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In this special episode Pam shares insights from the Local Climate Action Summit the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions and its partners hosted during New York Climate Week. People from the all over the Northeastern US and beyond came to share information and learn about how communities are responding to climate change and building resiliency. Pam shares her experiences and insights from engaging with individuals at the summit. The events over the two days in NYC were inspiring and we hope to continue to carry local climate action forward.

In this episode the students and I discuss greenhouse gases and then chat with Professor Bob Howarth about the use of natural gas on campus. Next week we talk about deep decarbonization.

In this episode Emily and Marta sit down with CICSS Executive Director, Professor Mike Hoffmann about some of the Climate literacy initiatives at Cornell.

In this episode Julie, Jake and Pam discuss how to calculate your ecological footprint, and address some of the challenges in answering the questions. They also discuss ways you can reduce your own footprint.

This is our first episode of Down To Earth. The podcast is a student led project promoting open discussion about climate related issues. We are trying to encourage debate and are open to a variety of perspectives on this highly politicized issue. We encourage listeners to tweet to us (@earth_podcast) their questions and we hope you enjoy these light-hearted, yet informative conversations. In this first episode we discuss community energy development with Terry Carroll from Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension. We also introduce the project and two of the team members.