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Articles & Stories about Finger Lakes ReUse

2024

• August 28, 2024 – Hometown Hero Diane Cohen: Envisioning ReUse and making it happen for our community
• July 30, 2024 – Women in Circularity: Diane Cohen

2023

• November 28, 2023 – Remaking the Built Environment by Reimagining Waste
• May 8, 2023 – Community Quiltmaking Center Opening
• April 22, 2023 – Community Quiltmaking Center Opening at ReUse
• April 20, 2023 – Ithaca Fixers Collective Rejects Landfills, Encourages Repair
• April 12, 2023 – Local Climate Action – Get Involved and Make a Difference
• March 20, 2023 – Meet ‘The Fixers’

2022

• November 9, 2022 – ReUse celebrates 15 years of building community
• September 8, 2022 – Orientation service connects students with local community
• August 24, 2022 – Reuse Summit generates interest in Finger Lakes ReUse
• August 18, 2022 – Plunging Into Life in Ithaca
• June 8, 2022 –  Together again finding sustainable solutions
• May 25, 2022 – Ithaca Conservation Board honors non-profit organization Finger Lakes Reuse with ‘Fischer Award’
• February 16, 2022 – Unbuild better: a Collegetown case study in deconstruction
• January 26, 2022 – Diane Cohen receives state award for work at ReUse
• January 19, 2022 – Finger Lakes ReUse leader Diane Cohen wins Lifetime Achievement Award

2021

• October 29, 2021 – Finger Lakes ReUse expands Triphammer location to form ReUse MegaCenter
• October 2, 2021 – Best of Ithaca 2021: Essentials
• August 21, 2021 – 4-H Urban ReUse Fashion Show teaches local youth about sustainability
• January 4, 2021 – ReUse celebrates opening of “Caboose and Training Center” with ribbon cutting

2020

• December 30, 2020 – ReUse Caboose & Training Center opens in Ithaca
• October 2, 2020 – Best of Ithaca 2020: Essentials
• September 4, 2020 – Finger Lakes Reuse Expands It’s ReSET Program
• August 31, 2020 – Finger Lakes ReUse now accepting donations

2019

• September 29, 2019 – ReUse stores have a ripple effect
• September 25, 2019 – Best Thrift Store – Finger Lakes ReUse Center
• March 2, 2019 – Plans to expand Ithaca ReUse Center put on hold

2018

• November 25, 2018 – Finger Lakes ReUse Celebrates Ten Years
• November 9, 2018 – The Reusable Wave: Andy Farrell’s path to the ReUse Center
• August 17, 2018 – Finger Lakes ReUse and Brightworks Computer Consulting work together in ReSET job training program

2015

• September 28, 2015 – ReUse Center Focuses on Reducing E-Waste
• September 9, 2015 – Green Folks
• July 29, 2015 – ReUse center plans new store in Ithaca, expects big impact
• July 28, 2015 – Planning for a St. Lawrence County reuse center
• July 9, 2015 – New ‘reuse center’ in St. Lawrence County could create jobs, reduce waste stream
• May 4, 2015 – The Regenerative Benefits of Reuse
• May 4, 2015 – Finger Lakes ReUse named “Environmental Champion” by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Ithaca Voice, Ithaca Journal, Ithaca Times)

2014

• December 2, 2014 – Share the Warmth
• November 20, 2014 – Expert offers feasible, statewide green energy plan
• September 30, 2014 – Into the Streets Oct. 24-25 promises to be biggest ever
• September 21, 2014 – Ithaca lands $1.1M in federal development funding
• August 27, 2014 – Incoming students become involved citizens
• August 7, 2014 – Tompkins Weekly – Article on ReSET
• August 4, 2014 – Sustainable Job Opportunities Available
• May 30, 2014 – Tompkins Trust Company Honors Community Volunteers

2013

• December 27, 2013 – Finger Lakes ReUse volunteer fixes printers, fights waste
• October 23, 2013 – Volunteers aim to make difference in Tompkins County (Ithaca Journal)
• July 22, 2013 – Creative Approaches to Reuse Effort
• July 15, 2013 – Job Training Builds Sustainable Futures
• June 21, 2013 – Finger Lakes ReUse Awarded $4,000 Job Training Grant
• May 9, 2013 – Dump and Run seeks donations to benefit local charities
• April 17, 2013 – Earth Day celebrations set in Ithaca
• April 12, 2013 – New ReSET Job Training Program
• February 3, 2013 – Lumber for a new shed from Finger Lakes ReUse Center!
• February 11, 2013 – Electronic waste increases in Tompkins County

2009 – 2012

• November 10, 2012 – Fixers Collective Planning Meeting
• November 15, 2011 – Make Art, Not Junk!
• September 10, 2011 – Finger Lakes ReUse to Host Chamber’s Business After Hours
• July 2, 2011 – Finger Lakes ReUse Receives Howland Foundation Grant
• June 3, 2011 – Communities Prevent Waste and Reuse Materials
• March 2, 2010 – Deconstructing to Build a Greener Future(http://ithacaactionnews.wordpress.com)
• May 27, 2009 – Another Woman’s Treasure

Other ReUse Links

Creative Houses from Reclaimed Stuff – TED Talk by Dan Phillips, June 2010
Don’t Replace Your Old Windows! – Article by Mark Pierce, Extension Associate, Cornell University
The Story of Stuff – A project by Annie Leonard
Rescuing Throwaway Inkjet Printers – Steven Pacenka, FLR Volunteer
Technology Apprenticeship and Leadership Program – Sherry Martin

Buffalo ReUse, Buffalo, NY
Build It Green, Astoria, Queens, NYC
Building Materials Reuse Association
Construction Junction, Pittsburgh, PA
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
Dump and Run 
Finger Lakes Buy Green
Green Guerillas 
Green Project, New Orleans, LA 
Historic Ithaca & Significant Elements
The History Center of Tompkins County
Habitat for Humanity of Tompkins and Cortland Counties
Habitat for Humanity, Wake County, NC Deconstruction Program
Human Services Coalition of Tompkins County – Listserv 
Ithaca FreeCycle 
Ithaca Youth Bureau
Recycle Ithaca’s Bicycles (RIBS) 
ReSOURCE, Burlington VT
Recycle Tompkins – Tompkins County Solid Waste Management Division 
ReHouse, Rochester NY 
ReStore Home Improvement Center, Springfield, MA 
Re-use Hawai’i 
SewGreen
Share Tompkins 
Southern Tier Advocacy & Mitigation Project (S.T.A.M.P.)
Sustainable Tompkins
Syracuse Center of Excellence
The SEEN
Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce – Visit Ithaca
Tompkins County Friends of the Library Booksale