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...themed issue of TIME STYLE & DESIGN, a special supplement to TIME, we rather boldly proclaimed that sustainability was the new luxury. Admittedly, it was a stretch to speak of luxury goods and sustainability in the same breath. At the time, only a handful of major luxury companies had embraced environmental issues, and designers like Stella McCartney, who has always avoided leather even when It bags boosted the bottom line, were regarded as slightly off-kilter. Just three years later, McCartney's profits have increased 600%, companies as diverse as eBay, Tag Heuer and Ligne Roset are making huge strides...
The name hasn't really caught on, but the meat certainly has. In the past three years, Australian sales of kangaroo have increased 30% as it has gained more cred as a healthy and free-range alternative to lamb and beef. Now, with a recession in full swing, the relatively...
In an annual tradition, we've given the back page of this issue to columnist Joel Stein, who has, in his inimitable fashion, ranked the TIME 100 on the basis of their influence on him. And in what we hope will become an annual tradition, this year we'll attempt...
Schrag, whose areas of expertise include climate change and energy issues, is currently a professor of geology in the department of earth and planetary sciences and the director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment.
Noel M. Holbrook ’82, a professor of forestry who serves with Schrag on the Center for the Environment steering committee, said his ability to bring different facets of the University together in his work on the environment would serve him well in Washington.