The Ithacan

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

The college has replaced some reusable utensils with single-use plastics as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ithaca ReUse Center is a nonprofit organization that showcases second-hand items. The shop is closed until further notice due to COVID-19.

Two Ithaca College seniors have been selected to present their research project, “Not-So-Clean-Cosmetics,” at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research.

Friendship Donation Network’s goal is to redistribute perishable items — gathered from various local food chains to eliminate food waste.

Making the conscious decision to shop locally has far-reaching benefits that popular online and chain stores just don’t offer

Rows of photos load onto the screen, each showing someone wearing a different article of clothing.

Ithaca College will no longer be purchasing plastic straws for its on-campus retail locations. Instead, the plastic straws will be replaced with compostable ones.

Old VHS tapes, Halloween costumes, crock pots, shower caddies, an ancient TV, lamps and a plastic fish tank litter the tiny Take It Or Leave It room.

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.

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.

I am not asking for anyone to put the wrongdoings of our generation onto themselves. I suggest only that we recognize the areas in which we negatively contribute and amend our actions accordingly.