Tag: <span>NRDC</span>

Leadership: The Balance of Empathy and Strength

Given the unusual political climate we find ourselves in, I wanted to learn from an expert who has many years of experience overcoming political barriers. Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Sharon Buccino from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Sharon is the Director of the Land …

Finding Creative Solutions at NRDC

Before I began my internship with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), I had no prior experience with coal research. I owe tremendous thanks to professor Jen Phillips for encouraging all of us in Bard CEP’s spring Environmental Science course to research and present on a variety of topics throughout …

Discounting the SCC: “Wait, this isn’t a sale!”

Discounting the SCC: “Wait, this isn’t a sale!” By: Ashley Brinkman MS ’15 and Anna McKeigue MS ‘15 This week’s National Climate Seminar at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy focused on the social cost of carbon (SCC).  The guest speaker, Laurie Johnson of the National Resource Defense Council, asked …

Working with the Natural Resources Defense Council to Change FEMA’s Policy on Climate Change Inclusion within State Disaster Plans

The tides of change are upon us. Nowhere is this more apparent than the actual changing tides that are starting to inundate U.S. states like Florida, threaten the safety of New Yorkers, and eat up the coastlines of states like Texas, Louisiana, and California. Although often mentioned, the impacts of …

Bard CEP Helps Equip Millennials with the Skills for Success

Reposted from Switchboard By Kelly Henderson, C2C Fellow, National Resources Defense Council As a young person in an organization full of seasoned experts, I often find myself wanting to learn and do more to not only contribute to the organization’s goals, but also to develop my own personal skill set …

Put Your Money Where Your Values Are: Creating Sustainable Citizen Brands

The age of marketing a ‘quick sell’ to eager, faceless consumers is coming to an end. More companies are turning to the power behind values-based branding: using their customer’s personal ethics to create campaigns reaching beyond the cha-ching of registers. At the forefront of this marketing movement is Citizen Group, …

What Can Obama Actually Do About Climate Change?

By Oliver Peckham Daniel Lashof, Director of the Climate & Clean Air Program at the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), spoke at the National Climate Seminar on February 6th. Mr. Lashof – who has been involved in national climate negotiations since their inception – joined the Seminar to speak about …

Climate Change: A Matter of Health

By Dunja Drmac ’14 Kim Knowlton, a Senior Scientist at the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) and an author of a report on health costs caused by climate change events in the United States, spoke at the National Climate Seminar on November 21st. The topics discussed included the health costs, …

The Back of the Brownie Box

Hello all, I hope all is well wherever you happen to be reading this. So my internship is over and I am again back at Bard, and while I miss parts of DC, particularly the Indian food restaurant that I ordered lunch from quite frequently (Naan & Beyond, if you’re …