Guest speakers frequently attend EMC meetings to give presentations about EMC issues related to their field of expertise.  Listed below are some of the recent guest speaker presentations, with links to the presentations when available.  If you would like more information about a particular subject, please see the minutes from the meeting at which the presentation was made, contact the presenter directly, or contact us with questions.

2007 Presentations

June 13, 2007 - Introduction to the Shopping Bag Action Group
(SBAG)--Ithaca Tom Shelley

2006 Presentations

September 13, 2006:  Is Ethanol Really a Solution?  Katy Nicholson, Clean Energy Organizer, Energy Justice Network and Steve Nicholson, EMC Chair

July 2006 Relocalization (the Process of Developing the Ability of a Region to Provide Its Own Goods, Services, and Energy).  John Bosak of TCLocal

March 2006 - Presentation of Current Cornell Projects (Cornell map) by
John Kiefer- Facilities Director

February 2006 - Sustainability Efforts at Cornell University Dean Koyanagi, the Sustainability Coordinator at Cornell University

2005 Presentations

November 2005 - Snow and Ice: The Art and Science of Clearing Highways, The Case for Using Salt. Roger Yonkin, Tompkins County EMC.

October 2005 - History of the Southern End of Cayuga Lake. Roger
Yonkin, Tompkins County EMC.

July 2005 - Cornell University Transporation Demand Management System.
David Lieb, Assistant Director for Public Information, Office of Transportation and Mail Services.

May 2005 - Three Pollutant Cancer Risk Factors: Dioxin, Arsenic in Pressure Treated Wood and Diesel Engine Exhaust. Donald Hassig, Cancer Action New York

April 2005 - Cornell Wind Study Presentation & Discussion. Lanny Joyce, Manager of Engineering, Planning, and Energy Management - Cornell University

March 2005 - Health Effects of Open Burning. Chris Neurath, American Environmental Health Studies Project Member, Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy Dioxin/Burn Barrel work group

February 2005 - Topics in Environmental Economics. Neha Khanna, EMC member, Binghamton University Economics Professor

2004 Presentations

November 2004 - Invasive Plants: What's happening? What can be done? Tania Schusler & Madison Wright

October 2004 - A PowerPoint Presentation on Burn Barrels. Steve Nicholson

September 2004 - Project Demonstration: Finger Lakes Decision Support System (FLDSS). David Carr, Matt Starr, and Nate Krause - Institute for Applied Geospatial Technology

July 2004 - CNY Resource Conservation & Development Program, Inc. Madison Wright & Phil Metzger

May 2004 - Land Use and Climate Change. John Duxbury & Jeni Wightman
Pooling Local Efforts to Reduce Global Warming. Tania Schusler

January 2004 - Municipal Renewable Energy Purchasing. Dereth Glance, Citizens Campaign for the Environment

2003 Presentations

November 2003 - Renewable energy projects and advocacy at Cornell University. Abigail Krich, President of Cornell University's student group Kyoto Now! and a member of the Cornell Solar Decathlon Team.

September 2003 - The update process for the Finger Lakes National Forest Plan and background information on the Forest Consensus, which promotes a healthier long-range management plan for the forest. Kathryn Engel, Forest Watch Congress

July 2003 - Update on local efforts to implement conservation zones for open space preservation in the Town of Ithaca. Sue Ritter, a Planner for the Town of Ithaca. The Town's Conservation Advisory Board used the EMC's Unique Natural Areas Inventory as a starting point to identify candidate areas for further analysis, which led to the incorporation of conservation zones to provide additional review requirements and protection measures for specific environmentally sensitive lands.

June 2003 - Conservation in Tompkins County and the current strategic planning process the in the Finger Lakes Land Trust. Andy Zepp, Executive Director of the Finger Lakes Land Trust

May 2003 - Research on the influence of the physical environment on psychological health, particularly how poor physical environments impact child and family well-being. Professor Gary Evans, College of Human Ecology at Cornell University

April 2003 - A primer on green building design. Christian Nielsen-Palacios

March 2003 - Update on the status of the County's public safety communications system. Mikel Shakarjian

January 2003 - The efforts being undertaken on the County's Comprehensive Plan. Ed Marx, Planning Commissioner