Bard Center for Environmental Policy presents
National Climate Seminar: Rebuilding Bipartisan Support for Climate Action
Fred Rich, Author Getting to Green
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
View the Webinar here.
On September 21st, join Fred Rich, author of Getting to Green, Saving Nature: A Bipartisan Solution, for a discussion of how the American environmental movement lost its way. Rich will tell the story of American conservation’s bipartisan roots and explain the evolution of what he calls the “Great Estrangement”, the emergence of a conservative movement deeply suspicious of Green goals. Rich will offer up considerations on how to get the Green movement back on a bipartisan track. "The record of voluntary community, state and regional action (and action by other countries) shows that we can and should do the right thing even in the absence of a binding global treaty." --Fred Rich
Rich studied public and international affairs at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School and moral philosophy at King's College, Cambridge, before receiving his law degree at University of Virginia Law School. Rich serves as head of the New York State Environmental Leaders Group, Chair of the Foundation for Landscape Studies and the Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Vice Chair of the national Land Trust Alliance and The Battery Conservancy, and director of the Hudson Highlands Land Trust. He is the winner of the Battery Urban Farmer Award, the Environmental Advocates of New York Advocates Award, and the Frances Reese Medal.
NATIONAL CLIMATE SEMINAR
Bard Center for Environmental Policy hosts the National Climate Seminar, a webinar series, at 12pm EST. This year the series focuses on The Politics & Environment Education Project featuring academic and NGO experts from across the country who will lead a non-partisan discussion on the shift in U.S. environmental dialog from bi-partisan consensus to partisan gridlock. Listeners can watch live or listen to past podcasts here. Past speakers have included thought leaders from 350.org, Sierra Club, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and many more.
BARD CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
The Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability offer masters programs in Environmental Policy, Climate Science and Policy, and Sustainable Business. The Bard Center for Environmental Policy's career-focused, science based, interdisciplinary masters of science programs are located in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley. The rigorous first year coursework, followed by a required 4-6 month immersive internship, culminates with a Master’s Capstone Project and a 93% job placement rate within 6 months of graduation. Graduates are currently pursuing careers in many fields such as: alternative energy, international Development, advocacy/lobbying, conservation, research, and strategic consulting. For more information: bard.edu/cep/
View the Webinar here.
Poster available for download below or by clicking here.
Download: NCS_Fall_2016.pdf
For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail [email protected],
or visit https://bluejeans.com/playback/s/miqRkWhyG67yaSX9eY8uJ7I2w7HSNbzKPo80finldIuoL7kR9sXFmntlnJYJUyhj.
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
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