Author: Kyu Lee2

I help manage traditional media, social media, online marketing, knowledge management and partnership development for the Earth Institute. Also work with the Millennium Villages Project to communicate progress made on the MDGs to the wider public. New York native, worked as a reporter and editor for ten years at a now defunct newspaper which covered international development and the United Nations. Since then had stints at the Council on Foreign Relations and Millennium Promise. Blurry picture is me and my nephew, William. Visit website »

Pod of the Planet Ep. 7: Oiled and Spoiled

Ten years ago today, the broken pipeline from Deepwater Horizon was finally capped after spewing 168 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico over 87 long days.
Pod of the Planet Ep. 6: The Young and the Radio

In an online workshop, students produced audio commentaries on their coronavirus experience—how they were managing and what advice they might offer their peers.
Pod of the Planet Ep.5: Look After Yourself

Discussion on home life, home schooling and pathways forward for climate research and policy in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Then Robbie Parks on the effects climate, weather, and our environment have on health outcomes and mental health.
Pod of the Planet Ep.4: Drawing Circles Around Economies

Herman E. Daly examines possible paths to less fragile global systems with Kate Raworth, whose “doughnut economics” model aims to build economic policies and metrics that put thriving ahead of growing.
Pod of the Planet Ep.3: Transport for the People

An interview with Professor Jacqueline Klopp on how travel early in her life affected her career.
Pod of the Planet Ep.2: Disasters Won’t Wait

Communicating science is tough and we thought asking all our guests to come up with a haiku describing their work might be a good place to start, because who doesn’t like a good haiku?
Introducing Pod of the Planet

This podcast is an opportunity open to everyone at EI looking to explore some big questions: What is sustainable development? Why do we do what we do? And ultimately who we are.
Earth Institute Director Alex Halliday Honored with Knighthood

Years before Alex Halliday joined Columbia University’s Earth Institute as its director, he was changing the field of geochemistry.
Fighting Ticks With a Few Taps of the Phone

A new smartphone app offers hope of stemming the spread of diseases like Lyme, and providing some peace of mind in the process.

Pod of the Planet Ep. 7: Oiled and Spoiled

Ten years ago today, the broken pipeline from Deepwater Horizon was finally capped after spewing 168 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico over 87 long days.
Pod of the Planet Ep. 6: The Young and the Radio

In an online workshop, students produced audio commentaries on their coronavirus experience—how they were managing and what advice they might offer their peers.
Pod of the Planet Ep.5: Look After Yourself

Discussion on home life, home schooling and pathways forward for climate research and policy in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Then Robbie Parks on the effects climate, weather, and our environment have on health outcomes and mental health.
Pod of the Planet Ep.4: Drawing Circles Around Economies

Herman E. Daly examines possible paths to less fragile global systems with Kate Raworth, whose “doughnut economics” model aims to build economic policies and metrics that put thriving ahead of growing.
Pod of the Planet Ep.3: Transport for the People

An interview with Professor Jacqueline Klopp on how travel early in her life affected her career.
Pod of the Planet Ep.2: Disasters Won’t Wait

Communicating science is tough and we thought asking all our guests to come up with a haiku describing their work might be a good place to start, because who doesn’t like a good haiku?
Introducing Pod of the Planet

This podcast is an opportunity open to everyone at EI looking to explore some big questions: What is sustainable development? Why do we do what we do? And ultimately who we are.
Earth Institute Director Alex Halliday Honored with Knighthood

Years before Alex Halliday joined Columbia University’s Earth Institute as its director, he was changing the field of geochemistry.
Fighting Ticks With a Few Taps of the Phone

A new smartphone app offers hope of stemming the spread of diseases like Lyme, and providing some peace of mind in the process.