jan Quarles at jan@sustainabletompkins.org or 532-9288.

Cornell Energy Fair and President's Address to Staff, 2008
October 27, 2008,11am—2 pm
Barton Hall

Sponsored by the Employee Assembly, the Energy Fair and President Skorton's Address to Staff will be held on Oct. 27, 2008 in Barton Hall. The Energy Fair will be held from 11 a.m.-noon, followed by the president's address, noon - 1 p.m., at which time the Energy Fair will resume, 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Energy-saving information for local and Cornell organizations will be available on a multitude of topics, including household energy education, household energy saving tips, fuel mileage savings, public transportation and sustainability efforts. Lunch will be available for sale by Cornell Dining.
For more information, see the Oct. 10 PawPrint article.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact: Office of Workforce Diversity, Equity and Life Quality, at 607-255-3976 (voice), 607-255-7066 (TDD) or equalopportunity@cornell.edu as much in advance of the event as possible. A sign language interpreter will be present for the President's address.

Supervisors are encouraged to provide release time if possible.

Campus Sustainability Day
Wednesday,October 22

Getting to Zero: A Campus-wide Idea Exchange
October 22, 2008, 2:00pm—3:30pm
Location: The new LEED Gold Weill Hall atrium on Tower Rd.

10 AM - 2 PM — Weill Atrium
Idea Exchange

Come to learn about the year-long development of the Cornell Climate Action Plan. Talk with campus leaders about strategies to achieve Climate Neutrality. Consider how buildings, energy, transportation, and individuals all play a part. Then share your ideas through an onsite idea exchange website.

Plus enjoy delicious, complimentary Local and Fair Trade Foods, take a guided tour of Weill Hall, and check out Cornell's 100 MPG Auto X Prize.

2 PM - 3:30 PM — Weill Hall, Room 226
Climate Realities, Challenges, and Progress in Higher Education Webcast

“Getting to Zero” is sponsored by The President's Climate Commitment Implementation Committee.

For webcast detail, go to:
www.nytimesknownow.com/professional-development/education/campus-sustainability-day-FL08.html.

Download the "Getting to Zero" poster at:
www.sustainablecampus.cornell.edu/cap/docs/ZEROpstrV7.pdf

Questions or want to volunteer for “Getting to Zero”?
Email sustainability@cornell.edu.

Sustainability Day at Ho Plaza
October 22, 2008, 10am— 2pm
Location: Ho Plaza

Cornell University students celebrate Campus Sustainability Day. The event is not limited to the Cornell community.

Ithaca Carshare plans to display one of their cars available to everyone in the Cornell and Ithaca community.

The event is organized annually by the Sustainability Hub. This event will feature student groups displaying posters about their efforts to make the Cornell campus more sustainable. Engineers for a Sustainable World will bring a solar oven, and Dilmun Hill student-run farm will be selling their organic harvest.

KyotoNow! will be advocating for their PowerVote campaign to make energy issues an integral part of this election and displaying a model wind turbine.

Ithaca College Professor to speak on Sustainability
October 1, 2008, 12:15 pm
Sage Chapel

Jason Hamilton, associate professor of biology at Ithaca College and a founding member of the New Roots Charter School of Ithaca, will speak on the scientific and moral imperatives of sustainability on October 1, 2008 at 12:15 in Sage Chapel on the Cornell campus. His presentation is part of Sage Wednesdays, a program that offers presentations and music at midday. Music will be provided by Cornell Chamber Singers, directed by Holland Jancaitis, and light refreshments will be available. This program is free and open to all, and is 45 - 50 minutes in duration.
For additional information, please contact Cornell United Religious Work at 607-255-4214 or visit http://www.curw.cornell.edu/sage.html (leaving site).

Farm to You —The Culinary Perspective of Sustainable Agriculture
September 15
Robert Purcell Community Center

Cornell Dining and the N.Y. Wine Country Chefs invite you and a guest to attend an Informative Program and Fall Harvest Dinner.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm- The Culinary Perspective of Sustainable Agriculture Robert Purcell Community Center - 2nd Floor Auditorium (click for here for Program Agenda)
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm - 3rd Annual Fall Harvest Dinner Robert Purcell Marketplace Eatery 3rd floor RPCC - North Campus (Jessup Rd.) (click here for details about the wonderful dinner)

To reserve tickets for the program, contact Doug at dhl34@cornell.edu or call 255-5952.

