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The new Columbia-based online environmental journal, Consilience, has something of a balancing act to perform. On the one hand, it promotes sustainable development across the globe—shedding light on local issues such as the struggles to clean water in Panama, provide electricity in India, and combat instability in Afghanistan. On the other hand, it seeks to blur the boundaries of those geographic identities by connecting participants worldwide via the Internet.

“I know you all came here to hear me sing, right?” Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs joked in front of a packed Roone Arledge Auditorium crowd at an anti-poverty event he headlined with Grammy-winning recording artist John Legend Monday night.