▁Exper ience ▁for ▁Under grad u ates ▁Program ▁( SEE - U ) ▁and ▁Cert ificate ▁Program ▁in ▁Conserv ation ▁and ▁Environment al ▁S ust ain ability . ▁Inst ruct ors ▁are ▁fac ulty ▁and ▁staff ▁at ▁cons ort ium ▁institutions ▁and ▁the ▁cons ort ium ▁often ▁provides ▁research ▁opportun ities ▁for ▁Columbia ’ s ▁under grad uate , ▁master ’ s ▁and ▁Ph . D . ▁students , ▁especially ▁those ▁in ▁E 3 B . ▁ ▁Education ▁and ▁training ▁ ▁The ▁Earth ▁Institute ▁Center ▁for ▁Environment al ▁S ust ain ability ▁( E IC ES ) ▁brings ▁together ▁five ▁ren owned ▁scientific , ▁academic ▁and ▁cultural ▁institutions : ▁Columbia ▁University , ▁American ▁Museum ▁of ▁Natural ▁History , ▁New ▁York ▁Botan ical ▁Garden , ▁Wild life ▁Conserv ation ▁Society ▁and ▁E co He alth ▁Alliance ▁( former ly ▁known ▁as ▁Wild life ▁Trust ). ▁Since ▁its ▁in ception ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁E IC ES ’ s ▁am bit ious ▁educational ▁ag enda ▁has ▁evol ved ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁emer gent ▁issues ▁of ▁environmental ▁and ▁e colog ical ▁sust ain ability . ▁Program s ▁en comp ass ▁gradu ate , ▁under grad uate ▁and ▁K - 1 2 ▁levels , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁those ▁for ▁private ▁and ▁public ▁sector ▁execut ives ▁and ▁citizens ▁interested ▁in ▁environmental ▁sust ain ability . ▁The ▁over arch ing ▁goal ▁of ▁E IC ES ’ s ▁education ▁programs ▁is ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁research ▁inform s ▁what ▁we ▁teach ▁in ▁the ▁class room . ▁