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Mapping Vulnerable Populations to Support Disaster Preparedness
As demonstrated by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, poverty is a critical factor in the vulnerability of populations to natural hazards.
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Join us for Fall 2012 Sustainability Management Midterm Briefings
On Tuesday, October 23, students from Columbia’s Master of Science in Sustainability Management program (MSSM) will be presenting their Midterm Briefings for the Capstone Workshop. The Midterm Briefings presentations are an opportunity for students to act as sustainability consultants by applying the sustainability management skills that they learn in the program to real world clients.
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New Software Speeds Carbon Footprinting
Taking a big step towards helping companies accurately label the carbon footprint of their products, researchers at the Earth Institute have developed new software that can calculate the carbon footprints of thousands of products simultaneously.
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Sustainability Management Alum Embarking on Corporate Consulting Career
MS in Sustainability Management alum Sarah Gudernatch (’12) knew from the moment she started the program that she wanted to work in corporate sustainability. After having worked in the non-profit and real-estate sectors, she felt that business was where she could really make a difference. As a Sustainability Consultant at Two Tomorrows, an international corporate…
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MDP Students Map Kisumu Health Facilities
Two Masters in Development Practice students, Paloma Ruiz Gonzalez and Marianna Costa Checa, used their MDP practicum this past summer to assist the Millennium Cities Initiative in mapping and surveying all health facilities in the Millennium City of Kisumu, Kenya, at the request of the city government and local health officials.
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Composting—Turning Garbage into Black Gold
Forty percent of our food is wasted, but through composting, food waste can be turned into black gold—so called because compost, the mixture of decayed organic matter, is valuable as a nutrient-rich soil additive. In the United States, however, less than 3 percent of food waste is composted.
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Partnering for Impact
Our highly interconnected and interdependent world has given rise to an extraordinary collaborative effort to design a future that is sustainable, prosperous and empowering. The recently concluded Clinton Global Initiative 2012 annual meeting’s theme, “Designing for Impact,” focused on designing our lives, environments and the global systems that can create more opportunity and equality.
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2010 Korea Bomb ‘Tests’ Probably False Alarms, Says Study
Amid Nuclear Tensions, a Seismic Reality Check
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Field Trip to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Students visit Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the Earth Institute’s center for scientific research, which housed research facilities in fields ranging from marine geology to climate change.
