Sustainability

The Center for Natural Sciences (CNS) Sustainabuility Group was established in Fall 2004 constituing members inclusive of faculty, staff and students of CNSas well as staff from the broader campus community. We are committed to promoting and educating sustainability on campus as well as within our local Ithaca community

Center for Natural Sciences (CNS) Sustainability

Ithaca College Natural Lands (ICNL) 

Sustainability at Ithaca College

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) 

OUTREACH

See Documents section for downloadable versions of presentations

Community Presentations

Sustainability and You

This Powerpoint presentation describes the importance of sustainability in todays changing world and the important role each individual plays in the overall plan.

Global Warming Fact and Fiction

This presentation is aimed at a general audience and discusses current thinking in the scientific community regarding global warming and how public opinions are formed.

Sigma Xi Plenary Talk

Talk given at the 2008 Regional Sigma Xi conference hosted at Cornell University.

K-12 Outreach

Partnership in Teaching

At Ithaca College, professors like to stay in touch with the schools in their community. Through the Partnership in Teaching program, professors are able to play music with a sixth-grade band, share Egyptian experiences with middle school students, and teach elementary students about strange and interesting insects.

With the help from a Tompkins Trust Company endowment, the Partnership in Teaching program gives Ithaca College faculty and volunteers the chance to see what's going on in today's public schools. This program also provides local schoolteachers access to a great community resource - the knowledge and expertise of Ithaca College faculty members.

Jason Hamilton's Presentations

Global Warming

This presentation allows high school students to explore the interaction between science and society using global warming as a case study. This topic includes the history of the debate, the newest information, the uncertainties, and the potential impact on the human race

Creepy Crawlies

Elementary kids practice their observation skills and learn about the ecology and behavior of various types of creepy crawlies including tarantulas, millipedes and Madagascar hissing cockroaches.

Talking Plants

High school and middle school students alike learn how plants communicate with one another through root systems or how they can recruit specific insects to combat threats of herbivory.

Go to the Partnership in Teaching home page.

Partnerships for Sustainability Education