As the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, China is facing increasing pressure on emissions reductions. Meanwhile, the nation also is facing domestic pressure regarding employment, urbanization, and traditional pollutant (such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide) emissions reductions. The dilemma that China faces today is a developmental crisis coexisting …
One major component of Bard College’s Center for Environmental Policy curriculum is an intensive four- to six-month internship designed not only to give students work experience in an area of interest, but also provide time to work on in-depth projects, network, and maybe find that aha moment leading to the …
Over the years, I’ve come to see two different and seemingly contradictory movements as both vitally important to America’s future: the environmental movement, and the movement to bring jobs back to America and prevent large swaths of the country from turning into Detroit, Camden, Gary, and Youngstown, through a kind …
Originally posted at: www.bardfreepress.com Written by Dana Francisco Miranda The Campus to Congress-Corporation Fellows workshop, commonly known as C2C, is an opportunity for current students and young professionals to network and further their skills in sustainable business and politics. The C2C Fellows workshop took place February 14–16, one of three occurring this …
By Will Mitchell, C2C Fellow The words that follow reflect Tenleytown Meat Company’s view on sustainability: “Sustainability is something good to strive for, daily, in all that we are. It is the honest, courageous, and exciting journey to create a future in which all people everywhere are able to live …
Reposted from BRKFREE By Peter Croce, C2C Fellow There is a major gap in the assumption that market production is a mirror of consumer demand. It’s not, because the mirror is dirty. It’s a problem of transparency.
Every year, billions of dollars are spent on aid and grants. Each country in the global south has its share of NGOs. All this is meant to do well, and impact the lives of the people or environments in which this money is spent. Does this really happen? There are …
By Eban Goodstein The elusive green consumer. For decades now, sustainability entrepreneurs have been trying to mine the vein of responsible consumption, with only limited success. Area businesses tout local wares, but consumers still shop at Amazon. Poll’s show we all want to shop our values, but we seldom shell …
Happy new year! In my first blog post about my internship I said I was amazed how fast a month had already passed. Six months and many, many cartons of animal crackers later, it only feels like a few days have passed. While the original intent of my internship did …
