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...vision of an environmentally friendly Harvard is of a school committed not only to reducing its ecological footprint, but also to producing the next generation of environmental leaders. This vision will never be a reality without big improvements to the College’s environmental curriculum. With these reforms, Harvard will not only better serve its discouraged nonscientists, but it will help answer what is perhaps the most pressing sociopolitical question of our time: how to build a more just and sustainable society in the years to come...
That's a pretty overwhelming list. If it's so hard to make a dent in your carbon footprint, is there a risk that people will just throw up their hands? I was worried that the results of my adventure into the heart of the energy crisis would be despair and defeat. In fact, I ended up feeling overwhelmingly optimistic. We figured out 7 trillion different applications for natural gas and petroleum. If we could do that, then we can certainly figure out a way to undo the problem. It was ingenuity that got us into this mess...
...largest airline has started quietly asking passengers in Japanese to use the bathroom before boarding any of its 38 domestic flights or four international flights between Tokyo and Singapore. The request is part of the airline's "ecological flight" program, now in its fourth year, to reduce its carbon footprint by lightening planes' loads and reducing fuel consumption. Through the month of October, ANA aims to reduce wgat it carries into the atmosphere by as much as 4.2 tons by asking passengers to pack - and board - lighter. (See 10 big recession surprises...
...smaller projects such as the nation’s first LEED-certified kitchen in Dunster and Mather. You may not be standing in an official “green” building yet, but chances are that at least part of it has reduced Harvard’s environmental footprint...
Besides, if students were serious about combating global warming, they would have elected Roger G. Waite ’10 president of the Undergraduate Council last year. Waite promised to decrease our carbon footprint by using green technology—specifically, oxen. His platform sounded similar to those “Go Green” tips on the back of party registration forms...