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 …
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 …
Beer! It’s been bringing communities together for 5000 years. Over time, the American beer market has fluctuated significantly. The first of these ebbs and flows are due to Prohibition and, after that, conglomeration. In 1873 there were over 4000 breweries in the U.S., but by 1983 there were only 53 …
When you see the USDA Organic label, what are your expectations? Do you trust that the product labelled was produced in a manner that is better for you, the planet, and the farmers that produced the product? The intention of labeling systems, like “organic,” is to quickly communicate the standards …
There’s always been something very appealing to me about waste. This interest has led me to investigate the inevitability as well as the unfortunate reality that is food waste. I am a current Master’s student at Bard’s Center for Environmental Policy (Bard CEP). All Bard CEP students are expected to …
Bard graduate Dalia Najar– BA ’14 (Biology) and MS (Environmental Policy) ’17– made history two years ago as the youngest Executive Manager ever in her company, Farouk Systems, which produces hair products in Palestine. Now she has helped steer a $1,000,000 donation to support investments in Palestinian agriculture. Farouk Systems …
In the South Pacific, it’s no surprise that coconuts are a big deal. Their usage is endless!–from a building material, to a source of healthy fat, to handmade virgin coconut oil that is used to prevent the spread of common skin disease such as scabies. The complimentary phrase “vanka …
I have always been enamored with the way farming unites people with the natural world. So it’s fitting that the internship I got to inform my graduate work at Bard College’s Center for Environmental Policy would be on a farm focused on maintaining synergy with nature. Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program …
Over the last several weeks I have had the pleasure of working for New York City’s Department of Sanitation (DSNY) as an Organics Outreach Graduate Intern. Most broadly DSNY is concerned with the collection of all residential trash and recycling, street cleaning, and snow removal within the 5 boroughs. This …
All the hype about Alaska is real: it is BIG, BEAUTIFUL, and WILD. I don’t know how to begin to describe it after that. Adjectives fail at capturing whatever *it* is here. I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to live, work, and play here for the summer. …