Cornell at The NY State Fair
August 21 — September 1
Verizon Center of Progress Building

Cornell's sustainability exhibit will engage audiences through informative visual displays, interactive activities, and a focus on the highly relevant topics of renewable energy, efficient transportation, and green jobs. The exhibit will be built around the existing CALS/CCE/CUAES renewable energy exhibit developed for a USDA BioEnergy award ceremony in Washington DC, and that will be displayed at Empire Farm Days. A life-size model of a grid-tied solar system, the "energy bike" activity, and Larry Walker's BioEnergy game will be on-site to engage people of all ages. The Auto X Prize, a student led 100 mpg car project will be there along with a Ithaca Carshare car to inform people about these related initiatives. CCTEC will also be part of the event showcasing green companies based on Cornell research.

Dump & Run Sale
August 23 & 24, 9am-7pm

Dump & Run is Ithaca's best kept secret. Come and purchase everything you will ever need at incredibly discounted prices, new and used, including furniture, electronics, clothes, and appliances. Reusable items were collected at the end of the academic year and are being resold to help stop over consumption and reduce our overabundance of waste. Proceeds benefit Ithaca nonprofit's.
Contact Scott Malamut, 607.266.0633, shm32@cornell.edu for more information.

2008 POP Symposium: POLYMER MATERIALS FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
May 20-21, All day
Statler, 196
The 2008 program reflects an increasing interest in green materials and combines the 2 symposia held in 2007 by the CCMR: POP and Green Materials.
Contact Robin Nichols, 607.266.0633, rln39@cornell.edu for more information.

Click for more details and how to attend

Dump & Run 2008—Don't throw it away - give it away!
MAY 5-31
Click here for more detailed information.
Look for collection bins MAY 5-31 in your residence halls and community centers.
Contact Robin Nichols, 607.266.0633, rln39@cornell.edu for more information.

Climate Change Conference: Making the Connections
May 6th, 8:00 am-12:30 pm
Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall
The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are inviting interested faculty and staff to attend a half-day conference on global climate change research and extension/outreach Early response to the conference has been enthusiastic and we look forward to joining together to mobilize and maximize resources. No other university has such broad capacity to respond to the challenges and opportunities of climate change.

Click for more details and how to attend

When to Get In and Get Out: A Real Options Analysis of Biofuels Manufacturing Development
April 28, 2:30pm-3:30pm
Riley-Robb, B15
Hosted by Dr. Peter Hess of BEE and Dr. Antonio Bento of AEM, this is part of the Biofuels: The Economic and Environmental Interactions Colloquia. Todd Schmit will speak.
Contact Deb DeWeese, 255-0150, dwd24@cornell.edu for more information.

Third International Joint Workshop with Tsinghua University
April 29 and 30, All Day
Hollister, McManus Lounge 166
The College of Engineering will be hosting the Third International Joint Workshop with Tsinghua University, Beijing, PR China. These workshops were established to promote collaboration between Cornell and Tsinghua, a leading Engineering institution in China.
The theme of this year's workshop is: Sustainable Development: Water Resources, Energy and the Environment
Contact Clare Zuraw, 254-8732, cjz28@cornell.edu for more information.

President Skorton to speak on sustainability

April 22, 5:30pm-7:00pm
Ithaca High School's Kulp Auditorium

Cornell President David Skorton will address local service and civic clubs, plus the public at large. President Skorton will discuss issues and opportunities tied to Cornell and off-campus sustainability efforts, and other topics related to the vitality of the university and the broader community. His remarks will be followed by a question-and-answer session. Sponsored by the Ithaca Rotary Club, area residents are welcome to attend this first-time special event.
For more information, contact Cornell's Office of Community Relations at 255-4666 or e-mail gjs28@cornell.edu.

