Author: Columbia Climate School52
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Environmental Thesis Project: Green Roofs Could Help NYC Sewage System
Using a computer model she built herself, Debra Tillinger, an environmental science major, came up with a prediction as to how much better New York City’s sewage system would function if plant-covered roofs throughout the city slowed the flow of rainwater to the sewers. Tillinger’s research, which was part of her theses project for her…
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Graduate Students Gain Practical Skills in Environmental Policy and Management
There was little rest this summer for students in Columbia’s Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy, who spent the last few months sharpening their knowledge of management and policy issues through the Workshop in Applied Earth Systems Management. Fifty-eight Masters’ candidates gathered in five project teams to design a detailed operational…
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A Meeting with the Honorable Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh
On July 1, 2005, Nirupam Bajpai, Senior Development Adviser and Director of the South Asia Program at the Center on Globalization & Sustainable Development (CGSD), met with the Honorable Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi to discuss how The Earth Institute can help India expand the delivery of needed services to rural…