http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:31:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/10/microsoft-and-the-earth-institute-launch-rural-technology-lab-in-mali/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/10/microsoft-and-the-earth-institute-launch-rural-technology-lab-in-mali/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:22:19 +0000 Emily Rothenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=8222 By Matt Berg, ICT Director, Millennium Villages Project To demonstrate the critical role technology can play in achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty, the Earth Institute, Columbia University has partnered with Microsoft’s Unlimited Potential Community Technology Skills program to establish a computer programmer training center at the Millennium Villages project (MVP) office [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/10/microsoft-and-the-earth-institute-launch-rural-technology-lab-in-mali/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/04/aditya-birla-group-and-edf-group-join-the-earth-institute-corporate-circle/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/04/aditya-birla-group-and-edf-group-join-the-earth-institute-corporate-circle/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:27:06 +0000 Emily Rothenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=11212 The Earth Institute is pleased to welcome the the Aditya Birla Group and the EDF Group into the Corporate Circle, a collective partnership of leading corporations from across the globe committed to pursuing sustainable development objectives. The Aditya Birla Group, the Corporate Circle’s newest Strategic Partner, is a $29 billion corporation in the league of [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/02/04/aditya-birla-group-and-edf-group-join-the-earth-institute-corporate-circle/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/05/timor-leste-sustainable-development-initiative-launched-by-the-vale-columbia-center-in-partnership-with-the-revenue-watch-institute-and-the-open-society-foundations/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/05/timor-leste-sustainable-development-initiative-launched-by-the-vale-columbia-center-in-partnership-with-the-revenue-watch-institute-and-the-open-society-foundations/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:50:02 +0000 Emily Rothenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=10270 The Open Society Foundations have awarded $800,000 to the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment to promote integrated development in Timor-Leste in collaboration with the Revenue Watch Institute (RWI). Though rich in oil and gas, the island nation of Timor-Leste remains one of the least developed countries in the world.  To use its revenues [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/05/timor-leste-sustainable-development-initiative-launched-by-the-vale-columbia-center-in-partnership-with-the-revenue-watch-institute-and-the-open-society-foundations/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/28/eni-joins-the-earth-institutes-corporate-circle-as-a-strategic-partner/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/28/eni-joins-the-earth-institutes-corporate-circle-as-a-strategic-partner/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:01:08 +0000 Emily Rothenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=10171 Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni and Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs announced that the two partners would work together on key projects promoting sustainable development in Africa. The announcement was made at this year’s UN Global Compact Leaders Summit in the presence of Georg Kell, the Global Compact’s executive director. The collaboration is part of the [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/12/28/eni-joins-the-earth-institutes-corporate-circle-as-a-strategic-partner/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/nestle-supports-food-and-nutrition-systems-within-the-millennium-villages-project/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/nestle-supports-food-and-nutrition-systems-within-the-millennium-villages-project/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:34:18 +0000 Emily Rothenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6764 New York, September 21 – Today, Nestlé pledged a two-year, $400,000 grant to support food and nutrition system initiatives led by the Earth Institute, Columbia University, within the Millennium Villages project. Funds will be used to advance progress towards eliminating hunger, increasing food security, and achieving the nutrition-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the 14 [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/21/nestle-supports-food-and-nutrition-systems-within-the-millennium-villages-project/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/01/deutsche-bank-and-columbia-climate-center-enhance-global-climate-change-policy-tracker/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/01/deutsche-bank-and-columbia-climate-center-enhance-global-climate-change-policy-tracker/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:54:07 +0000 Emily Rothenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=6085 The Earth Institute, Columbia University is pleased to announce that Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA) of Deutsche Asset Management will continue work with Columbia Climate Center (CCC) researchers to update and enhance their Global Climate Change Policy Tracker. The Policy Tracker is a computer model that estimates the impact of policies on greenhouse gas [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/01/deutsche-bank-and-columbia-climate-center-enhance-global-climate-change-policy-tracker/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/20/newlyweds-aylin-tugberk-and-john-amore-direct-wedding-gifts-to-the-earth-institute/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/20/newlyweds-aylin-tugberk-and-john-amore-direct-wedding-gifts-to-the-earth-institute/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:52:11 +0000 Emily Rothenberg http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5772 When John Amore and Aylin Tugberk married at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Brooklyn this past June, they were following three-generations of family who have celebrated and worshiped there. But another aspect of the couple’s wedding was anything but traditional: instead of creating a typical gift registry, John and Aylin asked guests to make donations to Girl Scouts of America and to the Earth Institute in honor of their wedding. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/20/newlyweds-aylin-tugberk-and-john-amore-direct-wedding-gifts-to-the-earth-institute/feed/ 3