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New York Hydraulic Fracturing Ban: Great First Step, But Not the End Goal

January 15, 2015

Ryan Elivo is a senior in Columbia College studying Sustainable Development. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development.

On December 17, Governor Cuomo announced

The Importance of Youth for Global Food Security

January 1, 2015

Remy N. Bargout and Dawn Cordeiro are from The University of Guelph. Mitalie Makhani is from the University of Toronto. Gonee Saini is from the University of British Columbia.

It is interesting to consider

Paddle to DC: A Presentation with Amy and Dave Freeman

November 24, 2014

For a few hours on Tuesday November 18th, a giant canoe covered in signatures was propped up in Schermerhorn Hall. The boat belonged to the

The Good Life

November 5, 2014

In 2008, the Ecuadorian Constitution defined the concept of Buen Vivir or Sumak Kawsay as a central principle of the state. In 2009, the Bolivian Constitution  did the same with

The Politics of Fracking: Polarization in New York State

October 29, 2014

Bonnie Hu is a first-year student at Columbia University in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Tanya Heikkila and Chris Weible, professors from the University of

Sector-Based Sustainability Ethics

October 22, 2014

Adela J. Gondek is a Lecturer in Discipline at Columbia University, where she has been a faculty member since 1989.  She teaches ethics in four programs

The Responsibility to Protect Applied to Climate Change

March 25, 2014

Authors Note: Brian Seavitt is a graduate student at New York University, studying environment and energy policy. His interests are sustainable development and environmental finance. He

Ethiopia one year after Meles: What is aid aiding now?

January 29, 2014
Author’s note: Courtney Meyer is a freelance writer who earned an MSc in Development Studies with distinction from the School of Oriental and African Studies in

Tap, Scan and Repeat

January 13, 2014

Who needs a wallet anymore? With apps like Venmo, a mobile “easy-pay” app, people can transfer funds quickly and easily between multiple bank accounts without