Education During a Global Pandemic
As educators, we are responsible for ensuring that the expertise needed to maintain this complex world continues to be regenerated.
View ArticleCulture, Resilience, and Sustainability of the Salish People
In mid-February, a member of the Bitterroot Salish Tribe spoke to students about his tribe’s management and protection of natural resources.
View ArticleRemote Summer 2020 Internships With the Columbia Center on Sustainable...
Interns will assist the center in its mission to develop and disseminate solutions that maximize the impact of international investment for sustainable development.
View ArticleRSVP for the Spring 2020 Earth Institute Research Showcase
See interviews with Earth Institute students and join us virtually for the Earth Institute Research Showcase on April 10.
View ArticleWhat It’s Like to Be a Sustainability Consultant for the Entertainment Industry
In a recent talk, sustainability consultant Jason Joyce explained how he has challenged the status quo in the fashion industry and major concert venues.
View ArticleEarth Day: How to Celebrate While You’re Sheltering in Place
There are many ways to get involved, take action, or simply marvel at the beauty of our planet, all without leaving your home or neighborhood.
View ArticleAbsent: Prioritizing Recovery for Our Nation’s Schools
COVID-19 is exacerbating some of education’s long-neglected social issues and inequalities.
View ArticleCayte Bosler: Chronicler of Wilderness Conservation
Cayte is an explorer, an environmental journalist and conservationist, and a student in Columbia’s Sustainability Management masters program.
View ArticleCharting a Roadmap for Radical, Transformative Change in the Midst of Climate...
A workshop on April 29 will discuss Sustainable Development Goal 4.7, which aims to incorporate sustainable development into education.
View ArticleJessica Haller: Alum, Climate Activist, and City Council Contender
The Environmental Science and Policy alum is running for New York City Council on a platform that emphasizes sustainability, resilience, and equity.
View ArticleEI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our Upcoming May Sessions
Learn how to design your own microbe, decode Python script, and much more in these live sessions taught by Earth Institute experts.
View ArticlePod of the Planet Ep. 6: The Young and the Radio
In an online workshop, students produced audio commentaries on their coronavirus experience—how they were managing and what advice they might offer their peers.
View ArticleEI LIVE K12: RSVP for Our June Sessions
Students will make their own glacier goo, take a virtual drone flight over the ocean, and much more in these live sessions taught by Earth Institute experts.
View ArticleCongratulations to the 2020 Graduates in Sustainability and Environmental...
Earth Institute faculty offer their encouragement and advice for the newest crop of graduates who will change the world.
View ArticleProfessing in a Pandemic
The COVID-19 lockdown taught a writing professor and her students that it is important to be flexible, to listen, and to use whatever a situation brings to you.
View ArticleBiomimicry 101: Nature and the College Freshman
Sustainable development student Isabelle Seckler explains how nature taught her the most important lessons she has learned all year.
View ArticleMoving Forward is the Only Option
The crisis of environmental sustainability persists and moving forward to address that crisis is our only option.
View ArticleIt Takes a Village to Teach a Child
During the pandemic and beyond, we should tap into the skills and knowledge of community members for our kids’ education and enrichment.
View ArticleGraduate Student Internship Available With the Women, Peace and Security Program
This is a virtual, paid graduate-level internship that will run from July through September 2020. Apply by June 8.
View ArticleProject Will Survey Organizations Active in Climate Communication and Education
If you’re part of an organization that works in climate communication and education, please take 20 minutes to complete the online questionnaire. Others can help by spreading the word.
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