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...most, the concept of creativity is most quickly associated with art. For James Croft and Edward Clapp, creators of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (GSE) Creativity Discussion Group, creativity can be found everywhere—not only in art, but in science, cuisine, sports, and cognition.Every Tuesday, faculty and students from Harvard meet informally to discuss creativity in different contexts, using anecdotes, allegories, and sometimes even props to express their personal understanding of this abstract idea. Participants of this Discussion Group identify a wide range of creative pursuits—from creating electricity with dirt to demonstrating the definition...
...Security Council in New York City. "What makes wars start?" asked Beckett. "Fights over water. Changing patterns of rainfall. Fights over food production, land use. There are few greater potential threats to our economies, too, but also to peace and security itself." Speaking outside the debate, Philip E. Clapp, former president of the New York City-based National Environmental Trust (who died this year), warned: "Global warming is no longer just an environmental issue. It is a rapidly advancing human crisis threatening millions of people, which could undermine the shaky political stability of countries from Southern Africa to the Middle...
During his 14 years as president and chief executive of the National Environmental Trust, Philip Clapp fought for legislation to combat global warming. He even once called into question Vice President Al Gore's commitment to the environment because of the White House's "failure to provide any leadership on the clean-air standards and on climate changes." Prior to his time with the Trust, Clapp worked on the U.S. House Budget Committee's environmental task force, where he tried, to no avail, to get the U.S. to ratify the Kyoto treaty. It has since been adopted by most developed...
...from now is unlikely to unleash the kind of economy-changing investments needed to truly combat climate change. "It says nothing specific about what the developed countries will do between now and 2020, and says that developing countries should commit to binding measures in a new treaty," says Philip Clapp, deputy managing director of the Pew Environment Group. "The question about that language is if that is enough to convince developing countries to adopt a long-term target - because it is very vague language...
Carroll's ability to harness his clients' drive is pushing the industry forward. Developing gear for athletes like Clapp and Warren Macdonald, a double-leg amputee who has used Carroll's designs to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and the face of El Capitan, has led to the introduction of better mainstream limbs for people who don't use them to ascend ice walls. "We come up with a one-off thing, and we wind up with some phenomenal technology," says Carroll. For his clients, that means equally phenomenal mobility...