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With three new hires and a goal of attracting five more in the next two years, transition is the buzzword in the Afro-American studies department, says Gates...
Officially the summit, which wrapped up last week in Johannesburg, was to discuss and agree upon a plan for sustainable development, that much-discussed but little-understood buzzword of the moment. But at times the main U.N. talkfest, held in the upmarket suburb of Sandton, Africa's richest square mile, was lost in the gaggle of voices and slogans surrounding the conference. At the Ubuntu Village (ubuntu is Zulu for humanity), booths touting the environmental credentials of multinational oil companies stood beside those of tiny green groups. One promoted the teachings of Mohandas Gandhi as environmentally friendly. "Gandhi was green...
...fails to deliver on claims that it significantly benefits development and conservation while bolstering host countries' revenues. At the heart of the debate is ecotourism's place at the "blue-green" end of the environmentalist spectrum, where even nature has an intrinsic economic value. "Ecotourism," says Duffy, becomes a "buzzword that assists businesses in marketing their products." In the global tourism industry, "cultures and societies become commodities to be consumed by an external audience." Ecotourists create "a huge economic, environmental and social impact merely by arriving in a developing country," Duffy points out. In their "self-indulgence," she adds, they...
...whizzy phones that can take, send, and receive color digital photos. Holiday snaps don't sound especially revolutionary, but to hear the networkers talk, multimedia messaging is just about the biggest thing since rechargeable batteries. mmO2 chief executive Peter Erskine even tempts fate by invoking that dreadful New Economy buzzword, killer app. Pure hype? Maybe not. Wireless operators are looking hopefully to Japan, where Vodafone's subsidiary J-Phone already has more than 40% of its subscribers using camera phones. And this wasn't the result of any giveaway subsidies on the handsets. "We made them among the most expensive...
...were off. The first few hours took us on a gentle path through dense forest. The going was easy, though Michael, our guide, constantly reminded us to take it slowly and allow our bodies to acclimatize. The Swahili word for slow is ?pole? (poh-lay), and that became the buzzword for the rest of the climb. Slow and steady really does win the race. The track became steeper the higher we climbed and by mid afternoon, a light drizzle began to fall. We set up camp at 9700 feet, in a rocky bush clearing just above a couple of caves...