Earth Day at Cornell

April 22, 11am-2pm
Ho Plaza

On April 22nd , Earth Day at Cornell will be taking place on Ho Plaza from 11:00AM to 2:00PM. As a day to promote awareness and action for social and environmental issues, groups on campus will join to educate the campus about projects they are currently focusing on. Students will take over Ho Plaza with live music, skit performances, rallies, art installments, demonstrations, and tabling in an effort to raise awareness about what their organizations do and what other students can do to get involved. This year, student groups including the Society for Natural Resources Conservation, Dilmun Hill Student Farm, Sustainability Hub, and KyotoNow! will be tabling on Ho Plaza to talk about projects and issues that their organizations are concentrating on. Come to Ho Plaza on Earth Day for a day of environmental appreciation and education, in an effort to work towards improving the ways in which we use and treat the environment as a community on campus and as a part of the larger global community.

Education for Sustainability— An International Mini-Symposium
April 4, 1pm-4pm
304 Fernow Hall

This mini-symposium explores approaches to learning that might contribute to the transformation of unsustainable systems, values and routines. It examines whether the "greening mantra" - greening the curriculum, the company, the campus, the community -- represents a rhetoric that pushes cosmetic or low-impact changes (e.g., recycling, reduction of emissions, increased energy efficiency) without questioning taken for granted values and routines that are fundamentally unsustainable (e.g., oil-dependency, continuous economic growth, materialism, consumerism).

The mini-symposium should be of interest to students, staff, and faculty who are concerned with learning for change and transition in a range of contexts, including resource management, organizational learning, curriculum development, business (i.e., Corporate Social Responsibility), and health.

For more information, contact Erin Kelly, eak58@cornell.edu , or 607-255-2820. Click here for more detail (pdf).

25th Annual CEAA (Cornell Engineering Alumni Association)Conference Sustainable Energy Systems: Investing In Our Future
March 28-29, 2008

The 25th annual Cornell Engineering Alumni Association (CEAA) Conference will focus on alternative energy research and economics.Cick link for more information.
Free for faculty, staff, students - Registration online by March 7.
For more information or if you need a parking permit, please contact Shannon Ahn.

2008 Bovay Lecture in the History and Ethics of Engineering Sustainable Engineering: Oxymoron or Utopia?, Prof. Brad Allenby
March 3, 3:00 pm
Phillips Hall 203.

Professor Allenby is a well known figure in the field of Industrial Ecology and Life Cycle Analysis. His talk will comment on recent trends and ideas in the fast growing sustainability movements in academia and business from his perspectives in both arenas.
An informal reception will follow

Presidents Climate Commitment Anniversary Event
February 28, 2008 - 12:00PM
Duffield Hall, Atrium

President Skorton will be speaking in the Duffield Atrium at a celebration of the first anniversary of his committing Cornell towards signing the ACUPCC (the official signing was in June of '07). This event is hosted by the Presidents Climate Commitment Implementation Committee (PCCIC). The one headed by Kyu Whang and Tim Fahey.

Cornell Cinema presents the Ithaca Premiere of: The Unforeseen

Friday, February 22 at 7:00
Saturday, February 23 at 5:00
Monday, February 25 at 9:30

All screenings in the Willard Straight Theatre
"It's a beautiful, soulful work about real estate development and sprawl, focused on Austin's beloved Barton Springs, and if you think that's impossible you haven't seen it.
The Unforeseen is much more than a plucky local movie about issues that matter only in this delightful, self-obsessed collegiate boomtown.
Battles over development can be found in every American county, and probably in every other jurisdiction in the world, and they all involve real, complicated human beings on all sides.
The Unforeseen is less an issue-driven documentary than a pure visual and sensual experience that seeks to capture the mystery of the American landscape, both paved and wild. Its themes aren't easy to summarize and its questions defy easy answers." (Salon.com)
For more information, please visit http://cinema.cornell.edu, or call 255-3522.

Hybrid Intellectuals: Think Tanks and Public Policy Experts in the United States
January 28
374 Rockefeller Hall, 4:30 p.m.
Tom Medvetz , ISS Postdoctoral Associate.
Sponsored by Science and Technology Studies

Interspecies Co-Production and Other Interventions
Thursday, January 24
Kaufman Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall, 4:30 p.m.
Beatriz da Costa (Professor of Arts Computation Engineering, UC Irvine) will discuss her recent work addressing air pollution and environmental justice. As an interdisciplinary artist and researcher, da Costa is particularly interested in the role an artist might occupy when operating at the intersection of art, science and activism. Her PigeonBlog project is a collaborative project between homing pigeons, artists, engineers and pigeon fanciers engaged in a grassroots scientific data gathering initiative designed to collect and distribute information about air quality conditions. A current related project entitled AIR (a project by Preemptive Media),enables interested humans to build and design their own air pollution sensing devices and find out more about the air quality condition in their own neighborhoods. In 2006, together with biologist Tau-Mu Yi, she attempted to design carbon monoxide sensitive yeast cells expressing color upon exposure to ambient air elevated carbon monoxide concentrations. da Costa will discuss these and other projects, exemplifying her attempts to bridge disciplinary discourses and practices in the pursuit for social change.

