Integrative Capstone Workshop [SUMA PS5200]
The Integrative Capstone Workshop serves as the culminating educational experience for students in the M.S. in Sustainability Management Program, designed to integrate the distinct fields of the program’s sustainability management curriculum. Students must draw on both the practical skills and the analytical knowledge they have gained in order to address crucial sustainability management issues as consultants for a real-world client.
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Integrative Capstone Workshop [SUMA PS5200]
The Integrative Capstone Workshop serves as the culminating educational experience for students in the M.S. in Sustainability Management Program, designed to integrate the distinct fields of the program’s sustainability management curriculum. Students must draw on both the practical skills and the analytical knowledge they have gained in order to address crucial sustainability management issues as consultants for a real-world client.
For information about Columbia University's procedure for reporting any alleged copyright infringement, or to request the taking down of any copyrighted materials, please visit this page.
The final reports and briefings from previous editions of the Integrative Capstone Workshop can be found below:
2020
Summer
Developing a Sustainable and Resilient Master Plan in Midlothian, IlI
Client: Board of Trustees, Midlothian, Ill
Report Video
Spring
Community-based Assessment of Bauxite Mining Impacts in Guinea
Client: United Nations Development Programme Guinea
Addressing the Last Mile Delivery
Client: Environmental Defense Fund
Do Biodiversity Metrics Positively Correlate with Environmental, Wellbeing, and Economic Indicators?
Client: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
NYSERDA Clean Energy Communities: Genesee/Finger Lakes Region
Client: Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Report Video
Youth and City Climate Action Planning
Client: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
2019
Fall
Advancing Sustainability at Faculty House
Client: Columbia University Events Management (UEM) and the Office of Environmental Stewardship
Are Ocean-Farmed Sea Greens and Plant and Cell-Based Meats Part of a Sustainable Solution to Feed The World?
Client: Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Seascape Program
Adapting Stormwater Management to Climate Change
Client: New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Institutional traits and leadership competencies in municipal governance for the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Client: United Nation’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government
Expand the Utilization of Solar Energy in Urban Communities
Client: Solar One
Summer
Electrifying the Transportation Sector in New Jersey
Client: NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
Spring
Making the Grade on Reducing Lead in New York’s Public School Drinking Water
Client: New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (NYLCVEF)
Making Craigville Net Zero by 2050
Client: Christian Camp Meeting Association (CCMA) of Centerville, MA
Embedded Carbon for Decision Making at the Port of Seattle
Client: The Port of Seattle
Advancing Marine Conservation in New York Waters through Ecological Valuation
Client: Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Seascape Program
Report Video
Inclusive Development of Household Waste Value Chains in Conakry, Guinea
Client: United Nations Development Programme, Guinea
Report Video
2018
Fall
Detroit’s Incinerator: Present and Future
Client: Bloomberg Associates Sustainability Practice
Driving Zero Waste Forward in NYC Public Schools
Client: The NYC Department of Education’s Office of Sustainability
Enhancing Operations Management for NYC Vertical Farm
Client: Teens for Food Justice (Technical advisor: Agritecture Consulting)
Exploring Business Models for Water Efficient Agriculture in India
Client: The Nature Conservancy, NatureVest
Waste Reduction Strategies for the Bronx River
Client: Bronx River Alliance
Report Video
Summer
Enhancing Climate Resilience in Long Island State Parks, Orient Beach State Park Case Study
Client: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Report Video
Spring
Building Rural Resilience with Ashoka Mexico
Client: Ashoka Mexico
Report Video
Conserving Manta Rays & Sustaining Local Communities
Client: Planeta Océano
Climate Action Planning: A Framework for Westport, CT
Client: Westport Green Task Force
Trash Talks: Defining the Next Generation of Sustainable Sanitation Services for Union Square Partnership and the Public Realm
Client: Union Square Partnership
Report Video
Bringing Electric Vehicles, EV Ride Sharing & Community Solar to Target senior citizen and low-income Populations in Westchester County, New York
Sustainable Westchester