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Students Push Columbia Towards Carbon Neutrality
Columbia for Carbon Neutrality, led by sophomores Arianna Menzelos and Meredith Harris, wants the university to commit to being carbon neutral by 2030.
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A Record 16 Leading Sustainability Practitioners Headed to Practicum
The Practicum in Innovative Sustainability Leadership, a course in the M.S. in Sustainability Management program, will host a record 16 leading sustainability practitioners this spring.
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The Importance of Lifelong Learning for Sustainability and Other Professionals
The need for education is constant. The key is to develop a culture of learning, achieving, and dreaming―and to not limit that learning and dreaming to young people.
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Graduate Professional Education in Sustainability Management and Environmental Policy
The students studying with us are the antidote to dysfunction and corruption and our best hope for a sustainable future.
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Internship With Dr. David Maurrasse
Dr. David Maurrasse, adjunct research scholar at the Earth Institute, is seeking an intern to assist with qualitative research. Graduate and undergraduate students at Columbia and Barnard are welcome to apply.
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The Purpose and Goals of Sustainability Education
Developing, understanding and applying knowledge of environmental problems and the solutions to those problems is the purpose of sustainability research and education.
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Stepping into a Virtual Reality Classroom for Teacher Training
Columbia’s Center for Sustainable Development is testing a virtual reality module to help train teachers in a comfortable and individual virtual space.
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New Center Would Bring Digital Skills, Solar Energy and Employment Hope For Women—All Under One Roof
The proposed “ITC Center” in India would provide a cyber café and training center for women, powered by a solar mini-grid for reliable and affordable electricity.
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Sustainability Education: Staying Positive While Trump Attacks Environmental Protection
Science, communication and learning will continue to transform our world, and our graduates will work hard to ensure that this transformation is largely positive.

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
