http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Thu, 23 May 2013 08:20:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/03/a-sustainable-strategy-to-deal-with-urban-poverty/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/03/a-sustainable-strategy-to-deal-with-urban-poverty/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 21:10:28 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=36157 When architect Fernando Arias first arrived in Kumasi, Ghana last year, he saw unpaved roads, trash burning, garbage everywhere, and shoeless children running all around. He knew he needed to act on their behalf.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/05/03/a-sustainable-strategy-to-deal-with-urban-poverty/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/15/certificate-student-builds-green-roofs/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/15/certificate-student-builds-green-roofs/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:41:26 +0000 CERC Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=35488 Eric Dalski, a student in the Earth Institute Executive Education Certificate Program in Conservation and Environmental Sustainability is building vegetative layers grown on a rooftop. Learn more about his perspectives on the Certificate Program.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/04/15/certificate-student-builds-green-roofs/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/27/upcoming-scientific-fieldwork-a-guide/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/27/upcoming-scientific-fieldwork-a-guide/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:37:46 +0000 Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34499 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. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/27/upcoming-scientific-fieldwork-a-guide/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/20/tensiometers-in-punjab/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/20/tensiometers-in-punjab/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:27:09 +0000 Kavita Jain-Cocks http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=34301 So far, tensiometers have been tested in four central districts of Punjab, initially with more than 500 farmers the first year, and then peaking with an additional 4,500 farmers in 2011 before testing was scaled back. Data showed, on average, a 30 percent reduction in the water used in the test plots when compared with the standard practices employed in the control plots.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/02/20/tensiometers-in-punjab/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/23/rosarios-farm-rising-tides-shrimp-from-the-forest/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/23/rosarios-farm-rising-tides-shrimp-from-the-forest/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:46:27 +0000 David Funkhouser http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=33591 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.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2013/01/23/rosarios-farm-rising-tides-shrimp-from-the-forest/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/panel-on-new-yorks-future-after-sandy/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/panel-on-new-yorks-future-after-sandy/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:52:33 +0000 Earth Institute http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32690 In a live webcast this afternoon from Hunter College, Earth Institute scientists Cynthia Rosenzweig and Klaus Jacob will join a panel on “Hurricane Sandy and Challenges to the NY Metropolitan Region.”]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/12/03/panel-on-new-yorks-future-after-sandy/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/16/the-future-of-transportation-more-safety-savings-and-sustainability/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/16/the-future-of-transportation-more-safety-savings-and-sustainability/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:39:22 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32350 Though driverless cars sound like something out of the “The Jetsons,” they are just one of many innovations already under way in the realm of personal transportation. ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/16/the-future-of-transportation-more-safety-savings-and-sustainability/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/09/new-courses-in-conservation-sustainability/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/09/new-courses-in-conservation-sustainability/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:17:07 +0000 Brian Kateman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=32086 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.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/11/09/new-courses-in-conservation-sustainability/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/22/courses-in-conservation-sustainability/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/22/courses-in-conservation-sustainability/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:52:35 +0000 Brian Kateman http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=29718 Are you interested in cultivating the skills necessary to implement environmental change? Do you want to learn more about conservation and environmental sustainability, including ecosystem services and function? ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/22/courses-in-conservation-sustainability/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/22/whats-holding-water-conservation-back-in-rockland-county/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/22/whats-holding-water-conservation-back-in-rockland-county/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:44:45 +0000 Kim Martineau http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=29698 Rockland County’s main water provider, United Water NY, wants to build a treatment plant on the Hudson River that would deliver more freshwater to Rockland taps. As the project awaits state approval, a new debate on water consumption has emerged. Should people be encouraged, or even required, to use less? And if so, how?]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/22/whats-holding-water-conservation-back-in-rockland-county/feed/ 1