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Local Ecology: What goes down the drain gets turned out to pasture via toxic sludge

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Spaces and connections, natural and human-made. Sunday, February 03, 2008. What goes down the drain gets turned out to pasture via toxic sludge. What goes down the drain - detergents, personal-care products and discarded and excreted medications - may be out of sight and out of mind, but they are not, unfortunately, out of this world. So sludge and sludge-rich composts, often containing toxic chemicals, are commonly applied to farmland, parks, forests and yards. Given the volume that is consumed, a lot s...

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Our Mission « Sustainable Tompkins

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ST in the News. On The Home Front. Finger Lakes Climate Fund. Finger Lakes Energy Challenge. On The Home Front. Sustainable Tompkins is a community-based organization whose mission is to promote the long-term well-being of our region by integrating social equity, economic vitality, ecological stewardship, and shared responsibility. Our work can be divided into three categories: connector, convener, and catalyst. We have helped people connect through our e-listserv, website, Tompkins Sustainability Map, S...

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Finger Lakes Climate Fund « Sustainable Tompkins

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ST in the News. On The Home Front. Finger Lakes Climate Fund. Finger Lakes Energy Challenge. On The Home Front. Finger Lakes Climate Fund. Local carbon offsets help families achieve energy security! Sustainable Tompkins 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. Visit Finger Lakes Climate Fund. Raquo; Sign Up. Sustain...

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Energy and Equity Go Hand in Hand « Sustainable Tompkins

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ST in the News. On The Home Front. Finger Lakes Climate Fund. Finger Lakes Energy Challenge. On The Home Front. From the ST Blog. Energy and Equity Go Hand in Hand. WHY WE NEED TO JOIN EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT WITH EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE POVERTY AND RACISM. Urgent priority. In addition, persistent historic patterns keep us segregated from each other by place, race and class, perpetuating a gap in our empathy for each other’s concerns. One Underlying Cause: Our Wasteful System. When advocates for ...

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Sustainable Tompkins Membership « Sustainable Tompkins

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ST in the News. On The Home Front. Finger Lakes Climate Fund. Finger Lakes Energy Challenge. On The Home Front. Building a sustainable community,. One member at a time. Since 2004, Sustainable Tompkins has been providing leadership and support to the local sustainability movement. We’ve been at the leading edge of designing for healthy, thriving communities that safeguard the well-being of future generations and the natural systems we all depend on. Your membership dollars are tax deductible! Access to S...

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Secondhand Shopping Directory - Useful Resources | ReUse Tompkins

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Looking for other ways to find affordable, even free, used merchandise? Here's a list of resources in the Ithaca area to help you get your reuse back! An online marketplace for all things used. Finger Lakes Buy Green. The goal of this website is to encourage green purchasing practices by providing consumers (residents, businesses, and other organizations) with the information necessary to buy products that protect our health and our environment. Friends of the Library Book Sale. Each year, the Friends of...

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Get Involved « Sustainable Tompkins

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ST in the News. On The Home Front. Finger Lakes Climate Fund. Finger Lakes Energy Challenge. On The Home Front. Sustainable Tompkins has many people participating in many ways! Become a member of Sustainable Tompkins. We always need volunteers to help us with our many events and programs. For more specific information, contact Miranda Phillips. Volunteer coordinator. Miranda will talk with you about your interests and get you plugged in! Join the Sustainable Tompkins Listserv:. Raquo; Sign Up. How many p...

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Blog « Sustainable Tompkins

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ST in the News. On The Home Front. Finger Lakes Climate Fund. Finger Lakes Energy Challenge. On The Home Front. Energy and Equity Go Hand in Hand. WHY WE NEED TO JOIN EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT WITH EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE POVERTY AND RACISM. Home Rule and the Greater Good. After hours of discussion at the June 16. How to Get Active on Climate? Fracking: What Are We FOR? Fracking: We Know What We’re Against. What Are We FOR? As antifracktivists, we are often accused of being against fracking but not...

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Home Rule and the Greater Good « Sustainable Tompkins

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ST in the News. On The Home Front. Finger Lakes Climate Fund. Finger Lakes Energy Challenge. On The Home Front. From the ST Blog. Home Rule and the Greater Good. After hours of discussion at the June 16. Building sites in planned growth areas where the TravisHyde or other projects would be less problematic. But the delegate role doesn’t work without an informed and engaged populace. Right now, it is clear that the Ithaca area has relatively high rates of engagement on local issues. And it was tel...The p...