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With a little help from my friends: Insights on realizing your dreams, from two bada$$ social entrepreneurs.

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 …

C2C Fellows Lay Foundation for Environmental Careers During Weekend Intensive

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, …

SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP?

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 …

Empowering a New Generation for a Stronger Economy & Ecosystem

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 …

Helping Close the Gap: Including Environmental Justice in Climate Action

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 …

This Tea Party Leader is Championing Green. Here’s Why.

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 …

What keeps you up at night?

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 …

It’s People, Stupid: C2C Exclusive Conversation with Dr. Bob Musil

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 …

$5,000 Scholarship for Students going into Environmental Careers

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 …

Campus to Congress; A Young Person’s path to Politics

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 …