A Conversation with Beatriz da Costa
Friday, January 25
146 Myron Taylor Hall (ISS Conference Room), 9:30-11 a.m.
A Conversation with Beatriz da Costa (Professor of Arts Computation Engineering, UC Irvine.) This informal seminar is an opportunity for the public to discuss Beatriz da Costa's recent research with her.
Pastries will be served.

2007 Past Events

Sustainable Tompkins holiday party
December 7th
First Presbyterian Church, 315 N. Cayuga St. 6:30pm
Sustainable Tompkins plans a holiday party with the theme "Put Yourself on the Map" at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in Dodds Hall at the First Presbyterian Church, 315 N. Cayuga St.
The party will celebrate sustainability in Tompkins County and the surrounding area. Sustainable Tompkins is building an interactive online map of the local sustainability movement and seeks help to identify all the people and organizations involved. After a welcome reception, buffet dinner will be served at 7:15 p.m. by members of the Cayuga Sustainability Council. A suggested donation of $5 per person is welcomed to defray costs. This is a no-alcohol event.
Over a hundred sustainability advocates attended last year's event. Space is limited, so prompt reservations are suggested. Contact Marian Brown at 274-3787 or www.treea.org.

The forum will feature open discussions led by panels of experts in the installation, performance, and financing of renewable energy technologies for the home, farm, business, and institute. The panels will specifically address solar, wind, bio-fuel, geothermal, hydro and combined heat and power technologies, with insight stemming from case studies, recent experiences, success stories, and community responses. The panel discussions will also address logistical factors, including tax breaks, state incentives, policy and zoning issues, cost-benefit analyses, and strategies for financing projects.

Industry and the Private Sector's Response/Approaches to Climate Change
November 15th
141 Sage Hall 3:00pm—4:00pm
Sponsored by the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise. Jennifer Layke has led business and climate change initiatives at WRI (World Resources Institute) since 1997. Ms. Layke founded The Green Power Market Development Group, a partnership with twelve major U.S. businesses having a collective goal of developing 1000 MW of cost-competitive, new green power in the US by 2010. In 2003, Ms. Layke launched Climate Northeast, a corporate partnership that builds strategies for companies to thrive in a carbon-constrained economy. For more information on the discussion contact: sa278@cornell.edu.

Northeast Biofuel Summit
November 11th—13th
Statler Hotel, 10am— 4pm
The summit will assess the region's current biomass inventory, including agricultural feedstock designated for fuel. Visit Sun Grant Initiative Northeast Sun Grant Region for more information.

Dilmun Hill Farm Design Charette
November 10th
Dilmun Hill Farm, 11am— 3pm
Join FLPCI (Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute)program coordinator Steve Gabriel for a half day seminar outlining the permaculture design process as applied to Cornell's student run organic farm.

Participants will learn about design principles and walk the land, observing and collecting data which will be used to develop schematic drawings of possible scenarios for the future.
FOR MORE INFORMATION visit www.fingerlakespermaculture.org

America Recycles Day
November 3rd
Ithaca Mall, 10am— 4pm
Free event for all ages. Visit www.recyletompkins.org for more information.

Cornell Campus Sustainability Day
October 24
Memorial Room WSH:10am —2pm
North Campus' Robert Purcell Community Center: 5pm —8pm
Student organizations, staff working groups, and faculty research in sustainability will be displaying information about and holding activities around campus sustainability.

