Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.38
Liaison Laurie Husted
Submission Date June 12, 2014
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STARS v2.0

Bard College
IN-4: Innovation 4

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Eban Goodstein
Director
Bard Center for Environmental Policy
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Title or keywords related to the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
Slow Water: Rivers & Communities in Asia

A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:

Bard proposed the Slow Water project to cross fertilize ideas and knowledge between the faculty and students in Bard's thriving Asian Studies and Environmental & Urban Studies programs, and between those programs and the Bard Graduate Center for Environmental Policy (CEP) with the purpose of enhancing long-term integrated engagement with issues of Asia and the Environment in the Bard curriculum. The Slow Water model provided the inspiration for the work. The intellectual core of the project was the idea that rivers define communities that arise on their banks. Focuses included forest management, land use and their impacts on surface water (rivers and lakes) and communities.


A brief description of any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation (if not reported above):

Seven initiatives were pursued.
1) collaboratively engaged partners in China, Japan and Korea
2) structure experiential and service learning in Asia, including piloting internship programs in all 3 countries.
3) Host conference
4) develop team taught course
5) develop experiential summer course
6) develop J-term course
7) enable faculty exchange
(Additional details provided in letter of affirmation)


A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise:
Which of the following STARS subcategories does the innovation most closely relate to? (Select all that apply up to a maximum of five):
Yes or No
Curriculum Yes
Research Yes
Campus Engagement No
Public Engagement No
Air & Climate No
Buildings No
Dining Services No
Energy No
Grounds No
Purchasing No
Transportation No
Waste No
Water Yes
Coordination, Planning & Governance No
Diversity & Affordability No
Health, Wellbeing & Work No
Investment No

Other topic(s) that the innovation relates to that are not listed above:
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The website URL where information about the innovation is available:
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