As part of a new curriculum this year Bard Center for Environmental Policy created a two week long January class called J-term. This term would allow students to focus on one of three different areas of study, either land trusts, biochar, or water management. Oh and did I mention the …
Hi Everyone, Welcome to the Sustainability Office’s first ever blog post. We at the office though it would be a good idea to keep the student body and faculty updated on the going ons of what we are doing to help make Bard College a more sustainable campus (side note …
Lindsey Lusher Shute, MS ’07, was interviewed for a piece on young farmers the New York Times. See related post on NPR’s Food Blog, the salt and listen to the story on All Things Considered. Reposted from the New York Times. By Isolde Raftery Published: November 12, 2011 Emily Oakley, …
The Institute of International Education and the Fulbright Program’s sponsor, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, sent its congratulations today on the announcement that Bard College is one of this year’s Fulbright Scholarship “top producers.” Top-producing institutions in all Carnegie Classifications were highlighted in the October …
Bard Environment Director Arrested at White House Civil Disobedience Designed to Impact Obama Pipeline Decision Sept 2, Annandale-on-Huson, NY– The Director of the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, Eban Goodstein, was arrested in front of the White House on Thursday. Goodstein joined over 800 peaceful protesters sent to jail over …
The Bard Prison Initiative on PBS, Parts I & II Tuesday night, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer broadcast the first segment of a two-part story on The Bard Prison Initiative. Last night they broadcast part II of this extraordinary piece. Below, please find links for both segments. Again, kudos to …
This summer I was the Arctic/Renewable Energy Intern at the Northern Alaska Environmental Center located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The Northern Alaska Environmental Center is a grassroots environmental organization that “promotes conservation of the environment and sustainable resource stewardship in Interior and Arctic Alaska through education and advocacy.” I’ve spent my …
This summer I’m spending under the midnight sun working at the Northern Alaska Environmental Center (www.northern.org). The center is proudly the “Northernmost conservation organization” in the United States, and works tirelessly to protect the wildlands of Interior Alaska and the Alaskan Arctic. Located in Fairbanks, AK, the Northern Center, as …
My internship is at SunDog Solar/ Solaqua Power & Art in Chatham, NY. SunDog Solar is a small business that designs and installs residential and commercial solar photovoltaic and solar thermal hot water systems, as well as spray foam insulation. Solaqua Power & Art is the nonprofit arm of the …
Bard CEP Graduate, Jake Claro, cited in The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/05/the-farmers-market-myth/238661/ Bard Fiction Prize winner Karen Russell on PBS: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2011/05/conversation-karen-russell-author-of-swamplandia.html Bradford Morrow on NPR: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/02/133811309/return-to-the-prairie-to-revisit-my-antonia Bard in New Orleans: http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2011/05/bard_college_program_brings_un.html Bard Prision Initiative in the WSJ: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704740604576301404105030510.html Walter Russell Mead on Pakistan: http://www.businessinsider.com/high-noon-in-pakistan-2011-5 Mark Lytle in USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2011-05-03-bin-Laden-Clinton-war-terror_n.htm Sanjib Baruah …