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...have gained new traction in high places. Environmental sustainability, green growth and resource conservation were major themes of last month's meeting of the National People's Congress. And Yu has been approved to help Shanghai rehabilitate a decrepit industrial stretch of its main river for its 2010 World Expo and to create a corridor of parkland along 1,700 m of the Grand Canal...
...Regal Airport Hong Kong's airport hotel, tel: (852) 2890 6060, is every bit as stylish as the hub it serves?and even manages to impart something of a resort feel, with outsized rooms, two swimming pools, courtyard gardens and a spa. Hong Kong Disneyland and the new AsiaWorld-Expo convention center are within easy reach...
...REGAL AIRPORT Hong Kong's airport hotel, tel: (852) 2890 6060, is every bit as stylish as the hub it serves - and even manages to impart something of a resort feel, with outsized rooms, two swimming pools, courtyard gardens and a spa. Hong Kong Disneyland and the new AsiaWorld-Expo convention center are within easy reach. WESTIN DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT With its Zen-style water features, bamboo thickets and Asian-inspired restaurant design, this 414-room hotel, tel: (1-734) 942 6500, brings fusion flair to Motor City. Smokers who come off a long-haul flight desperate to light...
Student activists went bananas for fair trade foods at the week-long IMPACT summit hosted by the Harvard International Development Organization (HIDO), a group that targets global poverty. A fair trade expo in Boyslton Hall’s Ticknor Lounge featured demonstrations by artists from the Peruvian Textile Group, who were selling handcrafted scarves, bags, and rugs. An array of fair trade foods, including banana chips, chocolate fondue, and coffee, were offered free to students ripe for a better world. The summit, which ends tomorrow night, is HIDO’s first campus-wide event to confront issues of international...
Like most future-oriented gatherings, the 2005 World Expo in Aichi, Japan, was a showcase of cool gizmos. But with contributions from more than 120 countries, the exhibition, which is held in a different city every five years, was also a multinational take on what the future might be, with innovations ranging from the practical to the preposterous. Utensils at the food court were made of biodegradable plastic, and electricity was generated by an eco-friendly onsite system (even the garbage was used for fuel). And while the theme in Aichi was Nature's Wisdom, many of the 22 million...