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Sustainability at IC withers as a result of structural changes

Sustainability at IC withers as a result of structural changes

By Sophie Johnson, Staff Writer • November 2, 2016
“There was a golden era of sustainability on this campus, and we’re not in it anymore,” he said.
Eco-Reps is a group under the umbrella of the Resource and Environmental Management Program at Ithaca College that promotes sustainable behaviors on campus for students, faculty and staff, and works to help the college reduce carbon emissions, according to its website.

Ithaca College finds fund to compensate Eco-Reps

By Sophie Johnson, Staff Writer • October 4, 2016
“This is definitely the year … that we can start getting programs running and having sustainability here,” Enderle said.
Tim Conners, senator for the Class of 2017, proposed the Tobacco Free IC bill at the Student Government Associations May 2 meeting. The senate also passed four other bills at the meeting, marking the highest number of bills passed at a meeting this semester.

Ithaca College SGA passes five bills at final meeting

By Justin Henry, Staff Writer • May 4, 2016
The Ithaca College Student Government Association Senate passed a wide-reaching set of five bills at its final meeting May 2, marking the highest number of bills passed at a meeting this semester.
The SGA Executive Board struggled to reach its goal of passing 18 bills. Instead, only four will be passed by the end of this semester. Pictured from left to right is Kyle James, vice president of academic affairs, Marieme Foote, senate chair, Dominick Recckio, Student Government Association president, and Luis Torres, vice president of academic affairs.

SGA sees sharp decline in ‘environmental betterment’ bills

By Justin Henry, Staff Writer • April 27, 2016
An unofficial “sustainability working group” plans to propose four bills to the Student Government Association by the end of the Spring 2016 semester — a sharp decline from its original plan of 18 bills.
From left, freshman Carlie McClinsey, Student Government Association chief of staff; senior Ben Tolles; Class of 2019 senator Laura Waxman; Class of 2016 senator Matilda Thornton-Clark; and SGA President Dominick Recckio present the first two bills in a series of sustainability legislation at the April 18 SGA meeting.

SGA passes first bills in series of sustainability legislation

By Justin Henry, Staff Writer • April 20, 2016
The Student Government Association Senate passed four bills at the April 18 meeting, two of which seek to implement “environmental betterment” efforts on campus as part of a larger package of sustainability-related bills.
The Ithaca College Environmentalists call for the college to commit to sustainability, such as by encouraging students to compost and having faculty incorporate sustainability in curriculums.

Ithaca College retail compost locations to be removed

By Kyle Arnold, Assistant News Editor • February 1, 2016
Ithaca College compost retail areas will be removed following a policy change at the college's compost management facility, Cayuga Compost.
Each Sunday a composting bin will be located at the Circle Apartments community building for two hours, said senior Ben Tolles, sustainability project assistant of the Eco-Reps.

Ithaca College Eco-Reps pilot new Circles composting program

By Kyle Arnold, Staff Writer • November 17, 2015
The IC Eco-Reps are partnering with the Tompkins County Solid Waste Management Division to unveil a new composting site at the Ithaca College Circle Apartments, where there currently exists no composting program.
Ben Tolles, sustainability project assistant for the Eco-Reps, sorts through the trash and recycling in IC Square. The Resource and Environmental Management Program is planning to have one Eco-Rep in each residence hall.

IC Eco-Reps to incorporate Res Life into program

By Kyle Arnold, Contributing Writer • September 23, 2015
The Resource and Environmental Management Program is looking to have a student representative available in each residence hall to offer sustainable-living education.
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