http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sun, 19 May 2013 09:20:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/17/national-grid-joins-the-corporate-circle/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/17/national-grid-joins-the-corporate-circle/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 15:15:43 +0000 Catherine Fullerton http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36756 The Earth Institute is pleased to welcome National Grid into the Corporate Circle, a collective partnership of leading corporations from across the globe committed to pursuing sustainable development objectives. Through a generous gift, National Grid will support sustainable energy research at the Earth Institute. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/17/national-grid-joins-the-corporate-circle/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/16/auction-proceeds-to-benefit-the-millennium-villages/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/16/auction-proceeds-to-benefit-the-millennium-villages/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 18:26:24 +0000 Gina Ackerman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36618 Renowned collector and Wall Street money manager William H. Gross sold pieces from his unparalleled U.S. stamp collection for the first time at an auction at the Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries here in New York on April 9. Since 2008, Bill and his wife Sue have donated over $19 million to the Millennium Villages project, and they continued their generosity by donating the proceeds from the auction to the Earth Institute and to Doctors Without Borders. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/16/auction-proceeds-to-benefit-the-millennium-villages/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/16/a-partnership-to-promote-change-climate-ride-and-the-earth-institute-2/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/16/a-partnership-to-promote-change-climate-ride-and-the-earth-institute-2/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:53:40 +0000 Catherine Fullerton http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35646 Climate Ride, a national organization promoting climate change awareness, and the Earth Institute recently announced their new partnership. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/16/a-partnership-to-promote-change-climate-ride-and-the-earth-institute-2/feed/ 0 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/2013/03/13/pedaling-to-power-a-movement-an-invitation-to-join-climate-ride-2013/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/13/pedaling-to-power-a-movement-an-invitation-to-join-climate-ride-2013/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:52:46 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34951 Student Scott Miller, who raised $3,000 for the Earth Institute last year on a 300-mile bike ride from New York to Washington, plans to do it again, and he’s inviting you to join him.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/03/13/pedaling-to-power-a-movement-an-invitation-to-join-climate-ride-2013/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/18/extraordinary-support-for-sustainable-development/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/18/extraordinary-support-for-sustainable-development/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:03:21 +0000 Gina Ackerman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34160 Visit the interactive digital Earth Institute 2012 Annual Donor Report to see some of the remarkable projects, initiatives and achievements that have been made possible through the support and advocacy of donors, students, faculty and staff in fiscal year 2012.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/18/extraordinary-support-for-sustainable-development/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/28/10-reasons-to-make-a-gift-to-the-earth-institute-by-december-31st/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/28/10-reasons-to-make-a-gift-to-the-earth-institute-by-december-31st/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:16:29 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=33287 Thanks to the support and advocacy of our donors, partners, volunteers and students, the Earth Institute made great strides toward sustainable development in 2012. We wanted to share a list of ten accomplishments made possible through our combined efforts.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/28/10-reasons-to-make-a-gift-to-the-earth-institute-by-december-31st/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/10/new-software-speeds-carbon-footprinting/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/10/new-software-speeds-carbon-footprinting/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:12:28 +0000 Catherine Fullerton http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31088 Taking a big step towards helping companies accurately label the carbon footprint of their products, researchers at the Earth Institute have developed new software that can calculate the carbon footprints of thousands of products simultaneously.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/10/new-software-speeds-carbon-footprinting/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/20/ikea-foundation-pledges-2-5-million-to-earth-institute-project-in-india/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/20/ikea-foundation-pledges-2-5-million-to-earth-institute-project-in-india/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 18:19:41 +0000 Catherine Fullerton http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=30593 In partnership with Earth Institute researchers, the IKEA Foundation has pledged over $2.5 million to help improve the quality of education through pilot projects in two Indian states. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/20/ikea-foundation-pledges-2-5-million-to-earth-institute-project-in-india/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/05/taking-steps-together-in-the-right-direction/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/05/taking-steps-together-in-the-right-direction/#comments Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:22:37 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=28588 The latest 2012 Climate Change Policy Tracker report released by Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors in partnership with the Columbia Climate Center shows that while current policies lead to emissions reductions, there is significant distance to go to reach “safe” levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases by 2020.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/07/05/taking-steps-together-in-the-right-direction/feed/ 0