What's so special about sustainability in the Ithaca area?
See for yourself and/or suggest this afternoon tour, on Wednesday,
July 15 to guests and visitors.
Experience! Finger Lakes offers a 10 % discount on their new
Sustainability Tour Between the Lakes to local residents who want to
know more about what makes Ithaca one of the top 100 Green Places to
live. Visit unique places that define Ithaca as one of the most
progressive communities in the country dedicated to sustainable
living.
You've heard about Eco-Village at Ithaca. You've even driven
by it on Route 79 West. Now you can get an inside view of this
intentional community dedicated to living more sustainably and
cooperatively.
Have you seen the flowering plants growing on top of the
Eco-Village bus stop there on Route 79? Learn why green roofs are
popping up all over the country at Mother Plants. Tour this nursery
in Enfield dedicated to growing plants for green roofs. Check out
their bio-diesel pick-up truck, too.
Enjoy a trip to a farm where even the electricity is
homegrown. Warren Pond Farm is off-the-grid and produces its own
power with solar panels, windmills and a waterwheel. Take a tour of
this sustainable homestead and taste produce fresh from the fields.
The Trumansburg Farmers Market is the last stop on the tour.
Enjoy live music performed by Tiovo. Taste Samantha Izzo's fresh fare
from Simply Red Bistro, shop for produce, meats, eggs, cheese,
flowers, herbs, honey, wine, cider, arts and crafts.
And be prepared for a special treat at the end.
Elan Shapiro, tour guide, highlights other points of interest
along the route and adds entertaining and educational commentary on
the sustainabiity movement in our area and around the world. The tour
departs from the Ithaca Children's Garden parking lot at the
beginning of Cass Park at 12:30 pm and returns before 6 pm.
This tour gives local residents and their guests a unique
daytrip or stay-cation seeing the greener side of Ithaca.
For further information contact:
Laura Falk
Experience! The Finger Lakes
607-233-4818 / [email protected]
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Elan Shapiro
Sustainable Living Associates
Frog's Way B&B
211 Rachel Carson Way
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-275-0249 607-592-8402 Cell
"Be the change we want to see in the world"
Mohandas Gandhi
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