Sasha Paris

Tompkins Weekly    8-14-24 By Cathleen and Eric Banford OJI:SDA’ is an Indigenous women-led, non-profit organization based in the Finger Lakes. They recently hosted a volunteer day at their gardens at The Soil Factory where locals came together to harvest tulsi, mint and lemon balm for tea making. A general sense of community connection was infused […]

Tompkins Weekly    7-24-24 By Lauren Stavros On July 16, 2024, Cayuga Lake Environmental Action Now (CLEAN) and the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network hosted the Cayuga Lake Summit. There was an amazing turnout of environmental leaders and active community members alike who were able to learn from the presentation of the two sessions. The first session […]

Tompkins Weekly      7-10-24 By Sora Takahashi There are many studies that show the negative effects of climate change on mental health and teenagers may have it the worst. This is a collection of statistics and studies based on how teenagers are affected by climate anxiety. According to Sarah Lowe who is a clinical psychologist and […]

Tompkins Weekly           6-12-24 By Leo Walsh My name is Leo, I am 12 years old, and I am a resident of Ithaca, NY. My idea is to make the Ithaca Festival Parade a fossil fuel-free event, first focusing on clean energy sources for moving through the parade, meaning the parade participants would build their floats […]

Tompkins Weekly   5-22-24  By Claire Nickell I came to climate activism late in the game. In 2019 I was in my mid-40s. I had started trying to educate myself on the science of climate change (albedo, radiative forcing, carbon cycle, and so on). I started writing a blog with what I was finding. I wanted […]

Tompkins Weekly   5-8-24 By Gail Patrice Lockert Anthony Most of us living in the United States have similar dreams, ambitions, cares, and concerns. We weep, laugh, and have pride in many of the same things. For some, though, (those who’ve been historically and systemically marginalized, brutalized, oppressed); we live in two separate nations. The first […]

Tompkins Weekly     4-24-24 By Eric Banford I recently received an invitation to a party at “The Greenest Home in Ithaca” celebrating some friends disconnecting their NYSEG gas line from their home. This self-proclaimed title of “greenest home” intrigued me, so I checked in with co-owner Todd Saddler about this bold statement. “Back when we built […]

Tompkins Weekly      4-10-24 By Aaron Fernando While traveling years ago, I made friends with perhaps the only person I know who has a negative carbon footprint. He plants trees for a small stipend. He doesn’t own a vehicle, and when he needs to get around, he borrows a small motorcycle. Mostly, he walks. He has […]

Tompkins Weekly    3-27-24 By Dan Antonioli and bethany ojalehto mays On April 22, 1970, one of the world’s most significant environmental movements, Earth Day, was launched. Earth Day set in motion an ecological focus to highlight the vulnerability of Planet Earth in the face of Anthropocene ecocide. In 1970, social protests were raging. The “ecology […]

Tompkins Weekly          3-13-24 By Sasha Paris Humans and “the environment” that sustains us are not separate. Environmental damage, economic inequity, and social injustice are interwoven in many ways, and their solutions must be as well. This is the philosophy of Sustainable Finger Lakes, carried out in our work, including our Neighborhood Mini-Grant program. Since 2008, […]