February 24-28, 2012 AAG Annual Meeting 2012 New York, New York CRED was represented at this year’s Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting, held February 24-28 in New York, by visiting research scholar Diana Reckien and visiting scholar Seth Baum. Diana presented a paper on “What it needs to reduce perceived burden – Climate… read more

February 15-28, 2012 CRED Co-Director Hosts CAA Travel Study Trip Antarctica CRED Co-Director Ben Orlove traveled to Antarctica on February 15-28, as part of the Columbia Alumni Association Travel Study Program. Serving as faculty host on the trip, he gave two talks, one on non-native organisms that people have brought to Antarctica (sled dogs, microbes… read more

February 23, 2012 Future Earth: Research for Global Sustainability New York, New York CRED co-hosted Diana Liverman, Co-Director of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona to discuss the new Future Earth initiative. This new 10-year initiative aims to deliver knowledge to enable societies to meet their sustainable development goals in the… read more

February 15-17, 2012 Climate Mind & Behavior Symposium at the Garrison Institute Garrison, New York Sabine Marx, CRED Managing Director, presented “Communication and Decision Making: Insights from the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions”; and Rick Larrick, CRED Principal Investigator, presented “Better Metrics for Energy Decisions” at the Climate, Mind and Behavior (CMB) Symposium, held… read more

February 12, 2012 Partnering for the Climate: An Artist/Scientist Mixer New York, New York How can individuals and communities make sense of fragmented, confusing and often overwhelming news and data about climate change? The nervous system that interweaves artists, researchers, and the concerned public is largely disconnected. How can we make a difference and spark… read more

February 7, 2012 E3B Seminar Series New York, New York CRED Co-Director Ben Orlove gave a presentation entitled “Babies, Dogs and Microbes: Organisms that Threaten the Wilderness Continent of Antarctica” as part of the Columbia University Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology‘s E3B Seminar Series. Ben is looking at three areas of contention under… read more

January 26, 2012 Sustainable Development Seminar: Balancing Research & Practice at the Earth Institute New York, New York CRED managing director Sabine Marx participated as a panelist (along with Marc Levy, CIESIN, and Joe Graziano, Mailman School for Public Health) in the Sustainable Development Seminar on Balancing Research & Practice at the Earth Institute. Her… read more