Overwhelmed
by all the problems in the world?.É
DonÕt know what you can do about it?
ThereÕs
already a lot of information out there and many groups with momentum towards
solving these problems. Yes, sometimes it is hard to know where to lookÉ so,
hopefully this list will help you out!
These
resources are grouped to inspire you to think about the types of things you can
do. In reality many of them
participate on several levels, but if they were cross listed then the list
would be quite long! Please take
some time and look through them all.
If you want me to add an organization to the list please email me at ajr53@cornell.edu thanks! -Amy Risen
Consider
your footprint
Ecological
Footprint www.ecofoot.org
Carbon
footprint by BP (see quick links) www.bp.com
Carbon
offsets www.greentagsusa.org
Be a
green consumer
Shopping
tips www.fingerlakesbuygreen.org
Skin Deep
Cosetic Safety Database www.cosmeticsdatabase.com
New Wind
through NYSEG http://www.nyseg.com/YourHome/newwindenergy/default.html
Tompkins
Renewable Energy Education Alliance (TREEA) www.treea.org
Southern
Tier Energy $mart Communities www.getenergysmart.org
Ithaca
Biodiesel www.ithacabiodiesel.org
The story
of stuff www.storyofstuff.com
Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle & Rebuy
Tompkins
County Solid Waste www.recycletompkins.org
Recycle
bikes www.ribs.velonet.org
Recycle
building supplies www.significantelements.org
Recycle
clothes www.mamagooseithaca.com
Freecycle
www.freecycle.org
Reduce
junkmail www.newdream.org/junkmail
Support
Local & Organic Agriculture
Greenstar
Community Projects www.greenstar.coop
Ludgate
Farms www.ludgatefarms.com
Full
plate farm collective http://fullplatefarms.org.s15352.gridserver.com
Vegan
& raw food www.gimmegoodstuff.com
Join
others in sustainable practices
Fingerlakes
Permaculture Institute www.fingerlakespermaculture.org
Connect
Ithaca (community planning) www.connectithaca.org
EcoVillage
at Ithaca www.ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us
Ithaca
Carshare www.ithacacarshare.org
SewGreen www.sew-green.org
Join a
conservation group
Cayuga
Watershed Network www.cayugalake.org
Finger
Lakes Land Trust www.fllt.org
Finger
Lakes Native Plant Society www.fingerlakesnativeplantsociety.org
Union of
Concerned Scientists www.ucsusa.org
Join
an activism group
Ithaca
South Hill Industrial Pollution www.ithaca-ship.org
Volunteer
Composting
http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/tompkins/compost/index.html
Beautification
brigade http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/tompkins/community_beautification/index.htm
Ithaca
Think Do Tank http://thinkdotank.googlepages.com
Loaves
& Fishes www.loaves.org
Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/tompkins/
Stay
informed
Cornell
Chronicle www.news.cornell.edu
Tompkins
Weekly http://tompkinsweekly.com/
Positive
news www.positivenewsus.org
Environmental
Health News www.environmentalhealthnews.org/
Grist www.grist.org
The
Associated Press www.ap.org
NPR www.npr.org
PRI www.pri.org
Public
Interest Research Group www.uspirg.org
Center
for Health Environment & Justice www.chej.org
World
Watch Institute www.worldwatch.org
Engage
in politics
U.S.
House of Representatives www.house.gov
U.S.
Senate www.senate.gov
Our
elected officials www.co.tompkins.ny.us/boe/locreps.html
Voter
registration www.declareyourself.com
Tompkins
County Board of Elections www.co.tompkins.ny.us/boe/
Tompkins
County League of Women Voters http://lwvtompkins.14850.com/
Back to
Democracy www.backtodemacracy.org
Carbon
Tax Initiative www.federalcarbontax.org
Social
justice
Tompkins
County WorkersÕ Center www.tclivingwage.org
Alternatives
to Violence www.avpusa.org
Southern
Tier Advocacy and Mitigation Project www.stamp-cny.org
Experience
and enjoy your community
Ithacaquest
http://ithaquest.wordpress.com/
Trails on
the inlet www.cayugawaterfronttrail.com/
Cayuga
nature center www.cayuganaturecenter.org/
Lime
Hollow Center for Environment & Culture www.limehollow.org
4H http://nys4h.cce.cornell.edu
The
farmerÕs market www.ithacamarket.com/
Ithaca
festival www.ithacafestival.org
Grassroots
festival www.grassrootsfest.org/Trumansburg/
Light in
Winter www.lightinwinter.com
Multicultural
resource center www.multicultural-resource.org/index.htm
Museum of
the Earth www.museumoftheearth.org
Science
center www.sciencecenter.org
Other
Local Organizations
City of
Ithaca www.ci.ithaca.ny.us
Tompkins County
Area Development www.tcad.org
Tompkins
County Environmental Management Council www.tompkins-co.org/emc/index.htm
Tompkins
County Legislature www.tompkins-co.org/legislature
Tompkins
County Planning Department www.tompkins-co.org/planning
TC Local www.tclocal.org
Prepared
Tompkins www.preparedtompkins.org
Ithaca
Green Building Alliance www.ithacagreenbuilding.org
Ithaca
Health Alliance www.ithacahealth.org/index.html
Ithaca
Neighborhood Housing Services www.ithacanhs.org
Ithaca-Tompkins
County Transportation Council www.co.tompkins.ny.us/itctc/
Sustainable
Tompkins www.sustainabletompkins.org
Park
Foundation www.parkfoundation.org
Green
Resource Hub www.greenresourcehub.org
Greensprings
Natural Cemetary www.naturalburial.org
Compos
Mentis: Working Toward Wellness, Inc. www.composmentisithaca.com
New York
Interfaith Power and Light www.nyipl.org
Connect
with student groups on the Cornell campus
Sustainability
Hub www.rso.cornell.edu/sustainabilityhub
Engineers
for a sustainable world http://rso.cornell.edu/esw/
Kyoto NOW
http://rso.cornell.edu/kyotonow/
Society
for Natural Resource Conservation www.rso.cornell.edu/snrc/
Cornell
Organization for Labor Action www.rso.cornell.edu/cola
Roots
& Shoots http://rso.cornell.edu/rootsandshoots
Others
listed on CU Sustainable Campus www.sustainablecampus.cornell.edu
Other
Cornell Resources
Center
for a Sustainable Future www.sustainablefuture.cornell.edu
Sustainable
Campus www.sustainablecampus.cornell.edu
Small
Farm Program www.smallfarms.cornell.edu
University
Facilities www.utilities.cornell.edu
Other
School Resources
Ithaca
College Sustainability Office www.ithaca.edu/sustainability
Lehman
Alternative Community School www.icsd.k12.ny.us/acs
New York
Coalition for Healthy School Food www.healthylunches.org/index.htm
Ithaca
Freeskool http://ithacafreeskool.wordpress.com/
Internships