About

This blog is a meeting ground for current CEP students and alumni. It’s purpose is to be a clearing house for internship and job postings. Upcoming events, conferences, and housing opportunities will be posted here as well.

The Bard Center for Environmental Policy was founded in 1999 on the premise that scientists, economists, lawyers, ethicists, and policy makers must understand one another’s perspectives and values in order to engage critical environmental issues.

The graduate program launched in 2001 with the belief that policy solutions to both global issues, such as climate change, and local issues, such as PCB dredging in the Hudson River, need to be approached from an integrated perspective, not solely through the lens of one profession or another, and that this should be done with an eye to the best available scientific knowledge.

The program graduated its first cohort in 2003. Initially offering a two-year M.S. and a one-year Professional Certificate in environmental policy, the program now also offers students the opportunity to enroll in a two-year M.S. or one-year Professional Certificate program in climate science & policy. Students may also elect to participate in the Master’s International program with the Peace Corps or earn joint-degrees with Pace Law School (M.S./J.D.) and Bard’s MAT Program (M.S./M.A.T.). Bard College undergraduates have the opportunity to enroll in Bard CEP’s 3+2 program.

Under the direction of Dr. Eban Goodstein, the Bard Center for Environmental Policy sponsors two public programs. Campus2Congress (C2C) and the National Climate Seminar. Students at Bard CEP and across the country engage in high-level discussions with political leaders in Washington about climate and energy policy. This past spring, students at 100 colleges and universities talked directly with dozens of Senate climate staff in DC through C2C dialogues.

For more on Bard CEP and it’s programs visit our website.