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

Interdsciplinary Approach to Climate

Hi, all.

I have read the readings and felt that the way of writing is different. For example, Bassett (2000) points out the correlation between race and health conditions without a quantitative model in the paper. For an Economist, it might be a little bit awkward because the discipline requires the careful analysis of causality or correlation.

Thus, the following blog interests me a lot today. The weblog tells us the importance of interdicsiplinary approach to climate impact, especially public health in this entry. It points out two common difficulties in interdisciplinary research. One is the different "language" among different discpline. Second, it claims that scientists or researchers are influenced by hiddlen rule within thier discpline. I totally agree with those points. How to see issues is totally different from one discipline to other discipline.

http://climate.columbia.edu/blog/2009/02/16/interdisciplinary-work-big-challenge-but-not-impossible/

Anyway, the above blog might interest you because it advocate climate issues from Columbia.

Climate Change Legislation + Plastic Bag Tax

Environmental commentary and news on taxes:

The politics of carbon tax in the current congress
The politics of a plastic bag tax in New York City

(Sorry to be crowding the blog)