Category: <span>CEP Faculty</span>

Graduate Assistantships Enhance the Student Experience

By Molly Williams, MS ’08, Graduate Admissions and Public Programs Select students in Bard CEP master’s programs are chosen each year to work directly with faculty and staff on research projects and public programs. The graduate assistantship positions Bard offers vary in scope and responsibility, but all of them come …

Future Economies Project, Starting Now by: Eban Goodstein, Director

Future Economies Project, Starting Now by: Eban Goodstein, Bard Center for Environmental Policy Director Reposted from the Economics for Equity & Environment Initiative on November 12, 2013.   Back in 2009, I had the chance to interview two Oregon policy experts about the emergent green economy in that state. The interview is …

Slow Water for Oaxaca: Help us Make this Project Possible

By Violeta Borilova Mezeklieva and Izabel Hoyos Ever wonder what your life would be like if you had water once a week? What solutions would you adopt to help your community? (Previous CEP Students in Oaxaca) At the Bard Center for Environmental Policy (CEP) students have the opportunity to address …

On Crossing The Big Four O (O)

1963.  I am three years old. My older sister, seven, is a plaintiff in the lawsuit integrating our grade school in south central Tennessee.  There are three billion people in the world. One of them is named Chung Chungin. She is six and lives in Seoul, Korea.  The atmosphere holds …

Sustainability Policy Careers: Changing the Rules of the Game

By Eban Goodstein. Reposted from Greenbiz.com on Oct 23, 2012 Are you (1) a patient leader and a systems thinker? Or (2) an impatient leader who likes to build things? When I counsel students interested in careers in sustainability, I direct them down two paths: policy and business. A policy …

¿Estamos preparados para el ‘boom’ de hidrocarburos no convencionales?

Publicado originalmente 30 de septiembre 2012, en El Espectador.com Opinión Por: Prof. Víctor M. Tafur* Colombia quiere explotar los recursos no convencionales de hidrocarburos, pero claramente no estamos listos para enfrentar sus impactos. Se trata de explotar el petróleo y gas que se encuentran en condiciones que dificultan su aprovechamiento, bien …

Shopping Your Values in the Hudson Valley

By Eban Goodstein The elusive green consumer. For decades now, sustainability entrepreneurs have been trying to mine the vein of responsible consumption, with only limited success. Area businesses tout local wares, but consumers still shop at Amazon. Poll’s show we all want to shop our values, but we seldom shell …

Las CAR: ¿maquillaje político?

Sobre la reforma de las Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales (CAR)/On Environmental Governance in Colombia’s Regional Environmental Authorities  Publicado originalmente Marzo 30, 2012, en El Espectador.com Opinión Por: Prof. Víctor M. Tafur La reforma a las corporaciones autónomas regionales que propone el Gobierno es simplemente una “reforma política” a los órganos de dirección, …

36 hours in Panama

To celebrate its 25th Anniversary, Universidad del Itsmo (UDI)—with presence in Panama and Guatemala—held its inaugural “Jornada de Derecho Ambiental” (First Conference in Environmental Law) in Panama City on March 20, 2012. I was invited to address recent developments in international environmental law, particularly the Rio+20 processes, and to discuss …

Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales: ¿Maquillaje Político?

Sobre la reforma de las Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales (CAR)/On Environmental Governance in Colombia’s Regional Environmental Authorities  Publicado originalmente Marzo 30, 2012, en El Espectador.com Opinión Por: Prof. Víctor M. Tafur La reforma a las Corporaciones Autónomas Regionales que propone el gobierno es simplemente una “reforma política” a los órganos de dirección, …