The Ithacan

Environmental sustainability suffers from loss of leadership

By Lorien Tyne, Assistant News Editor • February 16, 2022

Environmental efforts at IC are deteriorating, according to campus members who have experienced a lack of staffing support in sustainability efforts.

Editorial: Ithaca is actively trying to lift its carbon footprint

By The Ithacan • November 18, 2021

As the presidential search continues, the search committee needs to take the potential president’s stance on the Ithaca Green New Deal into consideration

Editorial: College on track for more sustainable future

By The Ithacan • September 19, 2018

The Office of Energy Management and Sustainability should be applauded for the work it has done to accelerate the college’s progress toward its goal.

College’s carbon footprint projected to decline 45 percent

By Krissy Waite, Staff Writer • September 19, 2018

At the All-College Gathering on Aug. 23, Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado announced that the college’s carbon footprint is projected to drop by 45 percent this academic year. This decrease in overall carbon output is part of the college’s previous pledge to be completely carbon neutral by the year 2050.

Travel, Not Transit

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer • March 11, 2015

I found myself a nice piece of bus station floor and spread out my sleeping bag. I sat down and ate my fries quickly, hoping to catch a nap before my next bus. A man with his own basket of fries, smothered in cheese sauce, approached me. “That’s a nice set up you got there, mind if I join you?”