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Non-Partisan Talks on US Environmental Politics: Speakers Available in Your Area for the Fall

  • 1.  Non-Partisan Talks on US Environmental Politics: Speakers Available in Your Area for the Fall

    Posted 08-18-2016 15:06

    Politics & Environment Education Project

    --Please forward to interested colleagues-- 


    With the election on everyone's mind, environmental educators are on the look out for ways to engage our students in a non-partisan understanding of US environmental politics. The Politics and Environment Education Project has recruited volunteer academic and NGO experts willing to give non-partisan talks on environmental politics, at no charge, in states across the country. Click here to find a speaker near you  Please contact me if you would like to get in touch with one of these speakers, would like to sign up to be a speaker yourself, or just want more information. 


    Talks can be a public lecture, a brown bag, or for a class.

    My version of the talk focuses on how the US moved from an era of bipartisan compromise and global policy leadership, to an era of partisan gridlock, and what the future might hold. Entitled: "Republicans, Democrats and Sustainability:  Recovering Bipartisan Environmental Politics", you can see an on-line webinar version here.  I still have a few days left in my fall schedule for talks within Bard's NY/NJ/CT/MA 4-hour commuting shadow, so please drop me a note if you are "local" and interested. 

    In addition, The Bard Center for Environmental Policy is also focusing our fall webinar series on the general topic of Politics and the Environment: the format is 15 minutes of presentation followed by 45 minutes of Q&A. 

    7-Sep    US Environmental Politics: Consensus to Gridlock & Beyond
                    Eban Goodstein, Bard CEP
    21-Sep   Rebuilding BiPartisan Support for Climate Action
                     Fred Rich, Author Getting to Green
    5-Oct     Clinton & Trump: What to Expect on The Environment & Climate
                     Dallas Burtraw, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
    19-Oct   The Youth Vote & the Environment
                     Alica Prevost, Defend Our Future
    2-Nov    Common Threat, Common Ground
                     Liz Joyner, The Village Square
    16-Nov  The Post Election Climate for Climate Action
                     Bill Mckibben, 350.org


    All talks are at noon eastern. Webinars will be recorded for follow-on public access. Log-in information to follow. 


    In the midst of all the media noise, our students will be well-served by some historical perspective. Thanks for the work you are doing,


    Eban


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    Eban Goodstein
    Director,Bard Center for Environmental Policy and
    Director,Bard MBA in Sustainability
    Bard College
    Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
    www.bard.edu/cep
    845-758-7067 (t) / 845-758-7636 (f)