Just launched!

Sustainable Tompkins has launched the Finger Lakes Climate Fund to support local efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect our climate.  The Fund provides our community a place to purchase offsets for carbon emissions that we can’t avoid making.  We applaud all efforts to decrease our carbon footprints at home and at work, but sometimes we have to travel to see loved ones or for critical business reasons.  The Finger Lakes Climate Fund let’s us calculate emissions caused by our travel or other activities, and purchase offsets of those emissions.

The funds from the offsets will be distributed as grants to low-income residents in our community to help them reduce their energy consumption by insulating their homes or buying more efficient heating systems.  Once the program is rolling, we’ll be adding other types of projects such as renewable energy installations or soil carbon banking projects.

Visit Finger Lakes Climate Fund today!