India

As Columbia continues to expand its position as a global university, it has a new project on tap—developing fresh water resources with India’s Punjab Agricultural University.
On Oct. 27, University trustees entered into a memorandum of understanding with PAU and the Center for International Projects Trust, a non-profit trust based in India, to help tackle the problem of water depletion in the arid Punjab region of northwestern India.

Journalist Scott Carney didn’t move to India to vacation. Since his arrival, he has tracked down kidnapped children, exposed sections of the nation’s illicit bone trade, and met with some of the most dangerous men in its mafia.

The second my family and I emerged from the Mumbai airport at one o’clock in the morning, we were enveloped by the subcontinent.

Yesterday, I saw a “Sustainability is Sexy” T-shirt for the first time and became convinced that the idea of sustainable development is going to meet the same tarnished fate as Che Guevara, CBGB, and even Frankie (of “Frankie Says Relax” fame). If so, what does that say about the people who spend so much time working on sustainability projects?