you must be an army of 1,000, Gay! Keep up the tremendous work & praise to you and your team.
Thank you from my heart, Jacob On 9/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sustainable living: Conference helps county make a mark > > This area has long since adopted and accepted many sustainable living > principles. And since groups here were some of the first, we now > find other > communities hoping to do things a little differently turn to organizers > here for > advice. > The first Health and Sustainability Conference in the Finger Lakes > will be > on Saturday at Ithaca College's Hill Center. The event will draw > people from > all over the region and beyond to learn about how health care and > sustainability practices can be linked to create healthier > communities. The conference > will also look at how infrastructure decisions made by development and > government officials affect the lifestyles of citizens. > From designing neighborhoods to making medical centers greener > to creating > food systems that promote healthier eating, communities can do a number > of > things to promote healthier living and help the environment, according to > conference organizers. Those who attend the conference can look no > further than > Tompkins County for many examples of how sustainable living can be > incorporated > into public life — from local businesses to colleges to residential > developments to community-wide programs. Hosting conferences like the one > at Ithaca > College on Saturday will continue to enhance our reputation, especially > since > we are able to showcase our area to nationally known experts. > We are now garnering a reputation as an "eco-friendly" community. > Not only > is it good for the environment and the area, but it is also a > solid marketing > point to attract businesses, new residents and tourists to help the > economy. > Going forward, groups like Sustainable Tompkins and others will continue > to > promote and grow a sustainable lifestyle, and the area will be able to > reap > the dividends. > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. > > 607-533-7312 (home office) > 607-279-6618 (cell) > > 1 Maple Avenue > Lansing, NY 14882 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sustainable Tompkins > Program Coordinator > w_ww.sustainabletompkins.org_ (http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/) > > Southern Tier Energy$mart Communities > Regional Coordinator > Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County > 615 Willow Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
