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From Green Buildings to Eco-districts to Eco-cities
Posted on April 22, 2013 | No CommentsSince its founding, the US has seen its population steadily move from rural to urban environments: the 1790 US Census reported a 95% rural to 5% urban ratio, the 1890 US Census... -
The Complexities of Bringing Development to Cameroon
Posted on April 16, 2013 | No CommentsFinding a common ground for a social movement is essential to collective action, hence, solidarity between those directly affected by the issue at hand (i.e. not having access to pipe... -
Catastrophe Bonds, Communication & Connections
Posted on March 25, 2013 | No CommentsDuring my internship at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), my work focused on climate adaptation finance. I was (/am) pondering the question of how to link capital markets with... -
Film Review: Symphony of the Soil
Posted on March 8, 2013 | No CommentsOn February 25, 2013, I joined Bard students, faculty, staff, and community members packed into Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center to view Deborah Koons Garcia’s documentary Symphony of the Soil.... -
Finding Your Calling: Bard CEP Class of 2013 Internship Dinner
Posted on February 13, 2013 | No CommentsThe Bard Center for Environmental Policy hosted their annual internship dinner last night to welcome back their second year masters students. The Class of 2013 returned to campus last week... -
Climate Change and Community Radio
Posted on February 4, 2013 | No CommentsI spent the majority of my five months interning at Development Alternatives (DA) working on two climate adaptation related projects based in the Bundelkhand region of India. One project, a... -
Improving Regulation of Natural Gas Extraction: My Internship Experience at EDF
Posted on January 27, 2013 | No CommentsAfter seven months of interning at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in their New York City office, I left not only feeling confident that I obtained a new set of... -
Internship to Job at NYC DEP and the Power of Effective Communication
Posted on January 21, 2013 | No CommentsThe past few months have been quite exciting. Not only did I have have an amazing internship experience at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), but I... -
Adopting a Cameroonian Lifestyle as a “White Man Woman” (Pidgin for anybody foreign, with recognition of being a female)
Posted on January 17, 2013 | No CommentsArriving Our group of Peace Corps (P.C.) Volunteers arrived in Cameroon on September 21st, 2012, coinciding with 50 years of P.C. partnership between the U.S. and Cameroon. Subsequently, our swearing-in... -
Potential for Green Technologies in Different Fields
Posted on January 14, 2013 | No CommentsPotential for Green Technologies in Different Fields Posted on January 14, 2013 by Maggie Yayac As part of my master’s degree at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, I worked for Global Future Solutions... -
Confronting Policy Challenges Associated with Engineering and Design
Posted on December 31, 2012 | No CommentsThe past seven months at Group Mackenzie has truly been a great learning experience. The company has invested in profitable projects since the economic downturn, allowing me to accrue quite... -
Let’s talk about dry farming
Posted on December 17, 2012 | No CommentsAfter 7 months of interning at Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) in California, I have worked to organize and facilitate two dry-farming workshops, helped create a dry-farming program complete...
