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Creating a Peer-to-Peer Economy
May 14, 2012 - 10:02 am
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Tompkins Weekly May 14, 2012 by Alex Colket Cities have so much potential. Consider for a moment the tremendous diversity of experiences you could have, people you could meet, products you could buy/trade/share, services you could contract, and the skills you could learn just within downtown Ithaca. The dense format of city living offers so [...]
Bateson Film and Discussion Draws Engaged Crowd
May 9, 2012 - 11:09 pm
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We send out an all-thumbs-up and appreciative salute to the audience that gathered and shared thoughts at our special afternoon film and conversation exploring the worldview of Gregory Bateson on April 28. About 100 gathered for the film — and wonderfully — half as many further inquiring folks took part in a stimulating exchange with [...]
Lessons to Be Learned from the Maya
May 7, 2012 - 12:04 pm
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Tompkins Weekly May 7, 2012 By Richard W. Franke On January 18, 909 C.E. (Common Era, or A.D.) a master carver put the last known date on a stone monument in Central America, then a part of the large Mayan civilization (Wright 2004:99). Thus ended the famous “Long Count” calendar of the Maya, a calendar [...]
Cayuga LION off to a Roaring Start
May 2, 2012 - 1:04 am
Tags: local green investing
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About 50 people came together on April 24 at La Tourelle Inn to explore the possibilities for forming a Local Investing Opportunity Network. A mix of local entrepreneurs and potential investors sat down over food and drinks to get acquainted and learn about our options for creating a stronger local economy by shifting our investments [...]
The Collapse of Rome
April 30, 2012 - 3:41 pm
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Tompkins Weekly April 30, 2012 By Richard W. Franke On September 4, in the Christian calendar year A. D. 476, the Roman Empire collapsed when a Germanic soldier named Odoacer deposed the last Emperor, Romulus Augustulus. Following this event, Europe fell into 1,300 years of food shortages, trade breakdown, epidemics, invasions, and general public insecurity. [...]
Finger Lakes Bioneers Hosts Ithaca Premiere of “An Ecology of Mind”
April 27, 2012 - 8:16 pm
Tags: biomimicry, Gregory Bateson, pattern, systems thinking
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APRIL 28th SPECIAL EVENT!! Finger Lakes Bioneers Presents “An Ecology of Mind- A Film and Conversation About the Pattern that Connects.” Cinemapolis, 120 East Green St. in downtown Ithaca, 1:00-4:00PM. Reception at Finger Lakes Wine Center to follow screening and panel discussion. Finger Lakes Bioneers and Sustainable Tompkins are very pleased to host a visit to [...]
Join us Tuesday, April 24 at La Tourelle for the first gathering of the Cayuga LION!
April 24, 2012 - 5:15 am
Tags: entrepreneurship, local economy, local green investing
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Do you value a healthy, thriving, and robust local economy? Have you wondered about how you can do more, perhaps by investing some of your money in local businesses? You are not alone. Many folks in Ithaca and the surrounding area are asking, “Can I make a difference? …And how?” Sustainable Tompkins has been hosting [...]
Come to the Compost Fair
April 23, 2012 - 11:43 am
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Tompkins Weekly April 23, 2012 By Adam Michaelides Ways to compost abound. Whatever your circumstances – renter, student, busy, group or previously unsuccessful – there is probably a way for you to compost. Even if you are already composting, there may be ways to improve. On Sunday, April 29 from 11am to 4pm, Cooperative Extension [...]
Upcoming April Events
April 19, 2012 - 1:02 pm
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Weaving Sustainability into the Fabric of Community Monday, April 23, 3 pm, 209 Stratton Hall, Wells College, Aurora Gay Nicholson, President and Program Director at Sustainable Tompkins, presents Weaving Sustainability into the Fabric of Community, as part of Sustainability Celebrating Scholarship and Engagement, a day-long event for Wells College students and members of the community. WALMART [...]
We All Stand Together on the Same Earth
April 16, 2012 - 10:43 am
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Tompkins Weekly April 16, 2012 by Joey Diana Gates Spring is here, bringing with it many familiar traditions: maple sugar festivals, daylight savings time, the opening of farmers’ markets and Earth Day. The 2012 lthaca Earth Day event will be held at the Ithaca Farmers Market Pavilion at Steamboat Landing on Sunday, April 22nd, from [...]