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Students
Welcome new BERPs ! Check out this year's BERPs
BERPs
Bard Environmental Resource People are student volunteers who are charged with increasing sustainable behavior within the residence halls.
There are 2 BERP slots per floor available. If your floor is full email for other options.
- Sign up to be a BERP - Email reduce@bard.edu
- BERPs volunteer 1-2 hours each month
So you're the BERP...
- Read the BERP manual
- Learn more about the psychology of fostering sustainable behavior - getting from information to action - get the pdf of the online book
- Make sure you have a non-Bard email account so you can update the Google Doc BERP document - see what all the other BERPs are doing, LIVE.
- Check out signs you can post (or design your own).
BERPs - Move In - Check your bins - do you have all you need to recycle and re-use: green, red, and "Barry"? Set up a cardboard "BERP Box" to recycle special streams like cell phones, ink jet cartridges and old batteries. You can pick up a real BERP Box at the first BERP meeting. Establish a way to collect plastic bags so they can be recycled at Hannaford. Make sure people understand to flatten their cardboard boxes so they can be recycled.
This Fall - BERPs will lead a political action campaign to raise awareness about "350" culminating in an Oct. 22 judging event and Teach-In- how can college students craft a climate change message that will reach our political leaders? The messages, be it a letter, piece of art, u-tube video, photograph or some combination, will be hand delivered to our Congressman and Senator's offices in Hudson and Albany.
Spring semester - help your hall with Recyclemania - make a sign, knock on some doors, speak with your Ararmark worker...! We recycle 25% of our waste stream - leaders recycle nearly 50%. let's climb that ladder!
MoveOut -Feed BARRY the blue bin using blue bags (available from Aramark or Natalie) and pack up unwanted items for FreeUse! P.S. Barry is allergic to undergarments.
Bulb Swap - Last year BERPs and The Environmental Collective swapped out enough bulbs to save over $1600 in one year!
Working for BERD
BERD has positions available for field workers as well as administrative assistants. Current listings:
http://www.bard.edu/admission/finances/financial_aid/employment/jobs.shtml
Student Clubs:
The Environmental Collective (EC) is a student club focusing on the environmental consciousness of our campus.
Don't forget the Bike Coop - put in some labor on a broken bike, then you can keep it!
New for 2008 - Bard Biodiesel Coop
Get outdoors with the Outdoors Club - discover the hikes and rock climbing of the Hudson Valley
Student Climate Commission
Bard's Climate Commission elected student representative, Spencer Lawrence, has created a Zero Waste subcommittee to help carry out Bard's promise to reach climate neutrality. Send him an email to help: Spencer
Student Papers
Bard students participated in campus energy audits through a Clearwater program.
2005 Clearwater Energy Audit
Select student papers from the Environmental Seminar are also available.
Hydroelectric report (2001)
- A 2006 Senior Project that reported on the feasibility of Hydroelectric on the Sawkill Creek is available in the BERD field office trailer.
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