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Forest Ethics' carrot-and-stick approach has proved effective. From 1999 to 2002, the organization pushed Staples and Office Depot to stop buying paper derived from endangered forests and ensure that 30% of the paper they sell has recycled content. Thanks to pressure from Forest Ethics, Victoria's Secret prints its clearance catalogs on paper that has more than 80% recycled content. To Paglia, however, that is only a starting point. "Moving 6% or 7% of their catalogs to recycled paper is to be applauded, but the remaining 350 million need to change," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paper War | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...holding on for a glorious ride. But the tech meltdown of 2000 and a rash of fund scandals changed the game. Star power faded, and up stepped little-known (but not so little) American Funds to rewrite the script for success. American Funds woos investors with a team approach that insulates fund investors from the carnage that a single mistaken ego may unleash. The company is raking in money so fast that it has inspired copycats--just as its funds have grown so large they threaten to become unwieldy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meet the No-Star Team | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

...origin, I would say that callousness represents the state of affairs in mainstream French society. Unlike the Anglo-Saxons, who have a penchant for politeness and political correctness, the French have no inhibitions about crudely stating their reaction to events. The country needs to get rid of its outmoded approach to race, immigration and integration. Gautham Venkata-Chalam Ottawa It is an illusion to believe the generous social-welfare benefits France offers its citizens - including millions of immigrants mostly from Arab countries - will bring social peace. How can the government, the left-wing media and élite French society turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France's Streets of Fire | 12/9/2005 | See Source »

...Daphne Rubin-Vega, replacing Mimi’s usual raspy vocals with a much smoother, sweeter tone. Admittedly, the change is somewhat distracting, especially in Mimi’s first appearance, the innocently romantic duet “Light My Candle.” But Dawson’s approach begins to shine soon enough; by the time of Mimi’s big solo number “Out Tonight,” Dawson has made the character all her own. The adaptation of “Rent” from stage to screen led to song order being...

Author: By Maura A. Graul, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

...choose those courses that interest me.” Danielle Travers ’05 concurs: “Designing my own curriculum was one of the best parts of the experience. It helped me to focus my studies on what interested me—and to critically approach those topics.”A self-tailored concentration may be one of Environmental Studies’ selling points, but it makes it a difficult discipline to pin down. Winthrop explains: “Environmental Studies is different for everyone who does it.”NEW MONEY SMELLProfessor Stilgoe provides...

Author: By Bernard L. Parham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Nature of Environmental Studies | 12/8/2005 | See Source »

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