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President Bostein's Pledge for Climate Neutrality

Bard has promised to go climate neutral by signing the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment.  We completed our inventory our greenhouse gas emissions and hope to enter a performance contract to implement campus wide energy upgrades. To help guide the process, we have formed a Climate Commission comprised of Jim Brudvig, Mark Halsey, Laurie Husted, Kevin Parker, Mara Ranville, Taun Toay and students T. Edward Hall and Spencer Lawrence.  Simon's Rock Director of Physical Plant, Steve Carignan, joins the Commission as of the summer of 2009.

Bard College PCNA 1-30-09

Bard GHG Inventory Mgmt Plan 010709

Bard faculty joined community leaders, students from the Bard Center for Environmental Policy (BCEP) and undergraduate students at a workshop:

Stabilization Wedge Game (Carbon Mitigation Initiative)

7-9pm Thursday, 2/5. 

Using 1B ton carbon reduction 'wedges'  teams representing all disciplines decided how to stabilize the climate. 

Participation is by faculty invitation.  If you would like to join a team, email the faculty member.

Participating Faculty:

Other Teach-In events: 

2/5 - 2pm-4pm: Campus Center Lobby: Hypermiling is difficult to get right without some feedback. Learn from our own Stewart Dean how to use the Scan Gauge to improve your mileage. Also - hear why diesel cars might trump hybrids.

2/5 - 4pm-7pm: Campus Center Lobby: Sharing a ride one day a week can save 1000 miles and $500 in driving costs. Visit /CleanAir NY/ and learn more about NuRide. Let the sun shine – hear about solar technologies from the /Solar Energy Consortium/

National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology Fellows confront global warming on their campuses and help to educate and engage the campus community on global warming impacts and solutions. $2000 toward an undergraduate project.

http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/fellowships/

FOCUS the NATION 2008 was a national teach-in at over 1,600 institutions of learning. Government, educational institutions, faith groups, civic organizations and businesses will collaboratively engage in an interdisciplinary discussion about “Global Warming Solutions for America."

See the panels sessions at http://www.redhookconcerns.com/focus/focus.html

SCHEDULE (Word document

Panel sessions (Word document)