Tag: conservation
When the Environmental Defense Fund asked me to measure how biogas cook stoves were changing the lives of farmers in rural India, there wasn’t a word in that question with which I was comfortable. Having just graduated from the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development, I had never done fieldwork; and the concept of a biogas digester, which turns cow dung into natural gas through anaerobic digestion, was itself a mystery. I had no idea that this was the beginning of a steep learning curve into low-carbon development at a large scale. But even more, that it would provide a window into the lives of families whose existences have permanently improved thanks to the clean cooking stoves.
Category> Energy, General Earth Institute, Global Health, Poverty / Economic Development
Tags> Asia, conservation, Developing Countries, Energy, Environment, India, Infrastructure, Sustainable Development, undergraduate major in sustainable development, undergraduate program in sustainable development news, undergraduate special concentration in sustainable development
A new report produced by CIESIN and Yale University examines the role of indicators in environmental policy making, and quantifies measurable impacts.
Category> Economics, General Earth Institute, population
Tags> conservation, policy making
“This is a mess, and it is a mess that we have not attended to yet,” Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs said at a conference on water security held today at Columbia University. “Humanity is the driver, but we don’t have our hands on the steering wheel very much.”
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Economics, General Earth Institute, Poverty / Economic Development, Water
Tags> Climate and Agriculture, climate change, conservation, Global Warming, Groundwater, Infrastructure, State of the Planet 2013, Surface Water, Sustainable Development, water matters, Water Scarcity
Earth Institute research expeditions investigating the dynamics of the planet on all levels take place on every continent and every ocean. Most projects originate with our main research center, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and are often run in collaboration with other institutions.
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Earth Sciences, Earthquakes, Ecosystems, General Earth Institute, Ocean Acidification, Urbanization, Water
Tags> Adaptation, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, biodiversity, Climate, Climate Science, conservation, Earthquakes, Environment, Global Warming, Greenland, India, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, lamont doherty earth observatory, Media Advisories, North America, sustainability
Rosario Costa-Cabral and her brothers harvest hundreds of fruits, oils and wood products from the stream-laced forest of the Amazon River delta. But the climate here is changing: Tides rise higher, and seasonal floods are growing worse.
Category> Agriculture-Food, Climate, Ecosystems, Poverty / Economic Development
Tags> agroforestry, Amazon rainforest, Amazon River, Brazil, Climate and Agriculture, climate change, Climate Science, conservation, Developing Countries, eco matters, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, sustainability, Sustainable Development
Working with engineering PhD candidate Rob Elliott, we imagined a green roof and blue roof system that would serve as a space for environmental education and student wellness, the culmination of a semester spent examining and taking action on stormwater management issues in New York City.
Category> General Earth Institute, Urbanization, Water
Tags> Adaptation, conservation, education, Infrastructure, New York City, Surface Water, Sustainable Development, water matters
“Everything is so alive in the forest. After a nice summer rain it teems with insects, birds and the famous coquis, Puerto Rico’s native frogs. The song of the coquis take a little getting used to, but they soon lull you to sleep in the humid nights,” says Jennifer Mendez, a student in the first class of the Summer Ecosystem Experience for Undergraduates in Puerto Rico.
Category> Ecosystems, General Earth Institute
Tags> conservation, eco matters, ecology, nature, study abroad, wildlife
The Center for Environmental Research and Conservation provides executive training in environmental sustainability through science, policy, and economics; we invite you to learn from our leading experts and practitioners to become an effective environmental leader and decision-maker.
Category> Ecosystems
Tags> conservation, eco matters, Environment, sustainability
Biologist Marina Cords has been studying monkey social behavior in western Kenya’s protected Kakamega Forest since 1979. Her work has led to insights about how primates manage conflicts, mate and carry out other social functions closely related to human behavior.
Category> Ecosystems
Tags> Africa, conservation, Environment, monkeys
In a gigantic and remote rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a team of scientists have discovered a new species of Old World monkey known as the “Lesula.”
Category> Ecosystems
Tags> biodiversity, Biology, conservation, eco, eco matters, ecology, ecosystem, evolution, green, monkey, nature, science, wildlife
