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Rain or shine Eco Reps work to clean up South Hill

By Maz Abukhalaf, Nathan Glasser, and Sam Yip • September 12, 2025

IC Eco Reps hosted a clean up event Sept. 6 open to all students, faculty and community members. People worked together to clean up trash on South Hill's recreation trails and streets.

Residents participate in Circles Apartments composting program organized by Ithaca College Eco-Reps in collaboration with the Office of Residential Life.

Eco-Reps works to expand and strengthen composting program

By Emma Kersting, Podcast Editor • November 30, 2022
Ithaca College Eco-Reps continue collaborating with the Office of Residential Life on the Circles Apartments composting program.

Earth Fest Promotes Student Businesses and Sustainability

April 27, 2021

IC Eco Reps, South Hill Forest Products and several student artists held Earth Fest on April 21 as a precursor to Earth Day.

Sophomore Emily Gronquist, an environmental studies major, emphasizes the importance of participation during such crucial times of environmental activism.

Commentary: Environmental activism requires participation

By Emily Gronquist • February 26, 2020
It is time to resist, time to change, time to take control and time to fight for our future.
Sophomore Eco-Rep Emily Gronquist places a magnet on a dorm to be Green Room Certified. Students with sustainable living habits can apply for their rooms to be Green Room Certified.

Eco-Reps to begin issuing Green Room Certifications

By Krissy Waite, Staff Writer • October 2, 2019
The Ithaca College Eco-Reps will be rolling out the Green Room Certification program to increase sustainability on an individual level on campus. 
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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