http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Fri, 24 May 2013 19:28:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/partnering-to-expand-access-to-water-pepsico-and-cwc-announce-achievement-of-safe-water-goal/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/partnering-to-expand-access-to-water-pepsico-and-cwc-announce-achievement-of-safe-water-goal/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:07:01 +0000 Catherine Fullerton http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35218 Earth Institute partner PepsiCo has achieved its stated goal of partnering with organizations, including the Columbia Water Center, to provide access to safe water to three million people in developing countries by the end of 2015.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/28/partnering-to-expand-access-to-water-pepsico-and-cwc-announce-achievement-of-safe-water-goal/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/02/taking-the-next-step-to-secure-water-sustainability-cwc-and-pepsico-foundation-present-project-successes-at-rio20/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/02/taking-the-next-step-to-secure-water-sustainability-cwc-and-pepsico-foundation-present-project-successes-at-rio20/#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:00:00 +0000 Catherine Fullerton http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=28340 The rural communities of Ceará, Brazil, had long been accustomed to drought and the problems that result: food insecurity, death of livestock, and conflict over scarce water resources. While Ceara’s problems may have been typical of a water scarce region in the developing world, the work of the Columbia Water Center and PepsiCo Foundation has [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/02/taking-the-next-step-to-secure-water-sustainability-cwc-and-pepsico-foundation-present-project-successes-at-rio20/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/18/bringing-access-to-safe-water-in-ceara-brazil-pepsico-foundation-and-the-columbia-water-center-to-participate-in-rio20/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/18/bringing-access-to-safe-water-in-ceara-brazil-pepsico-foundation-and-the-columbia-water-center-to-participate-in-rio20/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:09:33 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=28133 The work of the PepsiCo Foundation and the Columbia Water Center in Ceara, Brazil, provides a case study in the role public-private partnerships in the sustainable management of water sources. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/18/bringing-access-to-safe-water-in-ceara-brazil-pepsico-foundation-and-the-columbia-water-center-to-participate-in-rio20/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/22/water-water-everywhere-but-nary-a-drop-to-drink/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/22/water-water-everywhere-but-nary-a-drop-to-drink/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:00:25 +0000 Upmanu Lall http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=24317 It is a unique challenge of our generation that many in the developing world have cellular phones and TVs, but lack reliable access to water. Odd, perhaps, given that water is marketed as essential for life, a human right, and heart rending pictures of women and children walking miles to fetch water are routinely flashed to tug at everyone’s heart strings.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/22/water-water-everywhere-but-nary-a-drop-to-drink/feed/ 4 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/22/student-aquanauts-to-tackle-water-issues/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/22/student-aquanauts-to-tackle-water-issues/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:03:00 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=24473 “We would like to take on international problems, problems of development, problems in the United States, but have them done with academic content and interest. Instead of people being sent to random places, we would take engineering companies that have an interest in a particular region in solving a problem, and they would bring the problem to the students.”]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/03/22/student-aquanauts-to-tackle-water-issues/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/05/water-scarcity-a-shared-problem-with-a-world-of-solutions/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/05/water-scarcity-a-shared-problem-with-a-world-of-solutions/#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:10:05 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16009 Columbia scientists and affiliates from four continents came together for the first time last week to discuss global water scarcity, present solutions from their own countries, transfer knowledge and present next steps to scale up current projects.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/07/05/water-scarcity-a-shared-problem-with-a-world-of-solutions/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/22/%e2%80%9cyou-are-misinformed%e2%80%9d-planning-for-flood-regime-change/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/22/%e2%80%9cyou-are-misinformed%e2%80%9d-planning-for-flood-regime-change/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:30:27 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=13755 Lately a lot of people are wondering just how helpful the 100-year flood benchmark really is, as places seem to be getting hit by 100-year floods all the time.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/04/22/%e2%80%9cyou-are-misinformed%e2%80%9d-planning-for-flood-regime-change/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/22/irrigation-project-success-in-mali-2/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/22/irrigation-project-success-in-mali-2/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:36:43 +0000 Megan Winston http://blogs-admin.ei.columbia.edu/?p=4954 Columbia Water Center is working in Mali, Africa, as part of its PepsiCo Foundation funded project to improve rural water use and livelihoods. The Mali component of the project aims to develop an effective irrigation system to improve agricultural productivity and food security. In recent months, CWC’s Mali-based staff signed a Memorandum of Understanding with [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/07/22/irrigation-project-success-in-mali-2/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/09/punjab-farmers-adapt-to-shrinking-water-supply-3/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/09/punjab-farmers-adapt-to-shrinking-water-supply-3/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:17:11 +0000 Funding Initiatives Staff http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/support/?p=550 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/09/punjab-farmers-adapt-to-shrinking-water-supply-3/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/15/on-the-surface-of-climate-change/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/15/on-the-surface-of-climate-change/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:55:08 +0000 Columbia Water Center http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=1384 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2009/10/15/on-the-surface-of-climate-change/feed/ 0