
actions & events

Cornell on Fire Office Hours Protest
Join climate conversation and conviviality to end climate silence. Learn more, share your insights, and connect with the movement. Every Friday from 11:00-12:30. Alternating locations between the Ag Quad and Ho Plaza.

Decarbonization Discussion
Sunday, March 30, 12:15pm at First Unitarian Society Annex: Join a community discussion of how to protect Ithaca's climate-forward building law in the face of Cornell's attempt to exempt themselves.

Sign the Call to Decarbonize
Sign the call to decarbonize Cornell’s campus and fulfill Ithaca’s fossil-fuel phaseout law!

Ithaca's Climate Activism Calendar
Stay abreast of ongoing actions for climate justice locally with the Google Calendar.

Invest in Us: Trustee demonstration
Join us in supporting a peaceful demonstration to tell the Cornell Board of Trustees: INVEST IN US! Organized by Cornell YDSA, Cornell GSU, CU Progressives, Cornell GLO, and others.

Demystifying Decarbonization
Join Cornell on Fire for an enlightening discussion of the campus decarbonization debate—what it really means, why it matters, and how we can make it happen. We’re thrilled to be joining this event hosted by the Cornell debate and advocacy class ILRLR 3300!

Help Cornell Stand Up For Science
An original distributed action to help Cornell Stand Up For Climate Science on Friday, March 7. In solidarity with the nationwide protests to defend science for the public good. Multiple pathways to participate: either in-person or virtually!

Climate Valentines to the Cornell President
This Valentine’s Day, Cornell Interim President received a special delivery of climate love notes from Cornell on Fire and our valentines. Don’t miss this exclusive peek into the President’s valentine in-bin!
Talk on Cornell’s Decarbonization Pathways @ TCCPI
Watch a presentation of the white paper on Cornell’s decarbonization pathways at the TCCPI meeting, Friday January 31, from 10-11am. Zoom link or recording by request.

Student Assembly Resolution Vote
Support the vote on the resolution to improve Cornell's Climate Action Plan at the Student Assembly meeting on January 23, 2025 (4:45 - 6:00 pm), Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room (407). Turn out in numbers!

Climate Superfund Action in Albany
Cornell on Fire joined hundreds of activists in Albany to call on Governor Hochul to sign the Climate Superfund Act before the end of the year.

AD White Action
Cornell on Fire held a statue-garbing meditation action on expressive rights and responsibilities on Friday, Dec. 6. We demand expressive freedom: don’t muzzle us. We demand that Cornell honor their expressive duty: don’t look away. Declare a climate emergency.

Post Election Climate Action
On November 15th, we will take to the streets to show that climate change is an emergency and that we expect our newly elected officials to treat it as such. Join the action starting downtown at 3:30pm at Bernie Milton Pavilion (which will follow an Ithaca High School walkout). RSVP for more details.

Protest action: Council and Board of Trustees
On October 18, we protested the Cornell Council and Trustees’ incrementalism and inertia in the face of accelerating climate and ecological crisis. Our coalition’s united call to Cornell’s leaders: Extraordinary times call for extraordinary leadership. Stand up or step aside.

Film Screening and Panel: Beyond Comedy: Getting Cornell to Step Up on Climate Justice (Campus showing)
Film screening and panel: Beyond Comedy: Getting Cornell to Step Up on Climate Justice

Film Screening and Panel: Beyond Comedy: Getting Cornell to Step Up on Climate Justice(Downtown showing)
Film screening and panel: The comedy of activism at Cornell (Downtown showing)

Cornell on Fire at First Unitarian Church
Cornell on Fire enjoyed fellowship and climate conversation with the members of the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca on September 1.

Alumni Weekend Action
Cornell on Fire welcomed alumni back to campus with a bear-led invitation to help their alma mater become a climate leader.

Cornell on Fire Presents to TCCPI
We Need Climate Accountability from Cornell. A presentation and discussion with the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative (TCCPI) on Friday, May 31, 2024.

Big Oil + Big Red Banner Drop & Report Launch
A banner drop at Cornell’s 156th commencement launched a new report that marks a critical moment for reckoning at Cornell. Big Red echoes Big Oil’s climate doublespeak. It’s time for a course correction.
