Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development
History
On February 18, 2008, students at Columbia University launched the inaugural issue of Consilience: The Journal of Sustainable Development. Consilience purports to be a global, online publication dedicated to the promotion of interdisciplinary dialogue on sustainable development.
Consilience (inspired by E.O. Wilson’s book of the same title) has student, professor and practitioner participation and promotes solution-oriented research. Noticeable is its cross-pollination of methodologies between disciplines as evidenced by the inaugural issue's articles exploring issues of physician migration in global health, the role of uncertainty in climate change, and human rights, and biotechnology in healthcare, among others.
Issue One of the journal features thirteen articles, including academic papers, field notes and opinion pieces. Also included is a photo essay displaying events in Afghanistan.
The Consilience launch event was conducted on February 18, 2008 in Low Rotunda on Columbia University's campus with Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, as the keynote speaker.
Consilience is featured on the New York Times blog "Dot Earth", a climate change and sustainability resource written by Andrew C. Revkin.
