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2/23Sunday7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Campus Center, Red Room 203
Crochet Microbe Workshop
Sunday, February 23, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Campus Center, Red Room 203Learn about the important role of microbes in composting and crochet your own microbe!
Learn about Artie the arthrobaxter microbe as you learn to crochet and make your own microbe. Special guest Theo Cohen will share about their senior project. Contact: Laurie B Husted
Phone: 845-464-8025
E-mail: [email protected]
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Sustainability News
Brooke Jude Discusses Her Collaboration with Microbiologist Anne Madden to Save Amphibians
Find Purple, Frog-Saving Microbes, is a participatory science (citizen science) and community bioart project to conserve amphibians.
Brooke Jude Discusses Her Collaboration with Microbiologist Anne Madden to Save Amphibians
Violacein, a purple pigment produced by bacteria, which Jude discovered in a water sample from the Hudson River Valley watershed and studies in her labs. Photo by Karl Rabe
Post Date: 12-17-2024
Stevenson Library Converts to Geothermal Heating and Cooling
The library’s geothermal conversion will eliminate burning approximately 14,000 gallons of fuel oil and reduce 127 tons of carbon emissions per year.
Stevenson Library Converts to Geothermal Heating and Cooling
Ribbon-cutting for the Stevenson Library's new geothermal and HVAC system. Photo by Joseph Nartey ’26
The geothermal and HVAC renovation of the 60,000-square-foot Stevenson Library is Bard’s first conversion of an existing building from fossil fuels to geothermal. The College partnered with Brightcore as the turnkey provider of the library project, delivering a full scope of services, from the feasibility and design, drilling and ground loop installation, mechanical connections, incentive procurement, and upon completion, ongoing system performance monitoring. The library’s geothermal conversion will eliminate burning approximately 14,000 gallons of fuel oil and reduce 127 tons of carbon emissions per year. This conversion, along with Bard’s other sustainability-driven initiatives including its commitment to renewable solar and hydro energy, LED lighting, and LEEDs certifications, are significant steps toward fulfilling the College’s pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035.
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Bard College Continues Switch to Geothermal
Stevenson Library's new geothermal and HVAC system. Photo by Joseph Nartey ’26
Post Date: 11-26-2024
Film by Steve Bonds-Liptay MS ’10 Valve Turners Wins Climate Action Award
The film asks: “As the climate emergency escalates, at what point should citizens take action into their own hands to protect their families and communities?”
Film by Steve Bonds-Liptay MS ’10 Valve Turners Wins Climate Action Award
Still from Valve Turners. Photo courtest of Climate Film Fest
Post Date: 10-29-2024