See famed Professor Elliott Sclar

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development:
Greening the Urban Economy
Speakers:

Elliott Sclar, Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute at Columbia University and Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University;

Patricia Culligan, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science;

Joan Fitzgerald, Director, Law, Policy and Society Program, Northeastern University;

Jack McGourty, Director, Center for Technology, Innovation and Community Engagement (CTICE), Columbia University; Associate Dean, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University;

Robert Crauderueff, Policy Director, Sustainable South Bronx;

Nilda Mesa, Assistant Vice President, Environmental Stewardship, Columbia University and Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University;

Janna Olson, Executive Director, Win-Win Campaign, Envirolution

Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1501

Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298

Sustainable Development at Columbia University: Engineering and Sustainable Development

Date:
Monday, March 2, 2009 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Location:
Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, David Auditorium

Contact:
Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu

Event Description:
Speaker: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University

The Columbia University Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science presents "Sustainable Development at Columbia University: Engineering and Sustainable Development", with Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University.

City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban Development in the Global South

Date:
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Location:
Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 329 Pupin

Contact:
Amanda R. Christie, arc2140@columbia.edu

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Event Description:
Speaker: Edgar Pieterse, Director, African Centre for Cities, Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town

The Earth Institute, the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD) and the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) present "City Futures: Confronting the Crisis of Urban Development in the Global South," with Edgar Pieterse, Director, African Centre for Cities, Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, University of Cape Town. Open to the public.

In the past two decades, an urban revolution has taken place in the Global South. The problems surrounding this influx of people - slums, poverty, unemployment and lack of governance - have been well-documented. In his new book, Pieterse argues that to solve these problems there is an urgent need to encourage radical democracy, economic resilience, social resistance and environmental sustainability folded into the everyday concerns of marginalized people.

Edgar Pieterse is also a founding director of Isandla Institute; an urban policy think-tank where he continues advocacy oriented research work. His publications include: Voices of the Transition: The Politics, Poetics and Practices of Social Change in South Africa (2004), Democratising Local Government: The South African Experiment. (2002) and Consolidating Developmental Local Government: Lessons from the South Africa Experience (2007).