Student Union for Sustainable Development

05/08/2020

For all people hoping to sustain a career in this field :)

RSVP deadline is this Sunday, May 10, 11:55pm!

As if the tentacular whimsy of Sustainable Development weren't overwhelming enough, coronavirus had to come raining down...

Pull yourself out from under the career path rubble and come to this May 13 SDEV ALUM PANEL + NETWORK BREAKOUT!!!!

RSVP: https://fs21.formsite.com/earthinstitute/o69bl560pb/index.html

Camaraderie, commiseration, strategy? See ya there!

05/02/2020

As if the tentacular whimsy of Sustainable Development weren't overwhelming enough, coronavirus had to come raining down...

Pull yourself out from under the career path rubble and come to this May 13 SDEV ALUM PANEL + NETWORK BREAKOUT!!!!

RSVP: https://fs21.formsite.com/earthinstitute/o69bl560pb/index.html

Camaraderie, commiseration, strategy? See ya there!

04/17/2020

SUSD is hosting another Meet Your Major with the wonderful Lisa Sachs and Satyajit Bose on Friday, 4/24, from 12-1pm EST! These are casual conversations for you to get to know others in the SusDev program better. Come ready to have a fantastic conversation with these superstar educators!

Please RSVP so we can send you the Zoom link at the time! RSVP here: https://forms.gle/dZeCm8UPYW5gyPiU6

LISA SACHS is the Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment. She established and now oversees the three areas of focus for CCSI: investments in extractive industries, investments in land and agriculture, and investment law and policy. She specializes in extractive industries, foreign investment, corporate responsibility, human rights, and integrated economic development. Lisa Sachs is also a member of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s thematic group on the Good Governance of Extractive and Land Resources.�

SATYAJIT BOSE teaches sustainable investing, cost-benefit analysis and mathematics, and serves as Associate Director of the Program in Sustainability Management. His research interests include the value of ESG information, carbon pricing, the link between portfolio investment and sustainable development in emerging markets and the optimal use of environmental performance metrics for long horizon investment choices.

02/19/2020

THIS, IS,, TOMORROW,,, !! be there

ATTENTION ALL SUSDEV KIDS!!! The EI is hosting a student mixer from 5-7pm on Wednesday, 2/19 at Elysian Fields. COME THRU!

Make sure to RSVP by 2/17, and also please spread the word to other SusDev buddies!!

RSVP here: https://fs21.formsite.com/earthinstitute/gd5lffv82d/index.html

02/10/2020

ATTENTION ALL SUSDEV KIDS!!! The EI is hosting a student mixer from 5-7pm on Wednesday, 2/19 at Elysian Fields. COME THRU!

Make sure to RSVP by 2/17, and also please spread the word to other SusDev buddies!!

RSVP here: https://fs21.formsite.com/earthinstitute/gd5lffv82d/index.html

02/05/2020

Consilience is recruiting! Read and edit new research papers on sustainable development, or write an essay/ op-ed on anything sustainability. Got thoughts on the climate crisis? A hot take about ESG? Something from a susdev class you just can’t shut up about? This is your chance to get published on our blog, Briefings, and Earth Institutes’ State of the Planet. Fill in this form by FRIDAY & come to our next meeting, Tuesday 2/11 Hamilton 401.

JOIN CONSILIENCE!

Applications now open for editors, writers, and managers on Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development. Apply by February 7.

https://tinyurl.com/consilience20

01/21/2020

CALLING ON YOU, GS! WE WANT TO SHARE YOUR STORIES.

Please fill out this brief screener survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXdf2bbubLz9SGWJ54JQbq4MO964cQGaRnF0eBt0k-NGvXdA/viewform?usp=sf_link
for a chance to be 1 of 8 General Studies Sus Dev students to get interviewed and written up in a marketable profile that will reach the Columbia community and beyond.
..You'll basically be as glossy and ubiquitous as TIME's Person of the Year
..except read by the Earth Institute's network audience on the lookout for new hires with world-weary wisdom!

The board of the Student Union for Sustainable Development is interested in the lived experience of our GS peers. We hope to select eight gurus from those who fill out the form below to get scheduled over the course of the Spring 2020 semester for a free Brownie's lunch and an interview as part of a...

12/05/2019

THE TIME IS NIGH!!! Tomorrow. Noon. See you there.

In the meantime, enjoy some fun facts about our other fabulous speakers, RADLEY HORTON!!!

RSVP now, or ELSE: https://forms.gle/QZDMpCDMWtV9PY8v5

12/04/2019

Already planning on dropping by Friday's Meet Your Major event? GOOD!!!!!! In the meantime, have some fun information about one of our lovely speakers, ADELA GONDEK!

RSVP for the event here: https://forms.gle/QZDMpCDMWtV9PY8v5

12/04/2019

and WE'RE BACK with another SICK event featuring two tried-and-true faves of the SusDev department – the CHARMING Adela Gondek and the QUINTESSENTIAL Radley Horton!!!! Enjoy a lively and honest conversation with these two star faculty over a FABULOUS lunch from Brownie's.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE FUN FACTS ABOUT THE SPEAKERS!!!!!

****This Friday, 12-1pm, Hall (AKA Earth Institute)****

Anyone interested in Sustainable Development at all is REQUIRED to come.

and... please RSVP so we can get you your well-deserved Brownie's :))) LINK BELOW

https://forms.gle/GQxNs5ZomdBVbAC2A

11/11/2019

Come meet SusDev alumni over **really freaking good** and **absolutely free** food and drinks!!!!

Date: Wednesday, November 13th (THIS WEDNESDAY!)

Location: Arts & Crafts babyyyy

Who Should Come: Literally ANYONE interested in SusDev in any shape or form!

Should I RSVP: Yes if you want those free drinks ;)

RSVP at: https://fs21.formsite.com/earthinstitute/form400/index.html