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, 22 May 2013 16:33:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/11/students-saturday-science/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/11/students-saturday-science/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 16:08:02 +0000 Tamara Plummer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26507 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/11/students-saturday-science/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/15/17th-annual-international-sustainable-development-research-conference/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/15/17th-annual-international-sustainable-development-research-conference/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:20:10 +0000 Tamara Plummer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15452 “We have in the world today two dangerously different views of the future,” the view of natural scientists and the view of economists, says Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute and a keynote speaker at the 17th annual International Sustainable Development Conference. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/15/17th-annual-international-sustainable-development-research-conference/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/25/isdrc-17-a-sustainable-future-begins-here/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/25/isdrc-17-a-sustainable-future-begins-here/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 15:37:00 +0000 Tamara Plummer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15014 This post was written by Pablo Villoch On May 7-10 the Earth Institute, Columbia University, hosted the 17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, in partnership with the United Nations Division of Sustainable Development (UNDSD) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). Following are some notes from the conference. More than 400 researchers from over [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/25/isdrc-17-a-sustainable-future-begins-here/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/18/celebrating-earth-and-our-impact/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/18/celebrating-earth-and-our-impact/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:28:16 +0000 Tamara Plummer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13724 Earth Week 2011 (April 17-23) here at Columbia University we will focus on the area of environmental impact. Following the lead of the No Impact Project, this year’s celebration will be themed: “NO IMPACT WEEK 2011.” ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/18/celebrating-earth-and-our-impact/feed/ 4 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/17/a-dialogue-of-two-cities-new-york-city-and-shanghai/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/17/a-dialogue-of-two-cities-new-york-city-and-shanghai/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:01:49 +0000 Tamara Plummer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=12949 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/03/17/a-dialogue-of-two-cities-new-york-city-and-shanghai/feed/ 5 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/13/carbon-capture-policy-change-and-my-first-assignment/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/13/carbon-capture-policy-change-and-my-first-assignment/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:26:22 +0000 Tamara Plummer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=10591 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/01/13/carbon-capture-policy-change-and-my-first-assignment/feed/ 0