Bard College + Community

As with anything, the practice of incorporating knowledge and habits into our daily routine is both enriching and can make a difference.  A shout out to our intrepid coach Laurie Husted whose guidance and encouragement is changing the world.  

Plant-Rich diets is one of the drawdown solutions in this sector. This eco-challenge has pushed me to eat less meat and be less wasteful, and it's amazing how much healthier it is for us as will as reducing greenhouse emissions. 

Regenerative agriculture is profitable! "In fact, a recent study found that farms with regenerative practices were 78% more profitable than those with only conventional practices. Regenerative farmers can give up some yield if it means making more profits, which regenerative agriculture makes possible by growing higher-margin crops and...

Everyone deserves a good environment. Everyone deserves a sense of community in a place that makes them feel safe, happy, and healthy. 

I think the biggest issue I can think of is waste, plastic, and contaminants. All of this trash ends up in our rivers and lakes. Using less plastic is a good place to start. 

COVID-19 has helped me go further by choosing to not use paper at all. Virtually, I can keep most documents on my computer. 

I find it really easy to use the entire vegetable when making smoothies. It blends up so nicely, as long as it is edible, you might as well throw it in! You can also use leftovers for compost in the garden. :)

Hopefully knowing these differences will make our household have less food waste! 

I definitely didn't know about the many different kinds of biomass residues. I had only heard about combustion, but not Gasification, Fast pyrolysis, Carbonisation & torrefaction, and Anaerobic digestion

I want to be able to live out the rest of my life, and not have the earth die in the process!