For more information contact Carlos Rymer at 551-556-0189(President of the Sustainability Hub), or Dean Koyanagi at 255-2757(Cornell's Sustainability Coordinator)

Sustainability Workshop
October 22 – 23, 9 a.am to 4:30 p.m.
Rowe Room, Statler Hotel
Two-day workshop on “Projectification, Governance and Sustainability: United States—European Union Synthesis and Comparison”explores the seeming proliferation and significance of organizational structures that contribute to sustainable development. Convenors include Steven Wolf, Cornell assistant professor of Social Sciences; Stefan Sjöblom, University of Helsinki, Swedish School of Social Science; and Sarah Skerratt, Scottish Agricultural College. For more information see http://sockom.helsinki.fi/forum/eng/CornellWorkshop.html.

Feel the Heat: 1st Annual Global Warming Awareness Initiative

Earth Week Events - April 2007

Earth

1) Drive Not To Drive
April 14th – April 20th
Kicking off Earth Day, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) is challenging all students, staff, and community members to give up their driving privileges for a full week. From Saturday, April 14th to Friday, April 20th, we are asking that all people in the Ithaca area rely on the public transportation system. This will be a great way to give feedback to how public transportation can be improved in our country. Aside from great exercise, cleaner air, and the chance to be a part of the great community effort, participants will be eligible to win a bicycle, an electric scooter and TCAT bus passes to encourage more sustainable transportation. We will be raffling off the prizes on Ho Plaza on Friday at the Cornell Earth Day celebration and on Sunday at the Farmers Market Earth Day Celebration. http://rso.cornell.edu/esw/drive.html

2) Step it Up!
Saturday, April 14th 10:30am – 3:30pm
Meet in front of Goldwin Smith on the Arts Quad
A day of service in the Ithaca community focused on positive action that will help reduce global warming and beautify our community. It is part of a national day of action to raise awareness of global warming and to ask Congress to cut carbon emissions 80% by 2050. Projects include: 1) planting flowers; 2) cleaning up gorges and trails, weeding and pruning; and 3) informing people of simple ways to save energy in Caroline. All volunteers will meet at 10:30am on the Arts Quad in front of Goldwin Smith, and then teams will break off into groups to participate in the different projects. If you want to sign up as an individual, or as a team, please e-mail: cornellstepitup@gmail.com.

2) Carbon Neutral Cornell: Implications of the Presidents Climate Commitment
Panel Discussion
Monday, April 16th 5:30pm: Lewis Auditorium
An interactive panel discussion hosted by a group of Cornell students, faculty, and staff to explain the implications of the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), and solicit feedback from the campus community.

Goals:

Help the campus community gain a better understanding of the issue of climate neutrality and its implications for University operations and student life
Discuss the steps involved in participating in the ACUPCC
Solicit feedback, including both concerns about the costs and risks associated with this effort and opportunities for making it a reality at Cornell

Panel Participation:
Stephen Golding, EVP for Administration, Facilities & Finance
Carolyn Ainslie, VP for Planning & Budget
Lanny Joyce, Manager of Engineering, Planning, and Energy Management
Timothy Fahey, Professor, Natural Resources
Zellman Warhaft, Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Emily Rochon, graduate student, KyotoNow!
Dean Koyanagi, sustainability coordinator

For more information see the climate neutrality page.

3) Earth to America
Free showing in Cornell Cinema (Willard Straight Hall)
Tuesday, April 17th 4:45pm
This program features hilarious excerpts from the TBS comedy/variety show on climate change, Earth to America. Check out what comic luminaries like Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Larry David, Robin Williams, Steve Martin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tom Hanks have to say about global warming. Compact fluorescent light bulbs will be given away to the first 75 patrons.

4) Beyond An Inconvenient Truth
Lecture by Ian Shapiro
Wednesday, April 18th 4:45pm: Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith
Come see Ian Shapiro, of Taitem Engineering in Ithaca, discuss the basic science of global warming, and actions you can take to reduce your impact on the environment! He was trained by Al Gore to give his powerpoint presentation, but has updated it to include information about the Ithaca area, as well as more advice about ways to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions.

