By: Anne Lapera These past four months working with VAEIC have been extremely rewarding and successful. We as an organization were successful in sharing our research and recommendations with Governor McAuliffe (governor of Virginia). Our goals included developing an Energy Plan that promoted open markets for clean advanced energy technologies, …
“So, what did you gain from your Peace Corps experience?” people often ask me following my return from 26 months abroad in the Republic of Cameroon, Central Africa. To answer that question in one sentence would group all of my relationships with friends and work partners, on-the-ground experiences and ups-and-downs …
Introduction IUCN—International Union for Conservation of Nature—is the world’s oldest and largest international conservation organization that works in many sectors and many regions around the world. I am part of the gender team, or the Global Gender Office (GGO), of IUCN. This office focuses on mainstreaming gender considerations into environment …
Contributed to the Spheres of Influence by Molly Gilligan. To view the original post, and to listen to the podcast of the discussion with Dr. Michael Shriberg, and Dr. Eban Goodstein, moderated by the Spheres of Influence founder Dr. Sarah Warren, please click here. As a Master’s student in Environmental Policy, I am …
Financing a Sustainable Future On September 21, 2014, hundreds of thousands of protesters marched down the streets of New York City, demanding that world leaders about to meet at the United Nations Climate Summit lay the groundwork for meaningful action to address global climate change. The day before the climate …
“Where resource exploitation has driven war, or served to impede peace, improving governance capacity to control natural resources is a critical element of peacebuilding.” Carolyn McAskie I flew out of John F. Kennedy International Airport the day after the People`s Climate March where over 400,000 people gathered to voice their …
Columbia Land Conservancy’s (CLC) mission statement reads as follows: “The Columbia Land Conservancy works with the community to conserve the farmland, forests, wildlife habitat, and rural character of Columbia County, strengthening connections between people and the land.” From my experience here thus far, I can confidently say they are living …
The Arrival Golden hills, blue skies, warm weather, the bay, and the Pacific Ocean surrounded me as I arrived in Marin County in California. The vista at my internship is breathtaking, especially with the common modes of transportation being hiking and biking. My internship at Turtle Island Restoration Network sits …
By: Kasope Aleshinloye This blog is cross-posted from The City Fix. View the original article here. Kasope Aleshinloye is a first-year graduate student at Bard Center for Environmental Policy (CEP). Lagos – the largest city and commercial capital of Nigeria – has traditionally struggled with a lack of reliable mass …
Thomas Edison established the first direct current power system in 1882. It distributed electricity to 59 customers on Wall Street in New York City. Today, the electric grid includes more than 6 million miles of transmission and distribution lines designed primarily with centralized controls, supplying over 143 million residential, commercial, …
