Ithaca College

The Sustainability Café on Monday, October 18th will feature Robin Wall Kimmerer from the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment speaking on "Restoration and Reciprocity: Finding Common Ground between Scientific and Traditional Ecological Knowledge."  The Café will be held in the Center for Natural Sciences Room 112 from 4:00-5:00PM. This event is free and open to the public.

Robin Wall Kimmerer directs the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry which has as its mission to create programs that draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge in support of our shared goals of environmental sustainability. Dr. Kimmerer is active in efforts to broaden access to environmental science training for Native students, and to introduce the benefits of traditional ecological knowledge to the scientific community, in a way that respects and protects indigenous knowledge. 

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Marian Brown at 607-274-3787 or mbrown@ithaca.edu. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

The Fall 2010 Sustainability Café series is being held in conjunction with the Environmental Seminar.

“Teachable edibles” – local, organic and/or seasonal snacks – for the Fall 2010 Sustainability Café series are being sponsored by Ithaca College Dining Services whose motto is “Sustainability – Healthy – Fresh.”  Please bring your reusable mug and fill up at the nearest drinking fountain or provide your own beverage of choice.

Drink in a new way to think in the Sustainability Café.