Sustainable Development Program Hosts Annual Alumni Career Conversations Panel
On March 27, the Undergraduate Sustainable Development Program invited all graduate and undergraduate students to learn more about the diverse paths sustainability work can take.
View ArticleGarbage, Product Design, and the Circular Economy
The key to building the circular economy is not consumer guilt or changed behavior but new business models and technologies that enable the economy to transform waste into a resource.
View ArticleProtecting Our Planet: 5 Strategies for Reducing Plastic Waste
Think global, fight local: In honor of Earth Day, here are some tips to reduce your plastic footprint.
View ArticleStudent Spotlight: Navigating Sustainable Development for My Career Through...
Two SDEV students discuss why they chose to study sustainability.
View ArticleQuiz: Plastics 101
Though you likely use plastic every day, how much do you really know about this “Material of a Thousand Uses”?
View ArticleRegulating Air Toxics from Petrochemical Plants
We need to end performative and ideological regulatory debates and strive for effective regulation that protects the public while encouraging innovation.
View ArticlePlugging the Leak on Laundry Pollution
Laundry is the biggest source of microplastic fibers in our waterways. These Columbia researchers are working on a solution.
View ArticleColumbia Beautiful Planet 2024
Each year, we honor Earth Day by sharing some amazing photos celebrating the beauty and magic of our planet from our campuses to the far corners of the world as captured by the Columbia community.
View ArticleAll in the Family: One Environmental Science and Policy Student’s Path to...
Clarisa Marambio, a soon-to-be graduate of the MPA in Environmental Science and Policy program, discusses her upbringing in Chile and how her two older sisters helped shape her interest in...
View ArticleArmy Veteran and Environmental Advocate: A Sustainability Science Student’s...
Olivia Colton reflects on her experience in the military and how it connects with her education in environmental conservation.
View ArticleEnvironmental Sustainability and Consumption
The best way to achieve environmental sustainability is to develop a circular economy with services and products that have the least possible impact on the environment. Attacking consumption is futile...
View ArticleMeet the Woman Pioneering Sustainable Change in Fashion
Maxine Bédat advocates for improved transparency and sustainability goals within the apparel industry.
View ArticlePomodoro Pasta with a Side of Accountability: Addressing Food Waste in NYC
Experts say that over 30% of all the purchased food in wealthy societies is tossed. Here are some tips to curb waste and its climate impacts.
View ArticleFrom Fission to Fusion: A Sustainability Student’s Quest for a Greener Future
Brian Kim, a health physicist at Columbia University, witnessed many natural disasters living in Oregon and New York City. As a current student in the Sustainability Management program, he wants to...
View ArticleHow One Sustainable Development Student Balances Academics and Athletics
When she’s not studying for her classes in the Undergraduate Sustainable Development program, Phoebe Anderson is running with Columbia’s cross-country team.
View ArticleQuestioning Mayor Adams’ Commitment to Protecting NYC’s Environment
Mayor Adams is a superb advocate for environmental quality and environmental justice, but the city government he runs doesn’t always seem to follow through: New York City’s water infrastructure,...
View ArticleThe Impact of Stalling the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule
Opposition to mandatory climate risk reporting is the result of the failure of some American businesses and lobbying groups to understand that reducing and reporting on environmental risk is an...
View ArticleScope 3 Carbon Emissions and the Management of Supply Chains
Measuring an organization’s impact on its environment is becoming a routine part of competent and effective organizational management. Extending that measurement process into the supply chain is part...
View ArticleFrom Sustainability Mirage to Sustainability Management
Sustainability management is a more sophisticated form of management built to accommodate the environmental, social, economic, and technological conditions of the modern economy.
View ArticleNew Report Provides a Ranking of Sustainability Around the World
The 2024 Environmental Performance Index, produced by centers at Columbia Climate School and Yale, offers a scorecard for 180 countries based on their climate change mitigation, ecosystem vitality and...
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