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Climate Solutions for Cities

The Bard CEP National Climate Seminar Fall 2011 series continued yesterday with a conversation with Sharon Nunes, Vice President of Smarter Cities Strategy & Solutions at IBM Corporation, entitled “Smarter Planet? IBM’s Climate Solutions.” Nunes elaborated on IBM’s projects with cities around the world to provide information technology and expertise …

The Business Case for Sustainability

The Bard CEP National Climate Seminar Fall 2011 series continued yesterday with a conversation with Hunter Lovins, President and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions, entitled “Climate Capitalism.” In Lovins’ view, “the business case is the strongest weapon for saving life on this planet.” If we drive sustainability in our businesses …

Rethinking Finance for Sustainability

Direct link to lecture audio file This past Wednesday, the Bard Center for Environmental Policy (Bard CEP) and Levy Economics Institute hosted a public lecture entitled “Finance for Sustainability.”  Bard CEP director, Eban Goodstein, moderated the presentation by finance experts John Fullerton and Rick Stuckey of the Capital Institute, who …

Grassroots Climate Action: What’s next?

The Bard CEP National Climate Seminar kicked off the Fall 2011 series with a conversation with Mike Tidwell, founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, entitled “The Tea Party and Climate Strategy”. With the arrests of 1,252 climate activists in front of the White House over the past …

The German Marshall Fund

Hi all, My internship is with the German Marshall Fund of the United States within their Urban and Regional Policy Program.  Despite only being an intern, at the GMF I have the privilege of having a unique and interesting position. GMF is a large, international organization (with offices all across …