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...manage your accounts. In fact, the last third of the book focuses on humanity's indebtedness to nature, as told through a parody of A Christmas Carol and the stark, postapocalyptic reality that awaits Scrooge if he does not change his ways and listen to the Ghost of Earth Day Past. TIME talks to Atwood about Payback, the environment and what happens when...
...describe two possible futures: one with a healthy earth but no skyscrapers or plastic bags, and one where we have ruined the world to make a profit. Which way do you currently see humanity leaning? Oh, I think it's entirely what it says in the book - it's a matter of choice. We've got two possible futures: a really horrible one and a really good one. We're going to run out of oil. It's not a renewable resource. So that will happen. Meanwhile, we are very busy in creating all kinds of new tech that might...
Following her presentation, Dumaine participated in a panel discussion with Graham T. Allison, a professor at the the Harvard Kennedy School and Daniel P. Schrag, an earth and planetary sciences professor and HUCE director. The panel was the third in a series of “Green Conversations” held at HUCE. Three or four more are set to be staged in the spring...
...students promised to reduce their carbon footprint during Thanksgiving Break. In a campus-wide e-mail last Wednesday, Director of Sustainability Heather A. Henriksen said the importance of the pledge is two-fold: “It commits individuals to specific actions to reduce their impact on the earth, and it also promotes testing and implementation of renewable energy technologies on our campus,” she said. For each pledge, Harvard will contribute $1.50 toward renewable energy projects on campus. The pledge rates of each Harvard school will help determine the location of the funded project, and a contest...
...Uncle first hit the funny pages in 1940, with an appearance in the National Comics series, published by the now defunct Quality Comics. In the series, Uncle Sam was a Revolutionary War soldier whose soul merged with the spirit of Liberty. He was killed in battle but remained on Earth to fight for freedom. He briefly starred in his own comic book, Uncle Sam's Quarterly, which was published from 1941-1943. After a long hiatus (although he was memorably parodied by Mad magazine's Alfred E. Neuman during the Vietnam War), Uncle Sam returned to comics...