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Alumni Spotlight: Aiyana Bodi, Intersectional Environmentalist and Innovative Thinker

August 11, 2021

The MPA-ESP program allowed her to discover climate policy with a focus on legislative affairs.
The Ephemeral Tennis Ball: Addressing Sustainability in Sports

August 5, 2021

Professional tennis tournaments can lead the way when it comes to making the shift towards a low-waste sport.
Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Kimberley Miner

July 27, 2021

MPA-ESP alumna Dr. Kimberley Miner has spent her career understanding earth and climate systems to better predict and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Environmental Science and Policy Students Begin Their Summer Policy Analysis Workshops

June 23, 2021

Each workshop team will study a piece of real-life legislation for the whole summer in order to understand the bill inside-out and backwards and forwards.
Environmental Science and Policy Students Win Third Place in Sustainable Fashion Competition

April 7, 2021

The team invented a hypothetical denim brand that centers sustainability and reusability.
How to Nudge Climate Deniers Into Doing the Right Thing

April 7, 2021

With the right kind of language and framing, some kinds of skeptics are willing to take action around climate change.
Climate and COVID as Crises of Environmental Sustainability

February 8, 2021

Human technology and ingenuity have created a world of comfort, curiosity and creativity. But we have failed to account for their impacts on the systems that sustain the planet and in turn sustain human life.
Future of Food: Exploring Challenges to Global Food Systems

January 15, 2021

The effectiveness of global food system is undermined by two key challenges: waste and nutrition.
Decarbonizing the Defense Department

December 28, 2020

Biden’s climate team could use normal executive power to emphasize renewable energy in the Department of Defense, and graduate students at Columbia University have provided a blueprint to jumpstart that process.

Alumni Spotlight: Aiyana Bodi, Intersectional Environmentalist and Innovative Thinker

August 11, 2021

The MPA-ESP program allowed her to discover climate policy with a focus on legislative affairs.
The Ephemeral Tennis Ball: Addressing Sustainability in Sports

August 5, 2021

Professional tennis tournaments can lead the way when it comes to making the shift towards a low-waste sport.
Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Kimberley Miner

July 27, 2021

MPA-ESP alumna Dr. Kimberley Miner has spent her career understanding earth and climate systems to better predict and mitigate the effects of climate change.
Environmental Science and Policy Students Begin Their Summer Policy Analysis Workshops

June 23, 2021

Each workshop team will study a piece of real-life legislation for the whole summer in order to understand the bill inside-out and backwards and forwards.
Environmental Science and Policy Students Win Third Place in Sustainable Fashion Competition

April 7, 2021

The team invented a hypothetical denim brand that centers sustainability and reusability.
How to Nudge Climate Deniers Into Doing the Right Thing

April 7, 2021

With the right kind of language and framing, some kinds of skeptics are willing to take action around climate change.
Climate and COVID as Crises of Environmental Sustainability

February 8, 2021

Human technology and ingenuity have created a world of comfort, curiosity and creativity. But we have failed to account for their impacts on the systems that sustain the planet and in turn sustain human life.
Future of Food: Exploring Challenges to Global Food Systems

January 15, 2021

The effectiveness of global food system is undermined by two key challenges: waste and nutrition.
Decarbonizing the Defense Department

December 28, 2020

Biden’s climate team could use normal executive power to emphasize renewable energy in the Department of Defense, and graduate students at Columbia University have provided a blueprint to jumpstart that process.