KTC Hosts Get Your Green Back Tompkins

There’s always something cooking in the Kitchen–and last night, there was enough food, people, laughter, and energy to prove it!  The Kitchen hosted Get Your Green Back Tompkins‘s Leap-Year-Day Launch Party.  GYGB is a community-based campaign to inspire all 42,000 households and every business in Tompkins County to take at least one step to save energy and money in the areas of Food, Building Heating and Lighting, Transportation, and Waste.

It was great to have the opportunity to host such wonderful people, coming together for a great goal.

KTC is taking steps toward a greener tomorrow–we’re seeking LEED certification, our trainees are recycling bicycles (more on that in a future post!), and this new building of ours–green!  St. Patrick’s Day has got nothing on us!

So, what steps will you be taking?

KTC is Committed to Being Green

We’re lucky to be a part of a community that values preservation and so vividly demonstrates a responsibility toward the planet and those we share it with.  The Kitchen is pleased to do its part in the movement toward sustainable building practices.

Recently, a group of Johnson School of Management students came down from the East Hill to tour the theatre space with our Managing Director, Stephen Nunley.  Stephen shared with the members of the Sustainable Global Enterprise the consideration that went into moving out of the Clinton House and into our current location on W. State St.  We recycled as much of the lumber as we could (most of it is coming back to life as the sets of our plays!), some piping, and the HVAC system, and even chose linoleum floors that contain no toxic chemicals (and seaweed!)

KTC is currently seeking LEED Certification–we’ll keep you posted on our journey!

Read the article from the Johnson School HERE.