Category: <span>Campus Sustainability</span>

Microhydropower: Part of New York’s Clean Energy Future?

Hydropower has a long history in New York State. There are more than 6,000 dams in New York, some dating back to the 1700s. Even through the industrial revolution of the 19th century, dams were the main source of power for running mills and powering machinery. As electric power replaced …

BROWN BAG: Bard Center for Environmental Policy’s Professional Development Skills Series

 Each Friday during the semester, Bard CEP hosts a one-hour “Brown Bag” series for current CEP students and undergraduate Bard students enrolled in CEP courses with the goal of professional and community growth. Brown Bag workshop topics include presentation skills, resume and cover letter workshops, social media and personal branding …

Power Dialog Speaker Options

Hello Power Dialog State Organizers,   It is a tumultuous time for the Clean Power Plan. The events of the last few weeks have shaken things up ,and we, at the Power Dialog, are adjusting our strategy. Because the future of the Clean Power Plan is somewhat unclear, it is …

Winds of Change

A chunk of the atmosphere, fresh off the Atlantic Ocean, hit the south side of Long Island and squeezed itself into the Upper New York Bay. After careening around curve of Bay Ridge Brooklyn it whipped passed the Statue of Liberty and made its way uptown by way of the …

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 …

Hay Agua o No Hay Agua (Is there water or not?)

As part of a new curriculum this year Bard Center for Environmental Policy created a two week long January class called J-term. This term would allow students to focus on one of three different areas of study, either land trusts, biochar, or water management. Oh and did I mention the …

Welcome to the Office of Sustainability

Hi Everyone, Welcome to the Sustainability Office’s first ever blog post. We at the office though it would be a good idea to keep the student body and faculty updated on the going ons of what we are doing to help make Bard College a more sustainable campus (side note …