Sustainability News by Date
December 2014
12-24-2014
Bard MBA candidate Simon Fischweicher writes about how 3-D printing could make manufacturing more sustainable in the future.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability |
12-10-2014
"Zangmu ... underscores the limited channels of cooperation that exist between India and China to govern the rivers they share," writes Professor of Political Studies Sanjib Baruah.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-08-2014
Over the weekend of December 5–7, Bard College hosted the fourth annual Northeast regional C2C Fellows Sustainability Leadership Workshop. Directed by Eban S. Goodstein, director of the Bard Center for Environmental Policy and 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. The event drew 35 participants this year with some coming from as far away as Atlanta and Chicago. The weekend included sessions on how to raise money, pitch an idea, and build a professional network.
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Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
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Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
12-02-2014
As a sophomore, Carl Amritt has already carved out a distinct place of his own in the Bard community. Carl was involved in student government in middle and high school in his native West Palm Beach, Florida. Now he's brought his passion for politics to his academic work in Political Studies and Environmental and Urban Studies. He's also become a leader in Bard student government, campus sustainability efforts, and the college's voting initiative.
Credit: Photo by Joe Fitzgerald '18
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Admission,Division of Social Studies,Economics,Environmental/Sustainability,Inclusive Excellence,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Admission,Division of Social Studies,Economics,Environmental/Sustainability,Inclusive Excellence,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
November 2014
11-24-2014
Should governments or corporations take responsibility for sustainable business? Bard MBA faculty Hunter Lovins led a spirited debate on "The Future Corporation."
Credit: Photo by Joe Fitzgerald '18
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability,Center for Civic Engagement |
11-09-2014
At the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C., Jeniffer Hanna CEP '15 is working to mobilize the U.S. Latino population, which is disproportionately affected by climate change.
Credit: Photo by Joe Fitzgerald '18
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability,Inclusive Excellence | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy |
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability,Inclusive Excellence | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy |
October 2014
10-27-2014
Credit: Photo by Joe Fitzgerald '18
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-24-2014
The Environmental Consortium of Colleges & Universities has awarded its Great Work Award in honor of Thomas Berry this year to Erik Kiviat ’76, executive director and cofounder of Hudsonia, a not-for-profit institute for research, education, and technical assistance in the environmental sciences based at the Bard College Field Station on the Hudson River. A certified wetland scientist, Kiviat has more than 45 years’ experience with natural history and environmental issues—especially those related to rare native species as well as invasive nonnative species—in the Northeast, and across North America, Europe, and Africa.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
10-17-2014
One-third of food is lost or wasted, writes Bard alumna Elizabeth Royte, but producers and consumers can take steps to change that.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability,Politics and International Affairs,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability,Politics and International Affairs,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-13-2014
Bard MBA in Sustainability faculty Hunter Lovins describes an emerging economic narrative that challenges the notion that possessions equal prosperity.
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 |
10-02-2014
Bard College has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) People, Prosperity, and Planet (P3) Phase 1 Award Program to support a Bard Center for Environmental Policy (Bard CEP) graduate students’ project. The grant, for a project titled “The Integrated Use of Road Salt Management and Application Techniques,” was awarded in a national competition to a Bard CEP team of graduate students for an innovative and sustainable design to help solve one of today’s complex environmental problems.
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 |
September 2014
09-29-2014
Bard has received a STARS Gold rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, recognizing the college's sustainability initiatives.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-23-2014
Bard College and its affiliated programs were well represented at the People's Climate March in New York City on Sunday, September 21. More than 100 faculty, staff, and students participated from Bard College in Annandale, the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, the Bard MBA in Sustainability, and the Bard High School Early Colleges. The Bard Office of Sustainability, Environmental and Urban Studies Program, and student-run EcoReps and Environmental Collective were instrumental in organizing buses from Bard College, with transportation funding provided by the People's Climate March and the Sierra Club. Bard MBA offered a viewing area from their 6th Avenue space overlooking the march route, which was decorated with large banners hanging from the upper-story windows.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy,Bard MBA in Sustainability,Bard Undergraduate Programs,BHSECs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Bardians at Work,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy,Bard MBA in Sustainability,Bard Undergraduate Programs,BHSECs,Center for Civic Engagement |
09-05-2014
The Landscape and Arboretum Program at Bard College and the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) are offering noncredit continuing education classes on gardening at Bard College this fall. Open to the public, these classes feature some of the top names in the horticulture industry and cover a wide array of topics.
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-03-2014
What distinguishes successful sustainability leaders and their companies from their competitors? Jeana Wirtenberg's book Building a Culture for Sustainability provides answers.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability,Center for Civic Engagement |
August 2014
08-28-2014
Hunter Lovins writes that, contrary to popular conceptions, there is evidence that properly managing grazing animals can counter climate change by restoring soil and enhancing biodiversity.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability,Center for Civic Engagement |
08-18-2014
"The Gulf between the truth about G.M.O.s and what people say about them keeps growing wider," writes Michael Specter.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
08-06-2014
Research Professor Gidon Eshel's new study shows that the environmental impact of raising beef is 10 times that of raising other livestock.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
08-01-2014
As the world's worst Ebola epidemic yet spreads through western Africa, Professor Specter calls for an improved global system to address future health disasters.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies,Environmental/Sustainability,Politics and International Affairs,Wellness | Institutes(s): Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Division of Social Studies,Environmental/Sustainability,Politics and International Affairs,Wellness | Institutes(s): Center for Civic Engagement |
July 2014
07-25-2014
New research by Bard professor Gidon Eshel and colleagues indicates that beef production has a much greater environmental impact than pork or poultry.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |