Sustainability News by Date
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January 2014
01-21-2014
The metric of gross domestic product, developed in the 1930s and 1940s, leaves out many measures of a nation's progress, write Hunter Lovins and her fellow authors.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Economics,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Economics,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability |
01-21-2014
Bard participated in the nationwide Martin Luther King Day of Service on Saturday, January 18. More than 300 first-year students—who are on campus for three weeks of Citizen Science courses—marked the occasion by participating in volunteer activities and trainings on campus and at 25 sites in the Hudson Valley. Organized by the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard, events included a social justice workshop for Bard students in the Campus Center, several campus activities for local Girl Scouts led by Bard students, a recycling day for electronic waste in Red Hook, and a junior detectives event at the Tivoli Library.
Photo: Bard students teach fingerprinting techniques to local youth during a junior detectives activity at the Tivoli Library.
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
01-21-2014
On Sunday, January 19, Bard's Office of Student Activities held it’s inaugural first-year lecture series, Bard Talks, inspired by the widely known TED Talks conferences. Six students presented on a range of topics that showcased social and political issues of global concern, as well as ways to engage with those issues on campus. Topics addressed included malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, food initiatives at Bard, climate change, organ trafficking, and information security. Bard Talks took place in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Day of Service and the Citizen Science program. The event was well attended by students and faculty at the Bito Auditorium in the Reem-Kayden Center.
Photo: L-R: participants Kristin Prunskis ‘17, Justin Shin ‘17, David Yu ‘17, Alyssa Freeman ‘16, Ethan Quinones ‘17, and Carl Amritt ‘17.
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies,Environmental/Sustainability,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies,Environmental/Sustainability,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
01-16-2014
During the weekend of February 14–16, Bard College will host the third annual Northeast regional C2C Fellows Sustainability Leadership Workshop. Directed by Eban S. Goodstein, director of the Bard Center for Environmental Policy (Bard CEP) and dean of the Bard MBA in Sustainability, the three-day workshop offers training to college students and recent graduates aspiring to become sustainability leaders in politics and business.
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy |
01-15-2014
Jaime DiPuppo, M.S. '12 is now pursuing a master's in teaching through the American Museum of Natural History as part of a national effort to add 100,000 STEM teachers in the U.S. by 2021.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy |
01-14-2014
Ghosts, goblins, and poetry ... Environmental and Urban Studies executive administrator Tom O'Dowd writes about the inspirational Hudson River.
Meta: Type(s): Staff | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Staff | Subject(s): Division of Languages and Literature,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
01-13-2014
Biology faculty member Bruce Robertson has coauthored a paper showing that perennial grasses can effectively be used as biomass crops while preserving species and ecosystem services. While corn leads biomass crops by yield, that high production comes at a high price for the environment. This research is part of Professor Robertson's ongoing collaboration with the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at Michigan State University.
Read the article in PNAS.
Learn more about the story from the National Science Foundation.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Read the article in PNAS.
Learn more about the story from the National Science Foundation.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
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