Sustainability52
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16 Ideas For a More Sustainable Thanksgiving and Black Friday
These tips will help to reduce your environmental footprint — and save time, stress, and money — during the holidays.
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Sustainable Development Undergrads Win Third Place In Circular Economy Competition
The Columbia team impressed retail executives and economic experts with its idea for a company that reuses and repurposes discarded furniture.
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Lies of the Bamboo Toothbrush: The Plastic Industry’s Perverse Greenwashing
How ploys like bioplastic and anti-litterbug campaigns help to protect the true culprits of plastic pollution.
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You Asked: How Can We Track Corporate Sustainability Measures?
An Earth Institute expert explains how to dig up a company’s sustainability records.
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Trump’s Continued Climate Denial and the Fires of California
If we are to address climate change, environmental protection must once again be seen as above politics and an unfit arena for partisan battle.
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Sustainable Development Seeking Teaching Assistants for Spring 2020
Applicants must be current full-time Columbia University students enrolled in a degree-granting program.
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Q&A With Sustainable Cities Expert Jitendra Bajpai
The engineer and urban transport planner teaches a course on sustainable cities for the M.S. in Sustainability Management program.
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Chuck Schumer’s Electric Car Plan and the Politics of Climate Change
Senator Schumer’s electric vehicle proposal is a creative and sound approach that would have a significant impact on America’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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Recommendations for Creating a Department of Sustainability and Climate Change in NYC
A graduate student workshop evaluated the challenges and opportunities for a bill that aims to unite sustainability and resiliency issues under one office in city government.
The first Earth Day in 1970 ignited a movement to stop polluting our planet. Today, our scientists and experts are tackling the most pressing challenges to achieve real-world impact. This Earth Day, join us in our commitment to realizing a just and sustainable future for our planet. Visit our Earth Day website for ideas, resources, and inspiration.
