Word: efforts
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Harvard alumni based abroad often feel “very isolated” from their alma mater, Hyman says. Even in Europe, which boasts sizable alumni networks in cities such as London, it is important for the University to make an effort to reach out to graduates...
...effort to bolster sustainability efforts and cut energy costs, the Harvard College Library system has implemented lighting changes, including installing occupancy sensors and reducing lighting use in campus libraries...
...Once President Faust made [sustainability] a priority, we raised our level of awareness and became much more focused as an institution on working together to create a good conservation effort,” said Beth S. Brainard, HCL director of communications...
Concerning its most recent changes, HCL operations examined each library first and then implemented successful changes among all buildings to create a largely uniform conservation effort, according to Brainard...
Ryukyu Mura In an effort to preserve local culture after the decimation wreaked by WW II, traditional wooden houses from other islands were uprooted and reconstructed as a village at Ryukyu Mura, tel: (81-98) 965 1234, near the west coast of the main Okinawa Island. But this is no theme park. The elderly residents (locals regularly top the world's longevity lists thanks to a healthy diet and lifestyle) are serious about saving their way of life and will happily chat to you for hours on end over endless cups of green tea and sata andagi - sweet, deep-fried...