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Courses in Conservation & Sustainability
Are you interested in cultivating the skills necessary to implement environmental change? Do you want to learn more about conservation and environmental sustainability, including ecosystem services and function?
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What’s Holding Water Conservation Back in Rockland County?
Rockland County’s main water provider, United Water NY, wants to build a treatment plant on the Hudson River that would deliver more freshwater to Rockland taps. As the project awaits state approval, a new debate on water consumption has emerged. Should people be encouraged, or even required, to use less? And if so, how?
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London Olympics: How the Games Help Urban Development
The Olympics symbolize unity and friendship: The whole world comes together for the Games, playing by the same rules, honoring the same Olympian spirit of excellence and fair play. But today’s Olympics are notable for another type of collaboration—between the public and private sectors.
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Climate Scientist to Lead International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Lisa Goddard, a leading expert on climate change and El Niño’s influence on climate has been appointed director of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, part of Columbia University’s Earth Institute.
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Sustainability Management Alum Pursues Green Building Dreams
“On a professional level, I believe that the program’s Workshop course helped me to develop the constructive communication skills that I need in order to be able to effectively connect with my clients.” MS in Sustainability Management alum Jessica Bollhoefer (’12) recently started working as a Senior Sustainability Consultant at Goby L.L.C., a LEED and…
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MPA Alum Makes Sustainability Fashionable
“I am constantly confronted by new challenges, ranging from finding eco-friendly packaging and shipping materials to learning the intricate details involved in professional web design. I enjoy these challenges and the freedom to express and share my socially conscious vision through fashion.” MPA in Environmental Science and Policy alum, Adam Batnick (’10), recently started his…
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Forest Razing by Ancient Maya Worsened Droughts, Says Study
Human-Influenced Climate Change May Have Contributed to Society’s Collapse
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Seeking the Deadly Roots of the Dinosaurs’ Ascent
Over the past 450 million years, life on earth has undergone at least five great extinctions, when biological activity nosedived and dominant groups of creatures disappeared. The final one (so far) was 65 million years ago, when it appears that a giant meteorite brought fires, shock waves and tsunamis, then drastically altered the climate. That killed off…
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Along an Ancient Coast, Clues to a Global Extinction
Wave-washed sea cliffs along the coasts of western England and Wales are home to spectacular assemblages of rocks and fossils that may hold keys to understanding a sudden global extinction 201.4 million years ago that cleared the way for the rapid evolution of dinosaurs. Paleontologist Paul Olsen and geologist Dennis Kent of Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty…
