Written by Caroline Hodge originally posted on April 24, 2014 at ecoaffect.org, where Caroline posted daily blog posts Climate skepticism continues to bewilder many stakeholders working on climate solutions. Why do skeptics believe what they do? And what’s the best way to engage with them? In a recent piece in The Conversation, cognitive …
Innovation: The Power of Gender Equality in Environmental Sustainability By Sara Gendel, MS ‘15 Climate change affects everyone, even though the stakes are unequal across societal groups such as region, class, and gender. This inequality creates unsustainable economies, societies, political structures, and environmental management, especially for those living in …
Before Brittany Chiles even stepped foot on Penn State’s campus, she knew she wanted to run her own business. Growing up, both her mother and grandmother were business owners and this experience gave her an entrepreneurship spirit. When her college orientation leader mentioned that a senior was giving haircuts out of …
Melting Arctic Ice and Methane Gas Bubbles: Is this the final countdown to global warming? By: Shelly John and Meredith Murray This week on National Climate Seminar (NCS) at Bard Center for Environmental Policy, we spoke with David Archer, a professor at the University of Chicago in the Department …
Written by Karen Maserjian Shan For the Poughkeepsie Journal As a kid, Jess Scott read works by Jane Goodall. Like the renowned primatologist, Scott imagined a career working in the field doing research. That changed once she started to study animal behavior at Bucknell University. “It turns out that what I’m …
A Tip of the Hat to California’s Cap By: Anne Lapera In 2013 California initiated its groundbreaking cap and trade system as one mechanism to mitigate greenhouses gas (GHG) emissions produced in the state. Despite predictions by opponents of the cap and trade system and the broader California Global …
Written by Wendee Nicole Originally posted at bioscience.oxfordjournals.org As concerns over global environmental crises such as climate change intensify, programs are emerging to train the next generation of sustainability leaders from varied backgrounds, ranging from business to science. Environmental economist and educator Eban Goodstein has made training sustainability leaders his life’s …
Written by Adriane Underwood Whether you are thinking of starting a student group on campus, or musing over an innovative idea and wondering if it could ever be a viable business, starting something from scratch is an intimidating process. I spoke with two social entrepreneurs, Jared Koch, Creator of Clean …
Desalination as Adaptation: Energy Intensive, but Sometimes Necessary By Suolang Dongcuo, MS’15, and Emily McCarthy, MS’15 In different areas around the globe, increased population growth and intensive use of water in both agriculture and industry sectors have exacerbated the problem of lack of access to clean water. The UN …
Recently, the Bard Center for Environmental Policy community had the exciting opportunity to hear firsthand what Pace University’s environmental law and animal rights scholar had to say about a proverbial hot button issue: factory farming. Professor David Cassuto indeed provided his unique perspective on the matter: he presented a strong case for …
