Posts
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Meet Sophie Johnson From Columbia Climate School’s Inaugural Class
With a background in artificial intelligence, she wants to explore how to utilize computational tools to study and communicate climate science.
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The Limits to Human Domination of Nature
Let’s teach and learn humility, spirituality, and a reverence for the miraculous planet we have been given and must preserve for those who follow us.
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How to Prevent a Flood Disaster: Using Law and Policy to Systematically Reduce Risk
Experts brainstormed legal ways to adapt to sea level rise at Columbia Climate School’s Managed Retreat conference.
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Exxon Beware – Students and a Senator Vow to Demolish Climate Inertia
A cross-generational brainstorm on ways to break fossil-fueled blockades to climate action. Spread care, call out the culpable, price pollution.
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“Tell Us What You Need:” The Essential NGO Mindset
M.S. Sustainability Management alum Wendy Hapgood co-founded the Wild Tomorrow Fund, which is currently rewilding a large tract of land in South Africa.
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A New Dataset Could Aid Climate Justice Research
Researchers have combined information about social vulnerability with data on mortgages, evictions, and threats from climate change. The new dataset will be freely available to other researchers.
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Course Spotlight: Political Context of Environmental Management and Environmental Advocacy
Sara Tjossem’s policy courses transform students’ environmental passions into actions.
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Can Virtual Reality Save the Planet?
Architect Vanessa Keith’s VR world “2100” imagines cities of the future employing emerging tech to cope with the climate crisis.
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New Way of Analyzing Tree Rings Confirms Unprecedented Central Asia Warming
Researchers have reconstructed temperatures in Mongolia all the way back to 1269 C.E., showing that recent temperatures are the warmest the region has seen in eight centuries.
