I was fortunate to be able to attend the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) annual conference and Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center in October of 2017. Hailed as the largest transit conference in the United States, it only made sense that the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Atlanta’s …
Recently, my internship organization, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., was ranked the #1 Transdisciplinary Research Think Tank in the world. After spending six months learning and absorbing information from the world’s top minds, I fully understand why they deserve such a ranking. A similar transdisciplinary …
“In the face of daunting environmental problems and troubling trends in U.S. federal policy, what gives you drive, motivation, and hope, to continue the work?” This question, recently asked of environmental studies faculty in an on-line forum by Professor Amy Knisley at Warren Wilson College, resonates with many of us. …
By Conor Flynn, C2C Fellow December 2017 Originally posted on Entreprenavel.com In the United Nation’s World Economic and Social Survey 2013, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs stated that “unless human development and environmental protection goals are integrated, they will remain in competition, jeopardizing both sets of goals.” How can …
My internship experience has been humbling – both professionally and personally – in a uniquely profound way. I have the pleasure of working on a local congressional campaign as the campaign coordinator/chief of staff for Jeff Beals, a progressive democrat running against John Faso in NY-19. The 19th district includes …
Where am I Interning? Meister Consultants Group (MCG), a Cadmus Company, is an international sustainability consulting firm specializing in renewable energy policy and strategy development. MCG works with clients across the globe, including multi-national finance institutions; federal, state, and local governments; and philanthropic foundations on projects related to clean energy …
Many thanks to the Lake Champlain Committee and to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Center (NEIWPCC) for permission to reprint this article. It first appeared in the NEIWPCC’s Enewsletter and then on the LCC’s “LCC at Work” website. Author Jaclyn Harrison graduated from Bard CEP in 2011. She’s …
Jordan Kincaid’s (CEP13) two recent publications–one, an opinion piece in Boulder’s Daily Camera, and the other a scholarly article in the journal Ethics, Policy and the Environment–encapsulate the variety of writing our alums practice in their professional careers, and that we value at Bard CEP. In both pieces, geared to very …
Alan Kroeger, who graduated from Bard CEP in 2014, saw the launch of a major project on halting tropical deforestation at Climate Week in NYC in September. Out of months of research, interviews, and regional consultations, Kroeger and his co-authors have developed a list of 10 evidence-based priorities to remove …
Pollution kills over 9 million people every year, and every day billions more live without access to clean water. In less than a month, the world’s leading authority on environmental issues will meet to determine ways we might meet this challenge. The upcoming United Nations Environment Programme Assembly in Nairobi will …
