Biofuel Development &
Education
Extension’s role in the biofuel arena centers on biodiesel production and use, yielding a program ‘niche’ for Extension/NYC in NYC and Northeast U.S. via efforts such as:
John Nettleton is engaged as a Senior Extension Associate with Cornell
University Cooperative Extension/ New York City, where hh heads up the Program
Incubation Unit. His work currently
centers on: [1] biofuel development in NYC and
Statewide and [2] NY
MarketMaker, a web-based platform that links agricultural producers
with actors
throughout the value-added food chain. He written and presented on sustainable
development issues at
conferences and meetings throughout the U.S. and in Germany,
Canada and Russia.
In 1990, he designed and taught, ‘Climate Change: Urban and Policy Impacts’
Offered as an undergraduate seminar at
Manhattan College, it was the first college course on
global warming in New York.
Prior to joining Cornell in 1988, John directed homeless
housing programs for
Westchester County DSS and previously worked as a private
advocacy planning consultant throughout the Northeast U.S. Under Gov.
Brendan Byrne, he was directly involved in the planning that led to the
landmark NJ Pinelands Plan. A Colorado
native, he holds a BA from Rice University and an MCP (City & Regional Planning) from
the University of
Pennsylvania, with added graduate work at Wharton School and The
Johns
Hopkins University.
Biofuel Development in New York
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Economy, Summer Study Conference, White Plains, NY, July 17-20, 2007
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Alternatives, Gotham Gazette: NYC News and Policy, Citizens Union Foundation,
publ. (www.gothamgazette.com), May
7, 2007
Heating Your Home (or Apartment)
with Plants, Spotlight, The Sallan Foundation: Useful Knowledge for Greener
Cities (www.sallan.org ), April 2007
Heating Up Isn’t Hard to Do: Global Warming from a
Planner’s Window, Progressive Planning: The Magazine of the Planners Network, No. 169, Fall
2006.