Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative and the Ithaca 2030 District

Peter Bardaglio is coordinator of the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative and executive director of the Ithaca 2030 District, one of 24 such districts in the U.S. and Canada. He served as a history professor, dean, and provost for 24 years combined at Goucher College and

Ithaca College before shifting his focus to the climate and sustainability movements in 2007.

Besides his scholarly writings on race and gender in U.S. history, he is co-author of Boldly Sustainable: Hope and Opportunity for Higher Education in the Age of Climate Change (2009), and he has published numerous articles on climate change and sustainability. He currently serves on the boards of New Roots Charter School in Ithaca and the Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming, and is trustee emeritus at the Paleontological Research Institution/Museum of the Earth.