Sustainability38
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Future of Food: Exploring Challenges to Global Food Systems
The effectiveness of global food system is undermined by two key challenges: waste and nutrition.
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To Build Climate Progress on Time Scales That Matter, Biden Should be Biden
The path forward requires negotiation, compromise, and open lines of communication with Republicans in Congress and elsewhere who have made climate change a focus.
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Study Paves Way for Rainwater Harvesting in Mexico City
The city has installed more than 20,000 systems for some its neediest residents.
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Political Stability and Environmental Sustainability
While last week was wrenching, the electoral results in Georgia, the courage of many Republican elected officials, and the silencing of Trump’s Twitter account give us reason to hope that better days lie ahead.
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Students Learn From Leading Sustainability Practitioners in Practicum Course
A dozen leading sustainability practitioners will share their experience in the Practicum in Innovative Sustainability Leadership.
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What We’ve Learned From the Pandemic in 2020
If we learned anything in 2020, it is that we need a unified American community if we are to defeat this virus and return to normal life.
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The Communication Climate After 2020: Stormy but Hopeful
A global community, including the Earth Institute’s Initiative on Communication and Sustainability, is working hard to make information and connectivity matter a little more each day.
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New Class on Sustainability and Racial Justice in 21st Century Detroit
In Spring 2021, the Sustainability Management program is offering a new course on Building Resilience in 21st Century Detroit.
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Decarbonizing the Defense Department
Biden’s climate team could use normal executive power to emphasize renewable energy in the Department of Defense, and graduate students at Columbia University have provided a blueprint to jumpstart that process.
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“
