Word: environmentalism
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Melvin S. Davis: There are intense amounts of stress in short bursts. Studies can link the fact that we - myself being one of them - die much younger than our counterparts. And that comes back to stress and the impact it has on the body. My daily routine is dealing with...
Mission Impossible General David Petraeus' testimony before Congress reiterated what many military and political experts have been saying for several years: a military victory in Iraq is not possible, and because the political environment is so fractured by sectarian differences, a political victory remains questionable [April 21]. The Bush Administration...
...these uncompromising goals are equal to the global targets set by the United Nations Framework Committee on Climate Change under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. As a leading research institution, Harvard should be a vanguard in promoting sustainability. However, in comparison to the City of Boston’s aggressive environmental campaign, Harvard’s efforts have looked half-hearted. According to the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, Harvard’s greenhouse gas emissions, measured in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCDE), have continued to climb over the past 16 years despite the University’s recent attention...
Some of my most vivid memories derive from the inconsequential acts of my childhood: spending all day picking through clovers in an attempt to find a lucky four-leafed sprout, or saving up whatever spare change I could find in the corners of my house in order to buy that...
...trade-offs in the ongoing process of making changes to better the environment in this country. More efficient cars rarely have as much horsepower as less efficient ones, organic foods are more expensive than their non-organic counterparts, and so on. These compromises must be weighed, but when the environmental effects are profound and many of the others are petty, changes must take place. To bring this balance to the furthest end of the spectrum, we have an obligation to make a move that is both beneficial for the environement and for local communities. The Cape Wind project would...