Environmental and Urban Studies Program

Spotlight

Blue Russell presents EUS Senior Project results to the South Twin Lakes Association 

Bard Environmental and Urban Studies Students Visit Hudson Valley Farm Hub
Students from the EUS Practicum “Re-imagined Farms in Re-imagined Spaces” taught by Katrina Light, Bard’s Supervisor of Food and Agricultural Programs, recently paid a visit to the Farm Hub to learn about organic farming practices and a variety of initiatives.

What Lives in Fog?
-The Atlantic

Other Announcements
Studying, protecting, and sharing our local watershed: EUS participates in grants promoting community science, sustainable trail design, and dam assessment.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently awarded Bard two Hudson River Estuary Program grants, in addition to one awarded in 2015 to support the development of a science-based community stewardship group called the Saw Kill Watershed Community (SKWC). The two new grants are both feasibility studies, one to plan for improvements to trails along the water, and one to determine next steps for a dam along the Saw Kill. Bard was also awarded a one-million-dollar NYSERDA grant to study the feasibility of micro-hydroelectric power generation on the Saw Kill and similar waterways. EUS faculty, staff, students and partners are part of all of these projects.

Our Affiliates

• Bard Center for Environmental Policy (CEP)
• Bard Center for the Study of Land, Air, and Water
• Bard College Farm
• Bard Office of Sustainability and Sustainability Council
• Bard Water Lab
• Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
• Center for Civic Engagement (CCE)
• Hudsonia
• Landscape & Arboretum Program
• Saw Kill Watershed Community (SKWC)
• The Montgomery Place Campus
• Trustee Leader Scholars (TLS)

See also: 

• Bard's Sustainability overview

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