Ithaca College

The Sustainability Café on Monday, November 1st, will feature Karl North speaking on “Redesigning Farming Systems for Sustainability in the Post-Petroleum Era”. 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.

Karl North has a decidedly eclectic background. He completed graduate study in social anthropology and African Studies. He spent six years farming in the French Pyrenees doing donkey agriculture. Karl has spent twenty-five years designing and operating Northland Sheep Dairy in Cortland County. He currently teaches the ecological agriculture course in the undergraduate program in Environmental Science at Binghamton University, and writes on agricultural issues for TCLocal, a group of area citizens who are researching various aspects of energy descent and its socio-economic imperatives for Tompkins County.

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.