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  • Talking Sustainability Management: Insights from the Front Lines

    Talking Sustainability Management: Insights from the Front Lines

    On March 29, the Earth Institute and the M.S. in Sustainability Management program will host the event “Transforming Organizations with Sustainability Management.” The four panelists discuss their work and offer advice for students entering the field.

  • Tell the World Your Columbia Sustainability Story

    Tell the World Your Columbia Sustainability Story

    Have a great Columbia sustainability story to tell? ColumbiaYOU is a story-sharing platform that celebrates the rich and diverse Columbia community—in other words, YOU. We’re inviting you—students, alumni, faculty and researchers—to share your sustainability story just in time for Earth Day, April 22.

  • Forest-Friendly Development Can Bolster Peace in Colombia, Paper Says

    Forest-Friendly Development Can Bolster Peace in Colombia, Paper Says

    As Colombia rebuilds following last year’s historic peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels, it has an opening to advance sustainable land development, a new study contends.

  • New Organizations and Networking Opportunities at 2017 All Ivy Fair

    New Organizations and Networking Opportunities at 2017 All Ivy Fair

    The All Ivy Environmental & Sustainable Development Career Fair has earned itself a reputation in the sustainability industry as being the premier place to recruit talented students from the Ivy League universities. This year, the fair attracted 80 employers—many of them attending for the first time—from across the public, private and nonprofit sectors.

  • A State and Local Strategy for Protecting the American Environment

    A State and Local Strategy for Protecting the American Environment

    While federal support for new technology and infrastructure would be helpful, there is another approach that can also be effective. We should focus on modernizing our state and local energy systems. By modernizing the energy system we can reduce the costs and environmental impact of our energy use.

  • Faculty Profile: Curtis Probst

    Faculty Profile: Curtis Probst

    “Protecting the environment is very important to me, while at the same time, I believe that the transition to a more sustainable economy also represents a tremendous business opportunity. Sustainable finance is a discipline that captures both these two perspectives.”

  • At Lenfest, Using Carbon to Help Reuse Waste from Steel Production

    At Lenfest, Using Carbon to Help Reuse Waste from Steel Production

    Lenfest Center researchers are working with a Chinese steel company on a way to treat and reuse waste slag using carbon sequestration technology.

  • Resiliency Strategies to Sustain Businesses and Livelihoods

    Resiliency Strategies to Sustain Businesses and Livelihoods

    Sustainability Management alum Krista Eichenbaum (’16) moved from Toronto to attend the MSSM program to better address resiliency challenges in cities. She is currently Project Analyst and Manager at a women-owned engineering consulting firm, specializing in civil engineering, urban planning, and sustainability.

  • Will China Take the Green Mantle From the U.S.?

    Will China Take the Green Mantle From the U.S.?

    While President Trump has promised to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord, China’s President Xi Jinxing has vowed to continue to tackle climate change and honor his country’s obligations. Will China become the global leader in combating climate change?

  • Talking Sustainability Management: Insights from the Front Lines

    Talking Sustainability Management: Insights from the Front Lines

    On March 29, the Earth Institute and the M.S. in Sustainability Management program will host the event “Transforming Organizations with Sustainability Management.” The four panelists discuss their work and offer advice for students entering the field.

  • Tell the World Your Columbia Sustainability Story

    Tell the World Your Columbia Sustainability Story

    Have a great Columbia sustainability story to tell? ColumbiaYOU is a story-sharing platform that celebrates the rich and diverse Columbia community—in other words, YOU. We’re inviting you—students, alumni, faculty and researchers—to share your sustainability story just in time for Earth Day, April 22.

  • Forest-Friendly Development Can Bolster Peace in Colombia, Paper Says

    Forest-Friendly Development Can Bolster Peace in Colombia, Paper Says

    As Colombia rebuilds following last year’s historic peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels, it has an opening to advance sustainable land development, a new study contends.

  • New Organizations and Networking Opportunities at 2017 All Ivy Fair

    New Organizations and Networking Opportunities at 2017 All Ivy Fair

    The All Ivy Environmental & Sustainable Development Career Fair has earned itself a reputation in the sustainability industry as being the premier place to recruit talented students from the Ivy League universities. This year, the fair attracted 80 employers—many of them attending for the first time—from across the public, private and nonprofit sectors.

  • A State and Local Strategy for Protecting the American Environment

    A State and Local Strategy for Protecting the American Environment

    While federal support for new technology and infrastructure would be helpful, there is another approach that can also be effective. We should focus on modernizing our state and local energy systems. By modernizing the energy system we can reduce the costs and environmental impact of our energy use.

  • Faculty Profile: Curtis Probst

    Faculty Profile: Curtis Probst

    “Protecting the environment is very important to me, while at the same time, I believe that the transition to a more sustainable economy also represents a tremendous business opportunity. Sustainable finance is a discipline that captures both these two perspectives.”

  • At Lenfest, Using Carbon to Help Reuse Waste from Steel Production

    At Lenfest, Using Carbon to Help Reuse Waste from Steel Production

    Lenfest Center researchers are working with a Chinese steel company on a way to treat and reuse waste slag using carbon sequestration technology.

  • Resiliency Strategies to Sustain Businesses and Livelihoods

    Resiliency Strategies to Sustain Businesses and Livelihoods

    Sustainability Management alum Krista Eichenbaum (’16) moved from Toronto to attend the MSSM program to better address resiliency challenges in cities. She is currently Project Analyst and Manager at a women-owned engineering consulting firm, specializing in civil engineering, urban planning, and sustainability.

  • Will China Take the Green Mantle From the U.S.?

    Will China Take the Green Mantle From the U.S.?

    While President Trump has promised to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord, China’s President Xi Jinxing has vowed to continue to tackle climate change and honor his country’s obligations. Will China become the global leader in combating climate change?