communication Archives - State of the Planet

Sustain What Webcast Invites Student and Faculty Takeovers

The webcast offers a platform for global conversations around sustainability and resilient human progress.

by |December 2, 2020

How to Take Photos in the Field

What, when and how to shoot photos of scientific fieldwork.

by |May 5, 2020

Writing and Submitting an Opinion Piece

Opinion pages are one of the best-read parts of any publication. Here is how to break into them.

by |May 4, 2020

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.

by |January 29, 2019

Ensuring that Real Information and Analysis Impacts Decisions

We are in a new era of information, computation and communication, which requires that we develop new methods for verifying facts and data.

by |May 8, 2017

The Beatles and the Dawn of Global Culture

The Beatles demonstrated that something foreign could be exciting and worth exploring. We don’t need to make America great again or only think of America first. The Beatles came into being at the dawn of our global culture and I strongly believe we are nowhere near its dusk.

by |April 24, 2017

New Seminar Focuses on Links Between Environment, Conflict and Security

The Earth Institute is launching a new interdisciplinary seminar to help business and policy leaders better understand the connections between environmental stresses, natural resources and conflicts.

by |June 9, 2014

Illuminating the Science: Art and Climate Change Part II

Last week I expressed some skepticism that art and climate science were complementary languages. I also expressed some hope that the nature of these two fields – that is, that they both are ways of better knowing the world – really were reconcilable, and could create a better robustness of understanding the natural world. I’m glad… read more

by |April 27, 2010