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...book, Humes profiles an assortment of eco-barons, from businessmen to inventors, and discovers that what binds them is, he says, a "clear view of the insanity attached to the way we live." Doug Tompkins, who founded the clothing line Esprit - and then left it behind for conservation in the 1990s while it was still wildly successful - is the quintessential eco-baron and the source of Hume's best writing. Tompkins was always an outdoor adventurer - even while heading up Esprit, he would regularly disappear for months-long trips to the forests of South America - so when he burned...
...description of Tompkins. The book starts to feel repetitive as we're introduced to one extraordinary green after another. But Humes' ultimate point is well taken: at the very moment when the government began abdicating its responsibilities to the environment, the eco-barons stepped in. "We'd be years behind where we are now without these individuals," says Humes. (Read about Chevy's electric...
...sophomore Samantha Rosekrans and captain Laura Peterzan came from behind to pull...
...Behind the defense, senior goalie Joe Pike has been a key to the Crimson’s success. Tonight, he hopes to match his 10-save performance against Hartford last season...
...eTBLAST, which helped spot the duplication in Simon’s article last year, said in an e-mailed statement that it was “regrettable” that Simon would not longer be at Harvard.” Garner added that he did not understand the circumstances behind Simon’s resignation. “I don’t know what role our study, which identified similarity between his manuscript and a previous one by Dr. Roy Fleischmann played in his decision to resign,” Garner wrote. —Staff writer Laura...