Author: <span>Eban Goodstein</span>

Job: Social Media for Climate Activism Lead, Project at Bard Center for Environmental Policy

Social Media for Climate Activism Lead Bard Center for Environmental Policy   The Center for Environmental Policy at Bard College has an opening for a remote, short-term contract position as Social Media Lead. Position involves: Coordinate social media promotion of a project called Solve Climate By 2030, www.solveclimateby2030.org and an …

Climate Solutions: A Conversation with Eban Goodstein and Jon Bowermaster

CEP Director Dr. Eban Goodstein was on the radio last week talking about the recent IPCC report and how we might still stabilize the climate over the next dozen years. Goodstein was joined by documentary film maker Jon Bowermaster, for a free-wheeling conversation about solar power, autonomous electric vehicles, environmental …

CEP Professor Recognized for Teaching Innovation

Gautam Sethi, Associate Professor at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, has been recognized for developing an innovative climate change education program by a national geosciences education organization, On the Cutting Edge. Working with Bard Environmental and Urban Studies faculty member Robyn Smyth, and former CEP climate scientist Sandra Penny, …

Contested Representations of Industrial Infrastructure in Southwestern Japan

BY Professor Nate Shockey In July 2018, I spent several days on the island of Kyushu in Southern Japan engaged in site visits for my research project, “Contested Representations of Industrial Infrastructure in Southwestern Japan,” sponsored by a faculty research grant as part of the Luce Foundation LIASE Initiative. This …

Sophia Community Farm, Hokkaido June 2018

By Diego Callenbach Working on a farm across the world in Japan was truly something I had never imagined doing in my entire life prior to the second semester of my first year at Bard. Initially, my professor Nathan Shockey and advisor Yuka Suzuki had mentioned a lecture in the …

Living at Sophia Farm Community: Farming and Learning

By Yuxuan Zhan This May, I was fortunate enough to be selected to participate in the Bard-Japan Farm Exchange program in Honbetsu, Hokkaido, Japan and receive a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. As a student currently studying Philosophy and Music, I never thought that I would have the opportunity …

The Modern Dino Expedition to China

BY Professor Yuka Suzuki In July 2018, I traveled to China for two weeks with the support of a Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment (LIASE) course development grant. I spent most of my time in Beijing, where I visited three museums: the Paleozoological Museum of China, the …

Korea Federation Environmental Movement: Summer Internship 2018

BY Kayla Adams, Bard 2019  “The birds don’t lie.” Nial Moores, Birds Korea One hot summer August in South Korea, gave me an experience I will never forget. Last month, I was granted the opportunity to intern at the Korea Federation Environmental Movement (환경운동연합) in Seoul, South Korea. KFEM is …

Earthquakes, Monsoons, and $30 Watermelons

Ryan Rusiecki Spending time in both remote villages and populated cities, I was given a glimpse into the food systems in Japan. I spent the first few days of my trip in Fukuoka city and began to observe the themes of maximization and efficiency within everyday infrastructure. Transportation was precisely …

Connecting Hokkaido and the Hudson Valley: Hosting the Farmers of the Sophia Farm Community in Hokkaido, Japan

By Mika Endo Our relationship with Ben and Konomi Campbell and their Sophia Farm Community began when a former student and now alumna went to their farm in Honbetsu, Hokkaidô in the summer of 2015. Over the past few years, Professor Nate Shockey and I have been organizing a program …