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Sustainable development becomes undergrad major

Starting in the fall of 2010, undergraduates will have the opportunity to major in sustainable development.

Starting in the fall of 2010, undergraduates will have the opportunity to major in sustainable development.

Columbia launches sustainable development major

Starting Fall 2010, undergraduates will have the opportunity to major in sustainable development.

Starting Fall 2010, undergraduates will have the opportunity to major in sustainable development.

Climate of change

The world is galvanized like never before around the issues being discussed—specifically, the future of international climate change policy.

The world is galvanized like never before around the issues being discussed—specifically, the future of international climate change policy.

Doing well by doing good

Where there was once a cursory mention of corporate social responsibility, there is now an entrepreneurial movement toward creating sustainable, environmentally oriented businesses.

Where there was once a cursory mention of corporate social responsibility, there is now an entrepreneurial movement toward creating sustainable, environmentally oriented businesses.

Policy is serious business

The intersection between business and policy is garnering more attention and interest in the world of international development, with “systems” and “process” thought increasingly recognized as crucial to sustainable policy.

The intersection between business and policy is garnering more attention and interest in the world of international development, with “systems” and “process” thought increasingly recognized as crucial to sustainable policy.

Sustainability and the categorical imperative

The categorical imperative provides a valuable framework on which an argument for climate change may be made on purely rational and ethical grounds.

The categorical imperative provides a valuable framework on which an argument for climate change may be made on purely rational and ethical grounds.

Earth Institute to create new major for fall 2010

As issues of climate control continue to make front-page news, the Earth Institute plans to unveil a new undergraduate major in sustainable development for fall 2010.

As issues of climate control continue to make front-page news, the Earth Institute plans to unveil a new undergraduate major in sustainable development for fall 2010.

Sachs Criticizes Press in J-School Speech

Professor and Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs played on an academic buzzword in a lecture at the Columbia School of Journalism, saying that the pursuit of sustainable development must be a “complex interdisciplinary” process.

Professor and Earth Institute Director Jeffrey Sachs played on an academic buzzword in a lecture at the Columbia School of Journalism, saying that the pursuit of sustainable development must be a “complex interdisciplinary” process.

Implementing Sustainability

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, a

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, a

Riding Out of Poverty on a Bamboo Bike

If you are poor, you walk: to school, to collect water, to find firewood, to go to town, to work, to farm your field, to get crops to your family, to get any excess crops you may grow to a market,

If you are poor, you walk: to school, to collect water, to find firewood, to go to town, to work, to farm your field, to get crops to your family, to get any excess crops you may grow to a market,