Undergraduate Major in Sustainable Development14
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Sustainability Meets the Bottom-Line: Bloomberg LP
Lee Ballin, Sustainability Manager at Bloomberg, LP, a leader in global business news and financial information, talks to students about the organization’s internal and client-centered sustainability initiatives.
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The Sundarbans
After finally reaching the Mongla and our boat, we settled into our new home. It is a similar design, but much larger than the one we used in September. As we ate dinner and explored the ship, it started the overnight journey to the southeastern part of the Sundarbans where the wildlife is most plentiful.…
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Rivers and the Road
We spent a day on the islands (chars) in the Brahmaputra River seeing the geology and talking to the residents. Then after an evening of feasting and dancing in our new Saris and lungis, we hit the road for the trip to the Sundarbans.
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Class Trip – to Bangladesh
To help my students in a class on hazards of Bangladesh better understand the country, I am taking them there to experience Bangladesh for themselves.
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A New Spring Course: Bangladesh: Life on a Tectonically Active Delta
During the Spring 2012 semester, the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development is offering a new and unique senior Capstone Workshop that explores the world’s largest delta in Bangladesh as an example of development challenges in the 21st century.
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GrowNYC Speaks to CU Undergrads about Environmental Education Efforts
Amanda Gentile, Development and Communications Manager for GrowNYC, talks to undergrads about the non-profit that has been improving NYC’s environment for forty years.
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Practicing What You Preach: Sustainability on Columbia’s Campus
Consilience, Columbia EcoReps and Green Umbrella are among the many groups on campus working to provide a public platform to engage the global community in thinking more broadly, thoroughly, and analytically about sustainable development
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Sustainable Development Seniors Put Their Knowledge into Practice
Seniors in the Sustainable Development program gained real life experience as consultants through their work on projects with the Natural Resource Defense Council, Population Council and Partnership for Parks, while at the same time providing these clients with fresh and innovative ideas.
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Interdisciplinary Studies Make for Holistic Solutions
Having multiple interests is an asset in a world where complex problems necessitate holistic solutions from practitioners who can communicate with a multitude of stakeholders. “Interdisciplinary study is the way of the future because among different stakeholders, communication is key,” said student David Katz. Students from Columbia University’s Ph.D. program in Sustainable Development and the…
