Over the last year, no area of sustainability has drawn as much interest from students in Columbia University’s Sustainability Management graduate program than the environmental performance of the fashion industry. One of these students is Kwesi Blair, who has, himself, worked in the retail of fashion for a decade, and who has experienced, firsthand, the […]
Many cafeterias around the U.S. are working to provide students with healthy, sustainable meal options. To do this, colleges and universities are changing the way that they purchase and prepare food in their cafeterias and many of them are beginning to source food locally. Universities can play a big role in their local and state […]
Which schools are shaping our eco-leaders of tomorrow? Each year, Sierra—the Sierra Club’s magazine—ranks the greenest colleges and universities in the country, and by the looks of this year’s list, many of those schools are in California. Announcing our ninth annual ranking of America’s greenest colleges! Did your school make the list? http://t.co/fQMvh4ZMew #coolschools — Sierra Magazine […]
Many students have vowed to ramp up their divestment campaigns at universities across America this spring. One group who has garnered much media attention is Divest Harvard, which is wrapping up a week-long campaign known as “Harvard Heat Week.” Harvard has the largest endowment of any university in the world at $36.4 billion, and hundreds of alumni including Bill McKibben, founder […]
Early this morning, Swarthmore Mountain Justice launched a sit-in for fossil fuel divestment at Swarthmore College. Students at this Quaker college in Pennsylvania helped launch the campus divestment movement, which is now active at hundreds of universities across North America, Europe and Australia. The 37 students and six alumni are asking the Swarthmore Board Investment Committee chair Chris Niemczewski […]
Current Master of Science in Sustainability Management (MSSM) student Divya Bendre had just completed postgraduate work in Policy Studies and was working in management consulting in Singapore when she stumbled upon an article by Steve Cohen, executive director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, entitled “Educating Sustainability Professionals” that changed the trajectory of her […]
Have you ever wondered about how sustainability plans develop within local government? Michael Freedman-Schnapp, director of the New York City Council’s Policy & Innovation Division, recently spoke with students about this topic at a Sustainable Development Speaker Series event. Freedman-Schnapp guided undergraduate and graduate students through the city’s various plans to achieve its ambitious sustainable development […]
Through her role as a Parks Analyst with the New York City Department Parks and Recreation, Katie Edmond (MPA-ESP ’14) is working toward a greener future for New Yorkers in high-need communities. Katie Edmond (MPA-ESP ’14) is working toward a greener future for New Yorkers in high-need communities. 1. What is your current job? I’m […]
Sustainia, a Scandinavian think tank, and the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) have partnered to produce the Green Guide for Universities, which offers tangible solutions to address environmental sustainability from some of the top universities in the world. The guide contains 23 case studies in sustainability from universities such as Yale, Cambridge, Peking and Copenhagen University. […]
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