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...haphazard view of development - a common South Florida practice that's indelibly tied to helping those companies and private interests that supported them. "You could see it almost every commission meeting. You could watch the suits in the room, the eye contact, the facial expressions," said local environmental activist Joanne Davis. "It was disgusting. And I would hear them just berate the public, myself included...
...tiny activist group can't stop the mountain of e-waste Americans are producing, a mountain that will only grow when cable companies stop broadcasting analog signals on Feb. 17 and render obsolete the millions of rabbit ears used on old TV sets. Some TV manufacturers, like Sony, are offering free take-back programs, but if you really want to be e-green, try this: get a coupon from Uncle Sam for a discounted digital converter, and don't upgrade your old TV (or phone or computer) for a little while longer. It may not be in the generous holiday...
...manage to sustain the energy to be a rapper, producer and political activist? Gbemi Atimomo LAGOS, NIGERIA...
...pushing 300 members. The group’s accompanying petition had garnered nearly 600 student-signatures. “Harvard should let us participate in this historical moment to the fullest extent,” Kyle de Beausset '08-'09, a Crimson editorial writer and frequent student-activist who is leading these efforts, wrote alongside his online signature on the petition. One Facebook group member likened the protestors’ struggle to a fortune cookie she’d found on the ground outside the Harvard Science Center, which read, “[W]hen spider webs unite, they...
...another far less heralded poll took place. For 30 years, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom had ruled the Maldives, making him Asia's longest-serving leader. But on Nov. 11, he peacefully relinquished power after the country's first-ever multiparty popular elections. His successor is Mohamed Nasheed, a human-rights activist whom Gayoom had imprisoned repeatedly. At his inauguration, the 41-year-old Nasheed said he hoped his government would serve as a "fine example to the international community." It's an example Asia, indeed the world, needs...