Tag: <span>politics</span>

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 …

It Is Never “Just” Water

I recently finished a short stint interning with the Sierra Business Council in Truckee, California. With them I researched and wrote a series of advocacy white papers to help build support and form a coalition for an allocation from the proposed 2014 state water bond measures for upper watershed land …

In Response to Mr. Brooks

Finally, a political commentator says we should stop paying attention to political commentators Originally posted on December 17, 2013 at theblisspoint.org New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks, in his first article in three months, writes, “Unless you are in the business of politics, covering it or columnizing about it, politics should take …

I Want to Be a Politician… or a Rock Star

Every year, the C2C Fellows Network sponsors a graduate from our first-round sustainability leadership workshops to attend Wellstone Action’s Camp Wellstone. This 2.5 day long workshop is open to anyone interested in gaining practical skills in progressive political action. Wellstone Action trains candidates, campaign workers, and organizers on how to win progressive change.  …

A National Conversation on Democracy and Climate April 17, 2013

Have you ever heard of the Maldive Islands? Well, neither had I, until a few months ago.  The Maldive Islands, also known as the Republic of the Maldives, or just plain Maldives, are a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of India.  Why are they important? …

New speakers on NCS this spring – topics range from power plant regulation, to offshore wind, to climate justice.

Join us the first and third Wednesday of each month at noon eastern to hear climate and clean energy specialists talk about the latest climate change issues. These public conference calls are a great chance to connect with top scientists, analysts and political leaders discuss climate and clean energy solutions. …

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 …

The Rocky Marriage of Climate and Politics

By: Brian Sewell EP ’14 and Craig Johnson CSP ’14 On September 19th, the National Climate Seminar hosted a conversation on “Climate and the Election” with Darren Springer, Senior Policy Adviser for Energy and Environment to Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont. Springer’s work with Sen. Sanders’s office has given him …

When in RoME…

As expected, the Rocky Mountain Ethics Congress (RoME) in Boulder, CO, which I had the pleasure of attending, inspired some welcome moral pondering. In particular, the keynote address on Thursday of the congress, “What rights may be defended by means of war?” given by Dr. Jeff McMahan of Rutgers University, …

“Fracked Ideologies” co-authored by EP ’13 student Jordan M. Kincaid published at Science Progress

via “Fracked Ideologies” at Science Progress. What the Debate Over Shale Gas Might Tell Us About the Future of Politics By Jordan M. Kincaid and Adam Briggle  The use of high-volume hydraulic fracturing for natural gas drilling has ignited a fiery political debate. Advocates tout natural gas as a clean-burning, cheap, and abundant …