by Gordon Liu | Nov 24, 2017 | Staff Column
Action Plan Logo by Kellen Mahoney I grew up watching my dad put lots of resources into maintaining our yard with chemical inputs, insecticides, and lots of water, only to grow grass and flowers. My plan is to introduce my parents, for the first time, to gardening and...
by Gordon Liu | Nov 24, 2017 | Staff Column
Action Plan Logo by Luke Watkins Alluvian is an online publication that is affiliated with the Environmental Studies and Sciences department at Ithaca College and is based in Ithaca, NY. I will be contribute at least one written piece (short story, news article, poem,...
by Gordon Liu | Nov 23, 2017 | Staff Column
Action Plan Logo by Connor Nowicki Hearing Hank talk about this project in his lecture made me want to measure my family’s electricity usage and figure out which appliances are sucking away electricity. My goal for this project is to reduce our electricity bill...
by Gordon Liu | Nov 23, 2017 | Staff Column
Action Plan Logo by Sarah Zolondick My plan is to implement a work exchange Facebook page that allows people to exchange work for material goods, or work for other work. The idea is based on principle that community building and sustainable communities are more...
by Gordon Liu | Nov 23, 2017 | Staff Column
Action Plan Logo by Teagan Wu I believe that the best place for me to start is with the soil. My action plan is to improve my family’s home composting system by building an outside wooden bin for compost storage and an indoor vermicomposting and worm tea system....
by Gordon Liu | Nov 22, 2017 | Staff Column
Action Plan Logo by Kendra Allen The goal for my action plan is to create a vermiculture compost in my backyard that will help better enrich the soil in our garden. My family has composted in the past, but since moving and getting busy with other things, it has been...
by Gordon Liu | Nov 20, 2017 | Staff Column
Action Plan Logo by Sarah McCord For my action plan, I would like to help my parents set up a compost system for their food scraps. Click here to read Sarah’s full action plan. [tag ] [category action-plans] [pin 2079752350]
by dave | Nov 15, 2017 | Oceans
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. (Bernard Williams) My brother, Jon, and I had a wild and wooly 250 mile sail from Norfolk, Virginia to Moorhead City, North Carolina on a forty hour – 25 to 35 knot Northeast blow – surfing...
by dave | Nov 8, 2017 | Oceans
“Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” (UN Global Warming Report) On Friday, November...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Nov 6, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
Visiting the Skafthold Farm is like visiting the farm you read about in fables. There are adorable animals like chickens, cows, and sheep. The chickens run freely, across the pasture, and happily peck about. The dairy cows munch away at their hay and cautiously...
