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  • Teaching Assistant Positions for Spring 2016

    Teaching Assistant Positions for Spring 2016

    The Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development is currently accepting applications for spring 2016 teaching assistant positions.

  • Citi’s Sustainability Strategy

    Citi’s Sustainability Strategy

    In 2015, Citi announced a new environmental finance goal to lend, invest and facilitate $100 billion over 10 years towards activities focused on environmental solutions and reducing the impacts of climate change globally.

  • The Most Valuable Skill? Creative Problem Solving

    The Most Valuable Skill? Creative Problem Solving

    “It took taking the Intro to Sustainable Development class for me to understand that this major is not only immediately applicable and vitally important, but also varied and interesting enough to keep me engaged throughout my college experience. Put simply, I discovered the passion that I hadn’t realized was there all along.”

  • 2015 Sustainable Development Departmental Honors

    2015 Sustainable Development Departmental Honors

    This past spring, two outstanding students, Noeleen Advani and Alyssa Menz, were selected for departmental honors in the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development.

  • Undergraduates Will Develop Green Geodatabase for University

    Undergraduates Will Develop Green Geodatabase for University

    An undergraduate course in the Sustainable Development Program recently received a Course Support grant from the Earth Institute to conduct a special fieldwork project to develop the Columbia University Green Geodatabase.

  • New 5-Year Program in Sustainable Development & Sustainability Management

    New 5-Year Program in Sustainable Development & Sustainability Management

    Columbia University’s Earth Institute and School of Continuing Education, in collaboration with Columbia College and General Studies, are pleased to announce the launch of an Accelerated Program in Sustainable Development and Sustainability Management. Through this new program, majors and special concentrators in sustainable development can earn both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in just…

  • From the Nile to the Sundarbans: the Undergraduate Capstones

    From the Nile to the Sundarbans: the Undergraduate Capstones

    This spring, students in the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development presented innovative solutions to sustainability issues as part of their Capstone Workshop. Their clients ranged from the United States Military Academy at West Point to the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

  • Summer 2015 Internship Openings

    Summer 2015 Internship Openings

    Are you a Columbia or Barnard student seeking an internship for summer 2015? Are you interested in topics of sustainability and environmental policy? Apply to be an Administrative and Research intern in the Executive Director’s Office at the Earth Institute. Interns will provide research and editing support for reports, articles, case studies, and presentations, and…

  • Sustainable Development Spring 2015 Workshop Briefings

    Seniors in the Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Development will deliver their final recommendations May 1 after working collaboratively on client projects this past semester.

  • Teaching Assistant Positions for Spring 2016

    Teaching Assistant Positions for Spring 2016

    The Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development is currently accepting applications for spring 2016 teaching assistant positions.

  • Citi’s Sustainability Strategy

    Citi’s Sustainability Strategy

    In 2015, Citi announced a new environmental finance goal to lend, invest and facilitate $100 billion over 10 years towards activities focused on environmental solutions and reducing the impacts of climate change globally.

  • The Most Valuable Skill? Creative Problem Solving

    The Most Valuable Skill? Creative Problem Solving

    “It took taking the Intro to Sustainable Development class for me to understand that this major is not only immediately applicable and vitally important, but also varied and interesting enough to keep me engaged throughout my college experience. Put simply, I discovered the passion that I hadn’t realized was there all along.”

  • 2015 Sustainable Development Departmental Honors

    2015 Sustainable Development Departmental Honors

    This past spring, two outstanding students, Noeleen Advani and Alyssa Menz, were selected for departmental honors in the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development.

  • Undergraduates Will Develop Green Geodatabase for University

    Undergraduates Will Develop Green Geodatabase for University

    An undergraduate course in the Sustainable Development Program recently received a Course Support grant from the Earth Institute to conduct a special fieldwork project to develop the Columbia University Green Geodatabase.

  • New 5-Year Program in Sustainable Development & Sustainability Management

    New 5-Year Program in Sustainable Development & Sustainability Management

    Columbia University’s Earth Institute and School of Continuing Education, in collaboration with Columbia College and General Studies, are pleased to announce the launch of an Accelerated Program in Sustainable Development and Sustainability Management. Through this new program, majors and special concentrators in sustainable development can earn both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in just…

  • From the Nile to the Sundarbans: the Undergraduate Capstones

    From the Nile to the Sundarbans: the Undergraduate Capstones

    This spring, students in the Undergraduate Program in Sustainable Development presented innovative solutions to sustainability issues as part of their Capstone Workshop. Their clients ranged from the United States Military Academy at West Point to the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.

  • Summer 2015 Internship Openings

    Summer 2015 Internship Openings

    Are you a Columbia or Barnard student seeking an internship for summer 2015? Are you interested in topics of sustainability and environmental policy? Apply to be an Administrative and Research intern in the Executive Director’s Office at the Earth Institute. Interns will provide research and editing support for reports, articles, case studies, and presentations, and…

  • Sustainable Development Spring 2015 Workshop Briefings

    Seniors in the Capstone Workshop in Sustainable Development will deliver their final recommendations May 1 after working collaboratively on client projects this past semester.