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/2011/09/28/community-associations-and-sustainable-development-in-rural-brazil/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/28/community-associations-and-sustainable-development-in-rural-brazil/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:24:44 +0000 Jeremy Hinsdale http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=18086 After spending two days back in the big city of Fortaleza learning about the finer points of water management in the state of Ceará, I’ve returned to the rural municipality of Milhã, ground zero for the Columbia Water Center’s project to improve water access in Brazil’s semi-arid sertão region. Our group is now just three: [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/09/28/community-associations-and-sustainable-development-in-rural-brazil/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/20/the-policy-buffet-part-5-how-the-oil-spill-killed-the-climate-bill-and-why-the-economy-didnt-help-either/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/20/the-policy-buffet-part-5-how-the-oil-spill-killed-the-climate-bill-and-why-the-economy-didnt-help-either/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:00:50 +0000 Adam Fischer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5689 The climate bill has come and gone. Just two months ago, it seemed as though the bill stood a fighting chance, given the buffet of options available to policymakers.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/20/the-policy-buffet-part-5-how-the-oil-spill-killed-the-climate-bill-and-why-the-economy-didnt-help-either/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/18/the-policy-buffet-part-4-eulogizing-the-climate-bill-that-wasn%e2%80%99t/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/18/the-policy-buffet-part-4-eulogizing-the-climate-bill-that-wasn%e2%80%99t/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:37:11 +0000 Adam Fischer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5685 On July 22, just days before the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared that the last decade was the warmest on record, the United States Senate abandoned its effort to put a price on carbon. Comprehensive climate and energy legislation was on life-support for weeks until Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) announced that [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/18/the-policy-buffet-part-4-eulogizing-the-climate-bill-that-wasn%e2%80%99t/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/04/relocation-brings-opportunities-to-participate-in-a-historical-event-in-kenya/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/04/relocation-brings-opportunities-to-participate-in-a-historical-event-in-kenya/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:23:23 +0000 Jaclyn Leigh Carlsen http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5320 On Monday, the Masters in Development Practice interns at the Millennium Village Project in Sauri, Kenya were relocated to Nairobi as a precaution for the constitutional referendum taking place August 4th. Although this put a damper on our projects, it did enable Steph, Denise and I to participate in a historical event and join 55+ [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/04/relocation-brings-opportunities-to-participate-in-a-historical-event-in-kenya/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/03/mapping-peace-protests-and-violence-around-the-kenyan-referendum/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/03/mapping-peace-protests-and-violence-around-the-kenyan-referendum/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:58:01 +0000 Jaclyn Leigh Carlsen http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5165 You may have heard that on Wednesday, August 4, a historic event will be taking place: a referendum deciding the acceptance or rejection of a new constitution for Kenya. The Green side (aka ‘Yes camp’) is headed by President Mwai Kibaki and supported by Kenya prime minister Raila Odinga and much of the parliament. The [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/03/mapping-peace-protests-and-violence-around-the-kenyan-referendum/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/16/when-high-hopes-make-little-sense-why-the-hartwell-paper-fails-to-deliver/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/16/when-high-hopes-make-little-sense-why-the-hartwell-paper-fails-to-deliver/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:49:01 +0000 Adam Fischer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1829 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/16/when-high-hopes-make-little-sense-why-the-hartwell-paper-fails-to-deliver/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/16/obamas-oil-speech-what-wasnt-said/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/16/obamas-oil-speech-what-wasnt-said/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:41:43 +0000 Daniel Stellar http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3133 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/16/obamas-oil-speech-what-wasnt-said/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/10/understanding-water-conflict-in-central-asia-and-solutions/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/10/understanding-water-conflict-in-central-asia-and-solutions/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:36:09 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3015 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/10/understanding-water-conflict-in-central-asia-and-solutions/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/26/a-rogue-water-project/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/26/a-rogue-water-project/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:34:20 +0000 Meghna Bhattacharjee http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2093 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/03/26/a-rogue-water-project/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/22/new-dept-of-interior-water-strategy/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/22/new-dept-of-interior-water-strategy/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:34:18 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=1846 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/02/22/new-dept-of-interior-water-strategy/feed/ 0