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...Harberg became an energy-efficiency guru because he didn't know the first thing about energy efficiency. In 2003 he was constructing a new home in Dallas and wanted to work with his builder to make the place as environmentally friendly as possible. But neither Harberg nor his designer had any training in how to turn an ordinary house green, and they found few resources to help them. "It was so frustrating," says Harberg, 46, a Dallas-based entrepreneur...
...Positive Psychology,” is one of the highest rated professors at Harvard with a whopping Q Guide score of 4.8. Is it the light workload or their interest in the material that makes students so happy with Professor Ben-Shahar? FM sat down with guru of glee to discover more about his course, happiness, and how to handle a lonely Valentine’s Day.1.FM: What do you enjoy most about your class, “Positive Psychology”?Tal Ben-Shahar: I enjoy most when students tell me that the class is making a difference...
...climate change front and center on American campuses - and enlist students as foot soldiers in political battles over global warming. The movement has grown massively since Goodstein launched it with his wife Chungin Chung; branches have sprung up on campuses around the country and prominent greens, like the sustainability guru Hunter Lovins and retired Sen. Gary Hart, are on its board. That rise culminated in a national teach-in event on Jan. 31, when teachers and students at over 1,500 campuses gathered to discuss global warming - and find a solution. It was less a protest that a nationwide seminar...
...BEATLES MADE THEIR guru famous when they visited his ashram in 1968, but in the end, Transcendental Meditation founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi may have regretted the association. The maharishi brought TM--thepractice of exploring consciousness through meditation and chanting--to the U.S. in 1959, and with the cachet of star followers like the Rolling Stones and Mia Farrow, it became a multimillion-dollar global business. But the gray-haired guru was said to have become uncomfortable with its drug-using, counterculture fan base. After the Fab Four's celebrated visit, the band and its guru famously split. The maharishi...
...past year, male models have been strutting their scruff on runways, in fashion magazines and in ads for stores like Banana Republic. Brad Pitt walked the red carpet with one at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. "Beards are a great accessory for men," says John Allan, a grooming guru and owner of a namesake chain of upscale male salons. "Like fake eyelashes for women...