Jeremy Betterley

Jeremy Betterley is currently a student at Ithaca College with a major of Environmental Studies concentrating in Sustainability Theory and Practice as well as a minor in History.

Jeremy expects to graduate in May 2014 magna cum laude with a 3.76 GPA. Jeremy has received the Dean Harcourt Scholarship, has been inducted into the Oracle Honors Society, and received Dean's List recognition four times. Jeremy studied abroad in Australia in Spring of 2013 through the School for International Training (SIT)'s Sustainability and Environmental Action Program.

As part of his degree, Jeremy has studied sustainability-related topics such as recycling and solid waste management; renewable energy and energy efficiency; GIS; wilderness skills; sustainable business management; environmental history, politics, and economics, social justice; and many other relevant fields.

Jeremy has served as president of the Ithaca College Environmental Society (ICES) for multiple semesters. Involvement in ICES has been an exercise in leadership, communication, education and grassroots organizing.

Jeremy pursued research in Australia where he conducted audits and developed recommendations on sustainable resource management for business and education operations at Byron Region Community College. The result was a 40+ page paper and a presentation to the college's board of directors on energy, waste and water practices with a major focus on the performance of the college's rooftop solar array and net-energy balance.

Working for Ithaca College's Resource and Environmental Management Program has consisted of outreach and education for the campus on recycling, composting, and reuse programs. Similarly, worked as an Outreach Assistant for the Tompkins County Solid Waste Division.

Music and music education, having performed in various groups as well as teaching music as a camp counselor for two years. At camp, Jeremy taught over 200 children how to play Ukelele as a first instrument.