Here's an interesting catalogue of what some Ithaca Times readers
think about "best" local sustainability initiatives (existing or
needed).
Elan
Best Sustainability Idea/Initiatives
from Best of Ithaca 2008 section of current Ithaca Times
-Can't wait to see how Ithaca Car-share works out! hopefully that
will sail, and we will have more car-sharing!
-Wind and solar energy everywhere we can install it!
-Text book rental service for students
-Mandatory Composting
-Teach local community development. Participating in CSA's or local
food growth, supporting local business and caring and supporting
those in the local community who may not be so fortunate as to afford
these initial steps. I know this is already being done but it needs
to be broadcast louder and deeper to people.
-Car Share
-Carless hours on selected streets, diagonal crosswalks, Bike lanes
(2008!), Municipal farm and energy production.
-Wind Turbine Farm
-Fix some of the water flows/pollution.
-The amount of CSA's in the area!
-Car Free - ok i settle for 50 education- and an increase of trolleys
and trains and water vehicles.
-Lets REALLY get progressive. Enough patting ourselves on the back
and being one better than the worst. F---ing bike lanes already, and
free public transport, and enough goddamn stores that funnel $$$ out
of the community. I mean come on!
-Ithaca Hours
-That it's an open minded community (some of it)
-Solar Power
-Do better night police patrols
-Solar power on all downtown buildings
-Hydrogen Fuel Stations
-Cheaper housing /community living
-Local Food Initiative
-Carshare
-Carshare
-Continue no-waste at the festivals
-Better, more efficient public transportation.
-recycling
-CarShare
-Carshare
-compost-able utensils, take-out boxes, places, etc.
-Carshare
-Get rid of parking meters.
-Safe bike trails on sides of roads, carhare, all the local produce
and markets.
-Help Ithaca become more walker/biker/mass transit friendly.
-Go More Green!
-Carshare
-Electric Trolley
-Bike plan
-Cheaper Public transportation that goes to more places. Less cars in
general. Car free zones
-Continue recycling h20 bottles, etc..
-local foods campaign
-Car free zone
-50 cent fares for TCAT
-Solar power on public buildings, wind power.
-Solar panels, like on the library.
-geo-thermal for new construction
-local food program, CSA's etc..
-Bike to work, build bike paths
-Green business building at Ithaca College
-Green fund for local carbon offsets!
-Bring back Stewart Park for swimming and picnic.
-Go Green!
-Carbon Offsetting
-A Train Station!!
-Sustainability is the silliest word in the lexicon, for now.
-Use the pavements to heat our homes
-Corn recycle and compost-able plastic ware.
-Keep cost of living down
-Co-op extension
-Large scale composting
-WInd Power
-Geothermal, lake shore cooling
-More stores, jobs, and housing.
-Designated Bike Lanes
-Carshare
-Walk. No really. Just walk to where you're going. Or ride your bike.
It's simple.
-Ithaca Car Share
-A bridge over the lake connecting 96 and 13
-Produce a book that highlights the many wonderful, sustainable
programs, organizations, and initiatives in Ithaca. Include histories
and advice from initiators, and leaders of these sustainable programs
and market it to people in other cities , especially policymakers,
who want to help make their area more sustainable.
-Finish waterfront trails
-Functional bike trails/paths around town
-Create city co-op for purchasing energy--efficient home and business
supplies (insulation, windows, lights, etc.) at lower cost.
-Comprehensive bus service to outlying communities
-The new Reuse center
-Pod Cars
-Better public transportation
-Sustainable Tompkins
-Add more events
-Windmill project
-Wind farms
-More initiatives for solar panel usage on houses, more initiatives
for composting everywhere. Incentives get people to try new things.
-Public transport
-Green senior housing
-Local community gardens like in New York City, not just the co-op!
-More TCAT buses at cheaper prices and higher parking fees to
encourage bus usage
-Green power for all city buildings/offices
-More affordable quality housing
-Green power/wind power
-Organic farming
-The transport circle CU is thinking of putting in
-All city cars hybrids
-Cooking, gardening and composting classes at the Farmer's Market
-LEED buildings at IC
-Six Mile Creek water plant
-Bicycle lanes. I know I would ride my bike more places if I didn't
think I would die
-Medical marijuana
-Enfield Elementary's Go Green Project
-Wind and solar power for every house
-Compost initiative, more recycling (how about every week?)
-Mass transit gondola system ... like in Disney World
-Backyard gardening
-Get off the grid, the entire city.
-Renewable energy source
-TCAT free to all
-More bike paths
-Make the city pedestrian
-Compost bins on the commons at all times, not just during events.
Possibly a composting center(s) around the downtown area, so that
people in the downtown area without the room to compost (or for
instance people like me who move every year or don't stay in the same
home long enough to start a compost) can start to do so. The compost
can be used during the spring when Ithaca plants flowers/plants. Etc.
-Bike lanes
-Create a coalition of engineers and economists (to join the usual
"activists" here in Ithaca) to address the idea offered above
[compete with other cities to become the Sustainable Energy capital
of the U.S.]
- The Green Building on the top of State Street seems like a good idea
-Carshare
-Bike lanes
-Vertical wind turbine and solar panel installation
-Go solar and hybrid all the vehicles
-Wind farms
-More tax breaks for solar power, especially for businesses
-Alleviate traffic issues/cut down on driving
--
Elan Shapiro
Sustainable Tompkins Community Partnership Coordinator
Sustainable Living Associates, Principal
Frog's Way B&B
211 Rachel Carson Way
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-275-0249 607-592-8402 Cell
"We must be the change we want to see in the world"
Mohandas Gandhi
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