| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.38 |
| Liaison | Laurie Husted |
| Submission Date | June 12, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Bard College
EN-3: Student Life
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.00 / 2.00 |
Laurie
Husted Sustainability Manager Bard Office of Sustainability (BoS) |
Does the institution have one or more co-curricular sustainability programs and initiatives that fall into the following categories?:
| Yes or No | |
| Active student groups focused on sustainability | Yes |
| Gardens, farms, community supported agriculture (CSA) or fishery programs, or urban agriculture projects where students are able to gain experience in organic agriculture and sustainable food systems | Yes |
| Student-run enterprises that include sustainability as part of their mission statements or stated purposes | Yes |
| Sustainable investment funds, green revolving funds or sustainable microfinance initiatives through which students can develop socially, environmentally and fiscally responsible investment and financial skills | Yes |
| Conferences, speaker series, symposia or similar events related to sustainability that have students as the intended audience | Yes |
| Cultural arts events, installations or performances related to sustainability that have students as the intended audience | Yes |
| Wilderness or outdoors programs that follow Leave No Trace principles | Yes |
| Sustainability-related themes chosen for themed semesters, years, or first-year experiences | Yes |
| Programs through which students can learn sustainable life skills | Yes |
| Sustainability-focused student employment opportunities offered by the institution | Yes |
| Graduation pledges through which students pledge to consider social and environmental responsibility in future job and other decisions | Yes |
| Other co-curricular sustainability programs and initiatives | Yes |
The name and a brief description of each student group focused on sustainability:
The Environmental Collective (EC) is a student run organization for the promotion of social justice, environmental welfare, and economic security on-campus and beyond. In the past, we have installed water bottle filters, screened documentaries, promoted ecological policies on campus, hosted call-ins for national climate legislation and collaborated with local citizen groups for international days of action.
The website URL where information about student groups is available:
A brief description of gardens, farms, community supported agriculture (CSA) or fishery programs, and urban agriculture projects where students are able to gain experience in organic agriculture and sustainable food systems:
The Bard Farm is a 1.25 acre sustainable urban farm that organically grows fruits and vegetables to sell to Chartwells, the campus dining service. Located on Bard’s campus and worked by students, the farm, with its visibility and its accessibility, demonstrates the realities of small-scale farming and the potential for community to develop around food. The Bard community also has an organic garden. It is not divided into plots, but rather grown in full by anyone who wants to participate. Food is harvested by anyone who needs it (usually the custodial staff in recent years). There is some work-study available, but it is mostly run by volunteers. It is a garden and not a farm, and because it's terraced, requires a lot of handwork. The college also has a multi stakeholder program knows as BardEATS. Eating Awareness Transforms Society. The Bard EATS program spotlights issues asking where our food comes from, how the workers are treated, and where the animals live.
The website URL where information about the organic agriculture and/or sustainable food systems projects and initiatives is available:
A brief description of student-run enterprises that include sustainability as part of their mission statements or stated purposes:
Biodiesel Cooperative
The website URL where information about the student-run enterprise(s) is available:
A brief description of the sustainable investment or finance initiatives:
Socially Responsible Investment Council (SRIC)
The website URL where information about the sustainable investment or finance initiatives is available:
A brief description of conferences, speaker series, symposia or similar events related to sustainability that have students as the intended audience:
Bard hosts an all campus yearly conference known as the Princeton Wedge workshop. Biweekly Campus to Congress (C2C) calls are offered during the academic year through the Center for Environmental Policy (BardCEP).
The website URL where information about the event(s) is available:
A brief description of cultural arts events, installations or performances related to sustainability that have students as the intended audience:
multiple senior projects
The website URL where information about the cultural arts event(s) is available:
A brief description of wilderness or outdoors programs for students that follow Leave No Trace principles:
The Bard Outdoors Club runs outings such as hiking, backpacking/camping in the Catskills and Adirondacks, rock climbing in the Gunks (best climbing in NE), skiing/riding, and canoeing.
The website URL where information about the wilderness or outdoors program(s) is available:
A brief description of sustainability-related themes chosen for themed semesters, years, or first-year experiences:
Citizen Science first year program
The website URL where information about the theme is available:
A brief description of program(s) through which students can learn sustainable life skills:
EcoReps
The website URL where information about the sustainable life skills program(s) is available:
A brief description of sustainability-focused student employment opportunities:
The Office of Sustainability (BoS) hires students to perform over 70 weekly hours of labor on campus that incorporates sustainability principles.
The website URL where information about the student employment opportuntities is available:
A brief description of graduation pledges through which students pledge to consider social and environmental responsibility in future job and other decisions:
last year's seniors took a pledge
The website URL where information about the graduation pledge program is available:
A brief description of other co-curricular sustainability programs and initiatives:
Bard participates in Recyclemania and Campus Conservation Nationals
The website URL where information about other co-curricular sustainability programs and initiatives is available:
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