Meet the 2011-2012 Earth Institute Student Advisory Council

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The Earth Institute Student Advisory Council (http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/2938) is a student body that serves the Columbia University community by promoting relationships between student…

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State Public Utilities Commissions and energy efficiency: Driving innovation through regulation

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Speaker: Shelley Welton Summary: Decades after the U.S. first recognized energy efficiency’s potential to reduce emissions, lower electricity bills, and improve grid reliability, a number of regulatory…

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Climate, land surface hydrology, and human water demands

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Speaker: Tara Troy Summary: Water resources are currently facing the dual pressures of climate change and population growth; the former may affect supply and the latter demand. We focus on the interactions…

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Indoor climatology of New York City households in the context of human health

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Speaker: James Tamerius Summary: We used a recently developed record of indoor temperature and humidity from 326 households in New York City to examine the relationship between indoor and outdoor…

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Electricity services in the Millennium Villages: Progress and potential

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Speaker: Daniel Soto Summary: Millennium Villages Project installations are providing prepaid electricity to over 2000 people in Mali and Uganda. This talk presents data on the power consumption…

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Understanding hurricane risk response using dynamic lab simulations

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Speaker: Nada Petrovic Summary: Extreme weather events create uncertain environments in which residents must make preparatory and evacuation decisions. Little is known about how these situations…

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Spatial analysis of environmental degradation and household insecurity along the Haitian and Dominican border

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Speaker: Alexandra Morel Summary: A reforestation project was launched in two watersheds along the Haitian border. The design of this effort involved hiring local teams of reforestation brigades…

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Score! Income impact evaluation with minimal data collection – a proposed method and application with Walmart China

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Speaker: Hope Michelson Summary: The high cost of data collection, particularly the expense associated with collecting data on household income, impedes the expansion of impact evaluation projects…

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Environmental attitudes in urban China: interplay of social and environmental factors

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Introduction: Jeffrey D. Sachs Speaker: Tien Ming Lee Summary: The interplay of social and environmental factors in China, the most populous nation with a rapidly growing economy worldwide, will…

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CGSD’s work with Columbia’s Global Center | Middle East in Jordan

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Learn more: http://cgsd.columbia.edu/2012/04/11/linking-executive-training-and-institutional-innovation-in-jordan/

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Opportunity Comes More Than Once—Rose Affum Gyimah

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Rose Affum Gyimah talks about her education and the scholarship she received from John Legend. http://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/watch/386