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 …
Originally posted at: www.bard.edu on March 13, 2014 How do you get a room full of young environmentalists, budding entrepreneurs, and aspiring policymakers ready for an intensive weekend workshop at Bard College? Ask them a lot of soul-searching questions to break the ice. At this year’s Northeast Regional C2C Fellows Workshop at Bard, …
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 …
Originally posted at: thegenynot.com Written by Dorthea Thomas When it comes to environmental justice, it’s about ensuring low-income, communities of color have equal access to clean air, water, and land. Environmentalism, sustainable development, and labor are apart of the solutions to make the possibility of a better future for generations to …
Originally posted on: thegenynot.com Written by, Dorthea Thomas On March 6, 2014 WE ACT for Environmental Justice hosted their first Environmental and Climate Justice Teach-In atThe Peace House in Washington DC. The Peace House is a center that fosters learning and activist excellence through the facilitating various individual, community, and world betterment projects; such …
Originally posted on: http://ecoaffect.org FEBRUARY 10, 2014 BY CAROLINE HODGE Debbie Dooley isn’t your typical Tea Party leader. She’s a Georgia grandmother who became an activist six years ago when her first grandson was born. Dooley is co-founder of the Atlanta Tea Party Patriots, and has been active with the Tea Party …
As part of the C2C Fellows workshop application, we asked fellows to tell us what sustainability challenges keep them up at night. We want to know, do you worry more, less or the same about this issue as you do about the fact that more than two and a half …
By Andrew Bonanno, C2C Fellows Program Assistant Here at the Bard CEP, the C2C Fellows sustainability leadership program hosts quarterly conversations on timely sustainability topics, inviting Fellows from across the country to call in and participate in the conversations. Called C2C Exclusives, these discussions are just one of the many …
We’ve heard of a great opportunity for C2C Fellows. If you’re like us (interested in sustainability, environmental justice and saving the world) then you should look into the Udall Scholarship: The Udall Foundation seeks future leaders from the entire spectrum of environmental fields, including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning …
Written by Dorthea Thomas Originally posted at: http://thegenynot.com When it comes to politics, young people are often left out of the conversation. Today’s generation of young progressives are now encountering some of the most challenging issues of our time. Often these problems are sorely neglected. College affordability, student loans, jobs …
