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Sandor's idea was so successful that he was asked to the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 to help design a program to finance reductions in carbon emissions. Sandor remembers the time fondly. "It reminded me of my days at Berkeley," he says. "There was more tie-dye than at a Grateful Dead concert. I was sitting on the beach and having a caipirinha, and I said, 'We could do this...
...when that happens, we may see carbon emissions drop as rapidly as SO2 and NO has fallen under Sandor's acid rain market - without emptying our national wallet. "I'm optimistic," says Sandor. "The potential [cap-and-trade] legislation is moving in the right direction. If we design the building right, it won't punish the economy." On this Earth Day, as we grapple with worsening climate change, we should take time to recognize an unlikely hero for the planet...
...seeds to promote supporting the environment through gardening. On the other side of the room, HoCo laid out a host of snacks, drinks, and cakes—all natural, of course—to enjoy during the movie. The event also included an Eco-Month Clothing Swap with a designated box from which anyone could add or take clothes that would then be donated to the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter. The last activity of the night was a “mug-rack painting,” where students contributed their personal design to a new mug-tree...
...money on porcelain.” Thus, when the recipe for making porcelain was finally discovered in Meissen, Germany, the tiny porcelain figurines were quickly elevated to symbols of power and prestige in European courts.The speeches given at the symposium, which brought distinguished scholars of art and design from all over the nation to Harvard, focused on topics including the evolution of luxury items, from porcelain to purses. The figurines were used as table decorations at lavish Baroque banquets and festivals and created an atmosphere of luxury, which Valerie Steele, from The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, likened...
...afoul of Texas environmental rules. They were dumping raw sewage into one of the wide "draws" - the dry stream beds that can suddenly fill in heavy rains, sending water downstream to the Colorado River, a vital source for agriculture and recreation. The FLDS hired a Dallas engineer to design a sewage plant for them, but they wouldn't allow him on the land, Nikolauk said, so an arrangement was made to haul sewage to the city plant. They always paid their bills - in cash. "I established rapport with two or three of them," Nikolauk says, but few members...