Arriving Our group of Peace Corps (P.C.) Volunteers arrived in Cameroon on September 21st, 2012, coinciding with 50 years of P.C. partnership between the U.S. and Cameroon. Subsequently, our swearing-in ceremony as P.C. volunteers was an impressive event located in the “Palais de Congrès” in Yaoundé (the capital of the …
Potential for Green Technologies in Different Fields Posted on January 14, 2013 by Maggie Yayac As part of my master’s degree at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, I worked for Global Future Solutions (GFS) as an environmental consultant from June to November 2012. GFS researches green chemistry solutions for the oil and gas, bio-remediation, …
“We’re getting rowdy!” – Rob Friedman In December, government and citizen representatives from 190 countries around the world met in Doha, Qatar to create an international agreement on climate change action following the end of the Kyoto Protocol. The outcome of Doha was predictable in the lack of …