Center for Sustainable Development4
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Summer Program Helps Youths Identify Public Health Concerns in Their Communities
Learn-Try-Apply interns created plans to address problems of nutrition, mental wellness and substance abuse in their own communities.
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Workshop Will Teach the Basics of Community Organizing
On July 14, the workshop will teach young people how they can take their passion and individual activism to the next level.
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It Takes a Village to Teach a Child
During the pandemic and beyond, we should tap into the skills and knowledge of community members for our kids’ education and enrichment.
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EI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our June Sessions
Students will make their own glacier goo, take a virtual drone flight over the ocean, and much more in these live sessions taught by Earth Institute experts.
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Charting a Roadmap for Radical, Transformative Change in the Midst of Climate Breakdown
A workshop on April 29 will discuss Sustainable Development Goal 4.7, which aims to incorporate sustainable development into education.
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Reflections on COVID-19 and Our Destruction of Nature
The coronavirus pandemic provides mandatory lessons in sustainability.
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How to Take Action to Protect American Families and Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
School and business closures are necessary to protect our communities, but they will cause economic pain for many.
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How Educational Institutions Can Prepare for COVID-19
The first question schools need to address is: How should we be presenting information on the spread of COVID-19 to students and youth?
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From the Containment Lab to the Developing World
Yanis Ben Amor, executive director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute, uses his background in molecular biology to fight for health care access and education in Africa and South Asia.

AGU25, the premier Earth and space science conference, takes place December 15-19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year’s theme—Where Science Connects Us—puts in focus how science depends on connection, from the lab to the field to the ballot box. Once again, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia Climate School scientists, experts, students, and educators are playing an active role, sharing our research and helping shape the future of our planet. #AGU25 Learn More
