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Taking My Class to Bangladesh
My undergraduate Sustainable Development course is in Bangladesh for a Spring Break trip to see what they have been learning about. We will be touring the country by bus and boat to learn about the environment and people of Bangladesh.
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Should We Stop Using the Term ‘Natural Disaster’?
The words we use to describe events matter. Would a different term elicit more substantial change?
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Students and Faculty Gather at Sustainable Development Spring Mixer Event
Over 100 students, faculty, and alumni were able to set aside readings and assignments in exchange for a few hours of socializing and networking.
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Organizations Ignoring ESG Issues Are Asleep
The attack on an ill-defined concept called “woke” public policy has now been extended to attacking managers and investors who have the “nerve” to pay attention to a company’s environmental footprint, organizational governance practices and social and community impact.
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Tick Tock: CDC Takes Its Time Treating Chronic Lyme Disease
A student’s long and painful journey toward diagnosis and treatment shows the urgent need for chronic Lyme disease awareness and funding.
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Celebrate Circularity Day With Us on March 10
Columbia Climate School and Barnard College team up to celebrate the power of smart design, reuse, and repair, to build sustainability on campus and beyond.
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Whole Food Systems: Jessica Fanzo Looks at How Food Connects With Everything Else
The Columbia Climate School’s newest faculty member strives to improve food systems to deliver healthy, equitable, and environmentally sustainable diets.
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Website Tracks Inflation Reduction Act’s Climate Provisions
IRAtracker.org is a free resource that includes a searchable database of the bill’s climate change-related provisions and actions taken by federal agencies to implement those provisions.
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Cordilleran Ice Sheet Retreat Caused Volcanic Eruptions, Deoxygenation Events 10,000 Years Ago
New research shows that retreat of an ice sheet in the Pacific Northwest led to many volcanic explosions and ocean areas with low oxygen that threatened the health of marine ecosystems.
