Category: General Earth Institute
Some of the world’s leading sustainability practitioners are coming to campus next semester. They will be teaching students as part of a new course, Practicum in Innovative Sustainability Leadership, in the M.S. in Sustainability Management program. The course will cover a range of sustainability issues – from urban sustainability to green products – but it will center on the strategies that sustainability managers use to integrate environmental concerns in the operations of their organizations.
Category> General Earth Institute
Tags> education news, MS in Sustainability Management News, student news
The hard truth is that we know very little about sustaining peace. This is because for decades we have studied the pathologies of war, violence, aggression and conflict – and peace in the context of those processes – but few have studied peace directly.
Category> General Earth Institute
Tags> AC4, Advanced Consortium on Cooperation Conflict and Complexity, post-conflict peacebuilding, sustainability
Today’s increasing emphasis on metrics in sustainability policy and management presents an interesting challenge for ethics. When ethics are discussed, probably one of the last things to come to mind is measuring them, particularly in numeric terms.
Category> General Earth Institute
Tags> Environment, ethics, global sustainability, metrics, sustainability, Sustainability Management, Sustainability Policy and Management News, transparency
The most anticipated event of the Antarctic Forum was the visit to China’s oldest Antarctic Station. Named for one of China’s most incredible human achievements, the station has grown to 15 buildings from its original handful of structures.
Category> Climate, General Earth Institute
Tags> Antarctica, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Remove outside distractions. Place participants in close proximity. Provide opportunities for intellectual stimulation and open dialogue. Promote group activities that are unique and extreme in nature to build common references between the participants. These are the ingredients for structuring an environment for creative group dynamics and problem solving. This is the structure of the Antarctic Forum.
Category> Climate, Earth Sciences, General Earth Institute
Tags> Antarctica, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
When Hurricane Sandy hit last October, the vulnerabilities of the New York/New Jersey region to extreme weather were made all too clear. The Rebuild by Design challenge was launched to find the most innovative ways to make the region more resilient and sustainable.
Category> Ecosystems, General Earth Institute, Natural Disasters, Poverty / Economic Development, Urbanization
Tags> Adaptation, climate change, Communicating Climate, design, Infrastructure, sustainability
On Dec. 3, kick off the holiday giving season by supporting the Earth Institute on the second annual #GivingTuesday. Giving Tuesday is an initiative of the UN Foundation and the 92nd Street Y that follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday and unites the global giving community in a day of giving back.
Category> Donor and Partner News, General Earth Institute
Tags> Donor News, Donor Partner News, givingtuesday, Sustainable Development
The Earth Institute Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES) at Columbia University invites you to enroll in courses this Spring via our Certificate Program in Conservation and Environmental Sustainability.
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Earth Sciences, Ecosystems, Energy, General Earth Institute, Natural Disasters, Ocean Acidification
Tags> eco matters
On November 14, one day before America Recycles Day, members of the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) class of 2014 conducted a waste audit in SIPA’s 4th floor “fishbowl,” the most visible and heavily used area of the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). The audit was hosted by the SIPA Sustainability Committee, of which many ESP students are a part.
Category> General Earth Institute
Tags> education news, MPA in Environmental Science and Policy News, student news
If you want to excite and inspire people about committing to environmental conservation and harmonious social development, why not load them onto a ship and take them to the ends of the Earth?
Category> Climate, General Earth Institute
Tags> Antarctica, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
