From EI Executive Director Steven Cohen: Columbia University’s Earth Institute: An Academic Institution for the 21st Century

When people ask me what I do for a living I tell them that I teach sustainability management at Columbia University and that I’m Executive Director of the university’s Earth Institute. Often, that’s the end of it, except for the more curious who have the courage to ask: “What’s the Earth Institute?” Unfortunately, the answer to that question takes a few minutes to deliver, because the Earth Institute is a new form of academic institution, and it’s not easy to describe.

To understand the Earth Institute, it is important to understand the history of American higher education and how it has evolved… [Read the full article at the Huffington Post]