Sustainability News by Date
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April 2014
04-30-2014
Bard Environmental and Urban Studies faculty member Chris Bowser received an Environmental Quality Award from the EPA regional office for his leadership in an eel monitoring program in the Hudson River Valley.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
04-25-2014
Bard's sustainability initiatives have earned the college a place in The Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges, among the nation's top institutions for environmental programs and facilities.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy,Bard MBA in Sustainability,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy,Bard MBA in Sustainability,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
04-15-2014
To kick off the center’s launch, the college is cosponsoring the ThinkFOOD Conference on April 19, featuring speakers from the Bard College Farm and Chartwells.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard College at Simon's Rock,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard College at Simon's Rock,Center for Civic Engagement |
04-15-2014
As Earth Day approaches, Bard College is celebrating successful participation in the 14th annual RecycleMania Competition. Bard took first place in the Food Service Organics (or composting) category, keeping thousands of pounds of food scraps out of the landfill over the course of the eight-week competition. Led by Bard's student EcoReps and the Bard Office of Sustainability, the college competed against 460 other institutions, representing more than 5.3 million students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. The EcoReps created a robust program for this year’s competition, including sustainability pledges, a recycled clothing fashion show, trash audits, and an upcycling craft night. This is the third time Bard has won the Organics category of the competition. Visit Website
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
04-08-2014
Eban Goodstein, director of the Bard Center for Environmental Policy (CEP) and Bard MBA programs, is working to give young sustainability leaders the skills they need through the Campus to Congress (C2C) program of Bard CEP.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
04-06-2014
Bard College students have won two 2014 Davis Projects for Peace Awards, which provide $10,000 in funding for proposed projects. Lia Soorenian ’14 (from Glendale, California), won a Davis award for her project, “Sustainable Apiculture: Community Empowerment Through Local Economies.” She will travel to the village of Lichke in Armenia, where mining is the primary industry, to promote sustainable development through beekeeping. Ameer Shalabi ’16 (from Mas’ha in the West Bank), Zelda Bas ’16 (from Paris, France), and Harrison Liddle ’14 (from Miami, Florida) have together won a Davis award in support of the Bard Palestinian Youth Initiative (BPYI). Every year, 20 Bard College students with BPYI travel to Mas’ha, where they partner with the local community to run children’s summer camps and community service projects, teach English classes, and engage in cultural discourse.
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Division of Social Studies,Education,Environmental/Sustainability,Inclusive Excellence,Politics and International Affairs,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Division of Social Studies,Education,Environmental/Sustainability,Inclusive Excellence,Politics and International Affairs,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
04-03-2014
Bard College has earned 2013 Tree Campus USA recognition, from Tree Campus USA, a national program launched in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota. The program honors colleges and universities and their leaders for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation. To be eligible for the award, colleges and universities must establish a tree advisory committee, have a campus tree-care plan, dedicate annual funding for its campus tree program, host an Arbor Day observance, and sponsor student service-learning projects. This year’s Arbor Day tree planting at Bard will take place at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 25, at the Bertelsmann Campus Center.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
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