Sustainability Media Lab

30 Earth Institute faculty members sign statement in support of coal divestment From left to right: Todd Gitlin, Journalism School, Michael Gerrard, Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, and Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, participate in a discussion on Columbia's responsibilities to act on climate change.

Climate Countdown - Film Screening & Panel Discussion
Sunday, Nov 15, 4:30pm-6:00pm
Lerner Cinema, Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway
Columbia University, NYC
RSVP required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-countdown-film-screening-panel-discussion-tickets-19395984913

Columbia’s Sustainability Media Lab and UN Sustainable Development Solutions Youth Network are excited to present the first screening event of the Climate Countdown webseries -- a media project that promotes greater understanding of international climate policy and helps to engage & empower the public to support urgent climate action. The event will showcase episodes from the series, as well as two separate expert panel discussions on the webseries and climate media at large.

Registration is required; non-Columbia ID holders must RSVP online by Nov 12 12PM ET. Please send any questions to [email protected].

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/04/12/398757250/beyond-almonds-a-rogues-gallery-of-guzzlers-in-californias-drought

Beyond Almonds: A Rogue's Gallery of Guzzlers In California's Drought California is parched. Wells are running dry. Vegetable fields have been left fallow and lawns are dying. Who can we blame? From almonds to politicians to cheap water, here are seven candidates.

The experts I spoke to all said it's extremely important to reflect the state of the science in coverage, and to avoid giving equal weight to both sides of an argument that aren't actually equal according to science. When reporters do that, we risk misrepresenting the research and creating controversy where there isn't any.

How should journalists cover quacks like Dr. Oz or the Food Babe?