Bard CEP News


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 […] Posted on 29 December 2014 | 10:45 pm


“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 […] Posted on 20 December 2014 | 3:15 am


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 […] Posted on 18 December 2014 | 5:25 pm


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 […] Posted on 5 December 2014 | 11:43 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 […] Posted on 4 December 2014 | 1:31 pm


 “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 […] Posted on 26 November 2014 | 6:01 am


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, […] Posted on 3 November 2014 | 12:26 pm


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 […] Posted on 29 October 2014 | 11:52 pm


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).  […] Posted on 27 October 2014 | 9:47 am


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 […] Posted on 21 October 2014 | 4:33 pm