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Don't forget to join CWC and SEBS tomorrow for a screening of "A Civil Action!" Check out the event page for more info http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=31 7943305234&ref=mf

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Join Columbia Water Center and Students & Engineers for a Better Society for a screening of "A Civil Action," which is based on a true story. The movie revolves around a court case about an incident where two drinking wells supplying water to a town were found to be contaminated with industrial solvents. The residents ......felt that the local factories caused the pollution and were responsible for the unusually high rate of leukemia deaths amongst the town's children. John Travolta plays the lawyer who is hired to represent the small town in their case against the factory.
Professor Patricia Culligan, who was involved in the research for the contamination site and has first-hand knowledge and insight, will speak about her experience. Prof. Culligan is a civil engineering professor at Columbia University.

Columbia Water Center Join us this Thursday, October 15, for a seminar titled "Scaling Issues related to Hydrogeomorphic Processes" by Roy Sidle, professor and director of the Environmental Science Program at Appalachian State University. It will be from 12-1 in 924 Mudd, and light refreshments will be served. For more info on our upcoming events, visit http://bit.ly/18JLjw

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The Earth Institute's Columbia Water Center Seminar Series presents "Sustainable and Unsustainable Indian Farming Practices," with Ram Fishman, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Development; Rebecca Kline, Fellow, Deshpande Foundation; Tobias Siegfried, Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center. This event is free a......nd open to the public. Registration is requested but not required. Refreshments will be served.
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時間:2009年9月30日 16:30
地點:924 Seeley W Mudd Building

Columbia Water Center Join us Wednesday for a seminar about sustainable farming practices in India. Rebecca Kline will tell us about the year she spent in Karnataka, India working with farmers on a unique rainfed farming system. Tobias Siegfried and Ram Fishman will also talk about Indian agriculture and its relationship to water depletion....... This Wednesday, 4:30 - 5:30, Columbia Morningside Campus in NYC. Details here: bit.ly/Hh1Xd

Columbia Water Center Check your facebook inbox for the latest update on the Columbia Water Center! Also, come to our page to see amazing pictures from Director Manu Lall, Assistant Director Dan Stellar, professor Vijay Modi, and Ram Fishman's trip to India

Columbia Water Center Jeff Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, talks about the Columbia Water Center India Water Forum. Check out the video and transcript, as well as other videos from CWC's time in India at this link: http://bit.ly/uTd9u

Columbia Water Center CWC team: Director Manu Lall, Assistant Director Dan Stellar, Professor Vijay Modi, and Ram Fishman are traveling in India for 3 weeks in August 2009. They are meeting with government officials, researchers, and scientists as they prepare to launch a pil

Columbia Water Center If you haven't signed the ONE | Water for the World petition yet, please do! They are trying to reach 150,000 signatures! http://bit.ly/IaH6H
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Help us improve access to clean water and sanitation for the world's poorest people by asking your senators to cosponsor the Durbin-Corker Water for the World Act of 2009 (S. 624).

Columbia Water Center Is reclaimed water safe to drink? Read and discuss on our blog! http://bit.ly/TJfqj

Columbia Water Center Check out our discussion section and let us know what you want to see in our event line up this fall



















