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Alumni Spotlight: Diana McCarthy-Bercury Leads Sustainability in Branford, CT
She uses her Sustainability Management degree every day as the town’s sustainability and compliance manager.
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Alumni Spotlight: Elena Belletti Finds Economic Solutions for Environmental Protection
She’s helping countries improve sustainability while achieving their development goals.
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Jessica Haller: Alum, Climate Activist, and City Council Contender
The Environmental Science and Policy alum is running for New York City Council on a platform that emphasizes sustainability, resilience, and equity.
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Alumni Spotlight: Lili Gao, Energy Consultant
An Environmental Science and Policy graduate discusses how the program prepared her for the challenges ahead in her work helping electric and water utilities transform their business.
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Earth Institute Alumni Helped Launch Etsy Carbon Offset Initiative
The major e-commerce site is the first to offset 100% of its carbon emissions from shipping — and two Sustainability Management graduates helped to make it happen.
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Mah Sissoko: Integrating Sustainability with Finance
An alumna explains how the masters program in Sustainability Management has helped her career.
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Creating a Global and Unified Perspective on Infrastructure
Growing up in Africa, Catarina Carvalho was impressed by how people’s lifestyles transformed as infrastructure developed over time. She wanted to be a part of that phenomenon.
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Alum Spotlight: Applying Management, Strategic Communication and Policy Expertise to Human and Environmental Health
MPA in Environmental Science and Policy alum Julie Manoharan leverages her degree to help shape communications strategies and program development.
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Alum Helps Build the Business Case for Sustainability
Watson Millison’s degree in Sustainability Management has come in handy now that he’s a member of the corporate sustainability team at JetBlue Airways.

By studying thousands of buildings and analyzing their electricity use, Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson has been able to uncover ways to significantly cut energy consumption and emissions. Watch the Video: “Engineering a Cooler Future Through Smarter Buildings“
