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Field Notes from the Ecuadorian Amazon

Sustainable DevelopmentAugust 8, 2026138Views 0Likes 0Comments

The article below recounts part of my experience studying abroad in the School of International Training’s International Honors Program in Climate Change: The Politics of Food, Water, and Energy Justice. As part of the program, we travelled to San Francisco, Morocco, Nepal, and Ecuador to learn how communities around the world are experiencing and responding…

Can Art Change How We See Climate Change?

Sustainable DevelopmentAugust 6, 2026128Views 1Like 0Comments

One of art’s enduring purposes is to reflect the society in which it is created. As environmental degradation and climate change have become pressing issues of the 21st century, art is an important medium that invites the audience to think about their roles in the climate crisis while inspiring hope for a different future. Climate-conscious…

Community Energy #1: Introduction

Sustainable DevelopmentAugust 4, 2026108Views 1Like 0Comments

Did you switch your light on, charge your phone, or microwave your food this morning? For most people, the answer is probably yes. Yet, these ordinary acts that you often take for granted draw from a complex system that shapes not only how energy is produced but also what impact energy production has on the…

An Analysis of Vietnam’s Paternity Leave Policy

Sustainable DevelopmentAugust 4, 2026100Views 1Like 0Comments

In the “Mainstreaming Gender in Global Affairs” course at SIPA, professor Kristy Kelly gave us a very interesting assignment: choosing an existing gender-related policy, then using Carol Bacchi’s “ What’s the Problem?” approach (WPR) to dissect that policy. The WPR approach is based on a commonsensical insight that every policy…

What is Sustainable Development?

Sustainable DevelopmentAugust 4, 2026105Views 1Like 0Comments

In recent years, the term "sustainable development" has flooded the media and worked its way into almost every corner of life. It comes up in global forums, regional seminars, national strategies, and organizational mission statements. We talk about it so often that it has come to feel like common knowledge, something whose meaning is plain…