5) Population, Consumption, and the Environment - an Interactive Discussion
Carl Becker Seminar Room
Wednesday, April 18th 8pm
The United States comprises only 4.5% of the world's population, but consumes 25% of the world's resources and emits 25% of the world's pollution. How do our lifestyle choices and the things we take for granted really effect our fellow humans, the rest of the world, and ourselves? How does population growth magnify many problems and what role does gender play in the equation? Come explore these issues and more through activities, demonstrations, and discussion in a small group environment. For more information, email Stephanie Radi (sar44@cornell.edu)

6) Burnin’ Up: A Night of Cornell Entertainment That’s Too Hot to Miss!
Proceeds will go to Energy Action
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Doors Open at 7:00pm: Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium
The Show Begins Promptly at 7:30pm
Join us for a night of diverse entertainment as a variety of dance troupes, singers, a cappella groups, and bands perform at a benefit concert for a great cause. Tickets are $3. All proceeds will go to the Energy Action Coalition. If you or your group would like to perform please e-mail Sasha Mercedes (svm7@cornell.edu).

The Energy Action Coalition unites a diversity of organizations in an alliance that supports and strengthens the student and youth clean energy movement in North America. The partners of Energy Action work together to leverage our collective power and create change for a clean, efficient, just and renewable energy future. The work of Energy Action is focused on four strategic areas: campuses, communities, corporate practices, and politics. Energy Action partners include groups such as Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, Student Conservation Voters, Restoring Eden, and the Sierra Student Coalition, of which KyotoNOW! is part of.

7) Cornell Campus Earth Day
Friday, April 20th . 10am – 3pm
This year for Earth Day, a coalition of student groups, organized by the Sustainability Hub, will all table on Ho Plaza, theater groups will perform environment-themed plays like "There is a Hair in my Dirt", and a local band and other acoustic musicians will be performing throughout the day. On the Arts quad there will be mini wind turbine models, informational signs describing student sustainability efforts and green living tips, and other works of public art. We are building two rickshaws (bike taxis) and offering people free rides to classes to demonstrate international alternative transportation.

On the Ho Plaza tables, organizations will be very interactive with passing students with engaging activities like recycled crafting, planting seeds in pots to take home, papermaking, compost games, free bike workshops, bike-powered blenders, ecological footprint games, and more. KyotoNow! will visually demonstrate how much coal Ithaca (or America) uses in a day, and organizations will also have petitions to sign and lobbying trips to sign up for.

Friday:
10am-3pm, Tabling on Ho Plaza, displays on Arts Quad
12pm-1pm, Tonal Warming performance, with ~20 minutes mic time for speaker(s)
1pm-1:30pm, Eco-Players perform "The Lorax" or "There's a Hair in my Dirt"
2pm: Coal Plant vs. Wind Turbine battle
4:30pm: Roots & Shoots Guided Gorge Walk
8:00pm: SNRC outdoor movie on Rawlings Green (Earth to America, The Man who
Planted Trees, or Baraka)
Saturday:
Roots & Shoots Earth Day 5k - starting btw 9:30-10:30

Groups tabling on Ho Plaza:

Roots & Shoots
KyotoNow!
Bridges to Community
The Roosevelt Institute
Society for Natural Resources Conservation (SNRC)
Cornell Dining
Farm to Cornell
Amnesty International
Americans for Informed Democracy
Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)
Dilmun Hill Student Organic Farm
Tzedek: Jewish Social Justice
Recycling Committee @ Ecology House
Green Purchasing Task Force (GPTF)
Cornell Students Against War
Cornell Organization for Labor Action/Farmworker Advocacy Coalition/Students Against Sweatshops
Solar Decathlon
Compost Education
Sustainable Enterprise Association (SEA)

8) Lobby Day
Tuesday, April 24th: Albany, NY
Join us on a trip to Albany, NY to lobby elected officials in the Assembly, Senate, and Government offices for their support of legislation that will reduce New York State’s greenhouse gas emissions. We will leave early that morning, and will return the same evening. E-mail lobby4FTH@gmail.com to sign up!

9) Energy Conservation Corps
Saturday, April 28th 8:30am – 4:30pm: downtown Ithaca
Will meet on campus at 8:10am to go downtown together
Interested in helping people in Ithaca use less energy in their homes? Join us as we spend the day going to homes in Ithaca and providing information about how to install compact fluorescent light bulbs as well as other energy reducing practices. Don’t know much about this yourself? That’s fine! We will have a mandatory training session on Wednesday, April 25th at 4:30pm in GS 156 (pizza will be provided!). To sign up, e-mail ithacaECC@gmail.com.
Please note in the e-mail if you have a car available and would be willing to drive.

For more information on Feel the Heat, check out their website, or email organizer Stephanie Radi (sar44@cornell.edu)