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Sustainable Development

On the Ground
New York Times online

Health Expert Rosh Ruxin's blog from Rwanda and elsewhere

Exhausted Earth
Reuters blogs

Climate Researcher Stuart Gaffin's blog

Ensuring That Gifts Go Where They're Needed
New York Times
, Nov. 11, 2008

Rwanda's Millennium Villages
PBS Frontline
, Nov. 10, 2008

UN Village Project Boosts Africa
Financial Times
, Nov. 3, 2008

Emerging Markets' Cash Strikes Nerve
Shanghai Daily
, Oct. 23, 2008

Google.org Spends $14 Million to Battle Pandemics
Wired
, Oct. 22, 2008

Soros and Sachs on Saving the Economy
Vanity Fair
, Oct. 21, 2008

Fate of Economy Rests on Next President: Soros
Reuters
, Oct. 20, 2008

Columbia University Unveils Master's Degree in Sustainable Development
Sustainable Business.com
, Oct. 13, 2008

Columbia Offers Sustainable-Development Program
Philanthropy Journal
, Oct. 5, 2008

Making Microfinance Work
The American.com
, Sept. 16, 2008

Climate and Society
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
, Sept. 16, 2008

The Man Who Aims to Feed Humanity’s Future
Discover
, Sept. 12, 2008

Google’s Philanthropy Arm Leads Effort to Use Weather Data to Fight Disease
New York Times
, Sept. 2, 2008

Fighting African Poverty, Village by Village
World Press Review
, Aug. 30, 2008

Mobile phones for Africa
The Times (South Africa)
, Aug. 4, 2008

You Think Oil's Going Down? Think Again
TheStreet.com
, Aug. 1, 2008

Should ethical investors dip into water stocks?
Christian Science Monitor
, Jul. 13, 2008

Crisis presents opportunity
DesMoinesRegister
, Jul. 13, 2008

Green Countries
Newsweek
, Jul. 7, 2008

Africa's Food Crisis Opportunity
Guelph Mercury
, Jul. 4, 2008

Taking Care of the Business of Public Health
PlusNews
, Jul. 1, 2008

Still Counting Katrina's Dead
Huffington Post
, Jun. 28, 2008

Africa needs a farming revolution, experts say
McClatchy Washington Bureau
, Jun. 20, 2008

World disaster hotspots
Foreign Policy
, Jun. 19, 2008

Water: Pay for It
Forbes.com
, Jun. 19, 2008

How a Kenyan village tripled its corn harvest
Christian Science Monitor
, Jun. 17, 2008

Food crisis may be a boon for small farmers in Africa
Los Angeles Times
, Jun. 13, 2008

Response to Martin Wolf by Jeffrey Sachs
Financial Times Comment
, Jun. 11, 2008

Sustaining growth is the century's big challenge
Financial Times Comment
, Jun. 11, 2008

New Threat to Food System: Pricey Fertilizer
Reuters
, Jun. 10, 2008

World Leaders Confer in Rome as Food Prices Rise
The Takeaway, NPR
, Jun. 4, 2008

Developing countries and weather forecasts
BBC’s The World
, Jun. 2, 2008

Uganda: Churning Money From Banana Leaves
The Monitor (Kampala)
, Jun. 2, 2008

Fighting Poverty, Village By Village
AllAfrica.com
, May 29, 2008

Backgrounder: African Agriculture
New York Times
, May 29, 2008

The seeds of controversy
Ottawa Citizen
, May 28, 2008

African Agriculture
Council on Foreign Relations
, May 28, 2008

In Kenya and elsewhere in Africa, farmers don't see profit from soaring food prices
Herald Tribune
, May 19, 2008

