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Providing Health Care Access for All « Sustainable Tompkins

WebTompkins Weekly 11-2-15. By Abbe Lyons. Can you imagine a community where everyone is connected to compassionate, quality, integrative, health care? That’s the vision of …

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Healthcare: Discovering our way to well-being

WebTompkins Weekly 10-13-14. By Eric Clay. For Stu, it was the moment he realized how much he depended on the letter carrier and the cashier at the nearby convenience store.

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Sustainable Health Care and Free Clinics

WebSustainability in health care means determining the financial and non-financial barriers that limit people’s access to health care, and providing a safety net for …

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Programs « Sustainable Tompkins

WebSince 2008, the Neighborhood Mini-Grant program has awarded over $83,000 to support 209 innovative projects throughout Tompkins County. Our goal is to support and …

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Resources « Sustainable Tompkins

WebThe mission of the Tompkins County Workers’ Center is to stand up with all people treated unfairly at work or faced with critical poverty, racial, housing, health care or other social …

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Conference links health care and sustainable living

WebBy Aaron Munzer Special to The Journal . ITHACA — At a conference held Saturday in Ithaca College’s Hill Center, educators, health care practitioners, government officials …

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Healthy Choices and Health Equity « Sustainable Tompkins

WebTompkins Weekly 5-19-14. By Abbe Lyons. Eat right. Exercise. Get enough sleep. Learn stress management skills. Know when to call your health care provider.

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The New Ithaca Health Fund: Still Grassroots Community Health …

WebTompkins Weekly 05/13/2013. By Abbe Lyons. Have you made decisions on whether to get married or stay married based on access to health insurance? Have you applied for, …

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Beyond “Green Schools”: Education for a Sustainable 21st Century

WebTompkins Weekly 1-27-14. By Rebecca Cutter. Today’s high school looks a lot like the high school of 100 years ago: classrooms with desks in rows, frequent changes at the sound …

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Summit Outlines Opportunities for Local Food Future

WebTompkins Weekly 10-12-22. By Meghan Witherow. On a rainy Tuesday evening, the large pavilion at Stewart Park was packed with more than 100 community members eager to …

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The Cayuga Lake Watershed Restoration & Protection Plan

WebBy Hilary Lambert. It is a challenge to unify the administratively complex Cayuga Lake watershed for restoration, conservation, and protection. This 785-square …

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Beyond Arguing About Fracking for Natural Gas: A Cleaner … and …

WebTompkins Weekly 1/16/2012 By Helen Slottje. The ongoing debate about fracking has people asking many questions among them: What can be done to move America toward …

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Save the Planet: Look at Your Plate « Sustainable Tompkins

WebTompkins Weekly 9-29-14. By Amie Hamlin. The Coalition for Healthy School Food (formerly known as New York Coalition for Healthy School Food) is a state-wide non-profit.

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Garden is a True Community Asset « Sustainable Tompkins

WebThe West Hill Community Garden was still producing on December 2, 2009. Financial eligibility documentation allows qualifying participants the opportunity to garden …

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Cancer Resource Center Contributes to Community Sustainability

WebTompkins Weekly 3-30-15. By Fran Spadafora Manzella, LMSW. The Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes (CRC) is a local non-profit serving people living with or …

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Fracking Ban a Big Step in the Right Direction

WebTompkins Weekly 12-29-14. By Helen Slottje. The prospects for fracking in New York were dimmed considerably, if not permanently, by the unexpected announcement on …

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CSI Ithaca Investigates Local Water Quality

WebTompkins Weekly 2-17-14. By Becky Sims. If you’ve ever needed your water tested, you might have come to the Community Science Institute (CSI). Tucked away on the second …

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2017 Signs of Sustainability Awardees Steward Our Living Planet

WebThe 2017 first place winner in the Individual category was Brian Eden, Chair of the Tompkins County Environmental Management Council and chair of HeatSmart (Solar Tompkins) …

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Test for Radon « Sustainable Tompkins

WebCall the Consumer Help Line at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County at 607-272-2292. Guillermo Metz is the Energy Team Leader and Radon Program Coordinator …

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Climate Change, Regeneration, and the Farm Bill

WebTompkins Weekly 4-26-23. By Elizabeth Keokosky. Every 5 years Congress negotiates the Farm Bill. It is a wide-ranging bill with more than half a trillion dollars to spend, and …

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Message of ‘Silent Spring’ Still Resonates (Rachel Carson 1 of 2)

WebTompkins Weekly 02/04/2013. By Richard W. Franke. October, 2012, marked the 50th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, published in 1962, just a year and a half …

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We Make Our Future Conference, October 22-24, 2010

WebThe Finger Lakes Bioneers return to Ithaca October 22-24 with the second annual We Make Our Future conference. This three-day event invites ALL community members to join the …

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