Sustainability33
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Tokyo Olympics 2021: What Will Be the Lasting Impacts?
What are the long-term benefits of Olympic games to cities? Do these events tend to reduce inequities and expand opportunities, or do they exacerbate existing disparities?
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Climate Policy’s Critical Moment is Here
The environmental catastrophe predicted by climate modelers a generation ago is upon us. We need to provide the resources and organizational capacity required to end most use of fossil fuels as fast as possible.
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Decolonizing Through Music and Dance: Reflections From Huehca Omeyocan
The co-founder of a group that promotes the cultural practices of the Anahuac Indigenous people explains how this work contributes to decolonization and sustainability.
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Investing for Tomorrow Can Prevent Tragedy Today
If the Surfside Florida tragedy leads to actions that prevent future catastrophes, these deaths will not have been in vain.
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President Biden’s Climate Change Political Strategy
We have an American president who understands the climate crisis, and both the grave threat and historic opportunity it presents.
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Why We Will Meet the Challenge of the Climate Crisis
Technology solves problems and creates problems, and then new technology is needed to solve the problems created by earlier technologies. It’s an endless cycle.
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Why Fashion Needs to Be More Sustainable
As the world re-opens, it’s a good time to take stock of the implications of how we dress.
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Protecting Temperate Old-Growth Rainforest is Key for a Sustainable Future
As tensions run high between environmental activists, loggers and government in British Columbia, Canada, there may be more at risk than we think.
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A Tale of Two Alpine Towns: Study Highlights How Different Tourism Strategies Influence Resilience
Fifty years of data from two towns in the Austrian Alps suggest that the community that focused solely on winter tourism was less resilient.
By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
