Tel Aviv University
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Land and Conflict in East Jerusalem: the Role of Urban Planning
Without an urban civil culture, it is impossible to promote political and economic participation, and a non-unified Jerusalem will remain.
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In an Environmental and Political Conflict Zone, Hope for Peace
The Middle East is the only place on earth where the neighbors are so close and so far at the same time.
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Students Travel to the Middle East
Students from Columbia University and Tel Aviv University are traveling through Jordan and Israel to learn about environmental challenges facing the two countries. They’ll be posting here about their experiences. You can also follow them on social media at #CUJordanIsrael2016.
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The Climate of Things
In his talk on “The Climate of Things,” Professor Dan Rabinowitz of Tel Aviv University argued that the magnitude of climate change warrants a reexamination of modernist social science. Rather than using other disciplines to guide knowledge of the universe, his “fifth environmental paradigm” uses the climate crisis to reexamine the validity of those other…
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“
