For my junior and senior years of high school, I moved to Wales to attend boarding school. I have always been fascinated by metro systems so I developed a quick familiarity with the London Underground during frequent weekend and school holiday visits. I would spend hours exploring the city on the Tube, sometimes …
I came to Bard CEP after receiving a B.A. in Biology at Hanover College in Indiana. During my time as an undergrad, I began to see an alarming disconnect between the science world and everyone else. Towards the end of my time at college, I knew I didn’t want to spend the …
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. — attributed to Margaret Mead My dream is to work in non-profit organizations on mitigating climate change and protecting our beautiful planet. I’m particularly interested in figuring …
By Christina Wildt, M.S. 2015 When I moved to Indianapolis this past year, I was not familiar with a single environmental nonprofit active in the city: not in Indianapolis or even in Indiana. I knew there had to be some great people doing positive work for the environment, just as …
From my workstation in a fourth-floor office of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, a 50-foot-long bank of windows offers sweeping views of the Old Bangkok district: Alongside oil-slicked canals and rain-stained shop houses, modern Buddhist temples adorned with glass-mosaic facades and horn-like golden …
“It is very odd that Nature should be so unscrupulous. She is no saint . . .” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 – 1882 Nature does not discriminate. She does not care if you are a polluter or a tree hugger, if you live in a mansion or a shack on …
I am a firm believer in the expression, “things happen for a reason” (“when life gives you lemons…” is a close second). Coming down to D.C. in late May, I was ready to begin a 4-6 month internship as part of my Master’s program with Bard College’s Center for …
My primary interest in going on this trip was to get a better understanding of the type of environmental issues that were occurring in a very different part of the world, and to contrast these with the challenges faces in North America and use these insights to inform perspectives in …
Dear Friends, We are circulating this call to participate in the national Power Dialog in April 2016. Help support 10,000 students to engage in face-to-face dialog with state-level regulators in all fifty states. The topic? Implementing the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. How will it work? Hundreds of faculty nationwide will take their …
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 …