Famine Looms As Wars Rend Horn of Africa
New York Times
, May 17, 2008

The Clock Is Running Out
ScienceAlert
, May 15, 2008

8 Ways to Fix the Global Food Crisis
US News & World Report
, May 9, 2008

Research and Education at the Earth Institute
CNBC World Business
, May 9, 2008

Why the 1930s Dust Bowl Was So Bad
LiveScience
, May 5, 2008

Global Food Crisis a 'Silent Tsunami'
NPR Talk of the Nation
, Apr. 28, 2008

Bond Trader to Sell Rare Stamps for Charity
New York Times
, Apr. 14, 2008

10 Fixes for the Planet
Newsweek
, Apr. 14, 2008

Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket
CNN
, Apr. 14, 2008

Rice Riots: The Global Food Shortage
WNYC, The Brian Lehrer Show
, Apr. 10, 2008

State of the Planet at Columbia University
Janera.com
, Apr. 3, 2008

The Battle to Eradicate Malaria
WILL public radio
, Mar. 31, 2008

World Water Day
NPR Science Friday
, Mar. 21, 2008
(Features Casey Brown of IRI and the Water Center)

Book: The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict
By Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes
, Mar. 7, 2008

Eradicate Malaria? Doubters Fuel Debate
New York Times
, Mar. 4, 2008

Millennium Promise
Apogee Photo
, Mar. 1, 2008

Subsidising agriculture not enough
The Sunday Times
, Feb. 28, 2008

Study Shows Emerging Diseases on Rise
NPR Morning Edition
, Feb. 21, 2008

Emerging Infectious Diseases on the Rise
ScienceDaily
, Feb. 21, 2008

Britain Is Hotspot of New Germs Says New Study
The Telegraph (London)
, Feb. 21, 2008

Disease Monitors Looking in Wrong Places
Nature News
, Feb. 20, 2008

A Not So Mythic Amazonian
NPR
, Feb. 4, 2008

Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts
New York Times
, Dec. 1, 2007

Fighting a Disease of Logistics, He Means Business
New York Times
, Nov. 12, 2007

A Handout, Not a Hand Up: A Popular Approach to ‘Sustainable Development’ Doesn’t Work, Experts Say
Boston Globe
, Nov. 11, 2007

Bamboo Shoots and Trees
Salon.com
, Nov. 5, 2007

Is a Green Revolution Finally Blooming in Africa?
ScientificAmerican.com
, Nov. 1, 2007

Water Crisis in India: Is There Water in the Well?
Earth & Sky
, Oct. 30, 2007

Combating Malaria: Battling Over Bed Nets
Science
, Oct. 26, 2007

Seeds of Change in Rwanda
TIME
, Sept. 26, 2007

An African Revolution
Newsweek
, Aug. 21, 2007

Going Up or Down
The Economist
, Jun. 7, 2007

Fighting Malaria in Uganda: A slide show from the front lines.
Slate
, Apr. 25, 2007

What Should a Billionaire Give – and What Should You?
New York Times Magazine
, Dec. 17, 2006

Malanding Jaiteh Describes the World
Earth & Sky
, Sept. 1, 2006

Measuring Our Ability to Map Future Population Growth
San Diego Tribune
, Aug. 17, 2006

As a Species, We’re Learning to Be a Mature Adult
Earth & Sky
, Jul. 15, 2006

Innovative Villages Seek to Ease Poverty in Africa
Voice of America
, Jun. 28, 2006

It Takes a Village to Save the MDGs
InterPress News Service
, May 5, 2006

Not Out of the Woods Just Yet
New York Times
, Apr. 20, 2006

In a Kenyan Village, an Experiment in Development Has Started to Pay Off
Associated Press
, Mar. 23, 2006

Forecasting Malaria
BBC Radio
, Mar. 16, 2006

How Can Scientists Help Address Poverty?
NPR Talk of the Nation
, Feb. 27, 2006

Europeans Rank High in Environment Tally
International Herald Tribune
, Jan. 22, 2006

Fresh Heat for Energy Policy
Business Week
, Sept. 20, 2005

Human Population Grows Up
Scientific American
, Sept. 1, 2005

Africa: The Human Footprint
National Geographic
, Sept. 1, 2005

Bangladesh’s Deadly Wells
New York Times
, Jul. 30, 2005

When Will We Tame the Oceans?
Nature
, Jul. 14, 2005

Kenyan Village Serves as Test Case in Fight Against Poverty
New York Times
, Apr. 4, 2005

Cutting World Hunger in Half
Science
, Jan. 21, 2005

The Next Green Revolution
New York Times
, Oct. 6, 2004

Soil Fertility and Hunger in Africa
Science
, Mar. 15, 2002