http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:56:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/10/with-1000-days-left-to-reach-mdgs-a-look-back-and-forward/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/10/with-1000-days-left-to-reach-mdgs-a-look-back-and-forward/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:50:26 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35501 The 1,000-day milestone to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) gathered professors Jeffrey Sachs, Prabhjot Singh, and Vijay Modi on April 4 for the Sustainable Development Seminar Series to take a critical look at how far the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) has come in the eight years since its founding and analyze what still needs to be accomplished.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/10/with-1000-days-left-to-reach-mdgs-a-look-back-and-forward/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/21/keeping-track-the-state-of-the-planet/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/21/keeping-track-the-state-of-the-planet/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:46:40 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34030 Watch highlights of last October's "State of the Planet" summit, which brought experts together to discuss the challenges of sustainable development, climate change and the environment, as well as some of the solutions.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/21/keeping-track-the-state-of-the-planet/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/glenn-dennings-road-to-bali-and-the-earth-institute/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/glenn-dennings-road-to-bali-and-the-earth-institute/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:33:47 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32528 Glenn Denning grew up in Brisbane, Australia, loved the outdoors and hated the idea of working in an office. And, he really didn’t have any urge to go to other countries. Then he happened to overhear a conversation in a hallway between two students. That bit of serendipity sent him on a road to a life overseas; to key roles in “green revolutions” in Asia and Africa; and eventually to an office at Columbia University, and the Earth Institute.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/glenn-dennings-road-to-bali-and-the-earth-institute/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/08/mdp-students-map-kisumu-health-facilities/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/08/mdp-students-map-kisumu-health-facilities/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:03:46 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=31071 Two Masters in Development Practice students, Paloma Ruiz Gonzalez and Marianna Costa Checa, used their MDP practicum this past summer to assist the Millennium Cities Initiative in mapping and surveying all health facilities in the Millennium City of Kisumu, Kenya, at the request of the city government and local health officials.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/10/08/mdp-students-map-kisumu-health-facilities/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/15/mcis-mdg-based-multi-sector-household-survey-findings-well-received-by-kisumu-stakeholders/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/15/mcis-mdg-based-multi-sector-household-survey-findings-well-received-by-kisumu-stakeholders/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:37:08 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=29460 A new survey conducted in three informal settlements in Kisumu, Kenya, examined poverty at the household level, gleaning information on the quality of life experienced by individuals living in such settlements. A follow-up workshop gave researchers a chance to share the information with local residents and hear their thoughts on the needs of poor neighborhoods.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/15/mcis-mdg-based-multi-sector-household-survey-findings-well-received-by-kisumu-stakeholders/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/09/un-secretary-general-names-ei-director-jeffrey-sachs-to-lead-sustainability-project/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/09/un-secretary-general-names-ei-director-jeffrey-sachs-to-lead-sustainability-project/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:47:30 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=29350 The Sustainable Development Solutions Network will bring together public and private research centers to address some of the urgent social, environmental and economic problems raised during the recent Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/09/un-secretary-general-names-ei-director-jeffrey-sachs-to-lead-sustainability-project/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/08/goals-for-rio-a-path-to-sustainability/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/08/goals-for-rio-a-path-to-sustainability/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:47:05 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=27792 In an article published in The Lancet, Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs outlines his own ideas for sustainable development goals, and how how these goals can build on the Millennium Development Goals, the UN’s set of targets that aim to reduce extreme poverty and boost social well-being in many other ways by 2015.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/08/goals-for-rio-a-path-to-sustainability/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/23/regional-partnership-promotes-trade-and-investment-in-three-sub-saharan-cities/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/23/regional-partnership-promotes-trade-and-investment-in-three-sub-saharan-cities/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 19:43:36 +0000 Susan Blaustein http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=27183 MCI's Regional Partnership to Promote Trade and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa held its regional meeting May 7-9, in Mekelle, Ethiopia, where delegations from the three participating Millennium Cities were able to hold extended, frank discussions with their colleagues and with private sector investors, who did not hesitate to describe precisely what it is that local and foreign investors need and look for, in order for their businesses to grow and prosper.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/23/regional-partnership-promotes-trade-and-investment-in-three-sub-saharan-cities/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/18/new-grants-to-extend-reach-of-africa%e2%80%99s-green-revolution/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/18/new-grants-to-extend-reach-of-africa%e2%80%99s-green-revolution/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 18:58:43 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26889 Two new programs in Ethiopia and Tanzania will adapt modern technology such as an innovative “lab-in-a-box,” smartphones and web-based communications, along with training for agricultural extension workers, to broaden the reach of Africa's “Green Revolution.”]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/18/new-grants-to-extend-reach-of-africa%e2%80%99s-green-revolution/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/10/johnson-johnson-donates-75000-to-help-lower-infant-mortality-in-ethiopia/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/10/johnson-johnson-donates-75000-to-help-lower-infant-mortality-in-ethiopia/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 19:56:08 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26430 It’s said that practice makes perfect, and that saying couldn’t be truer than for health care workers trying to save newborn lives in low-income settings. Without frequent retraining and refresher workshops, such skills deteriorate over time. The need for these workshops is especially strong in Ethiopia, where the infant mortality rate is 77.12 deaths per 1,000 babies, placing it among the worst worldwide.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/10/johnson-johnson-donates-75000-to-help-lower-infant-mortality-in-ethiopia/feed/ 0