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Believed to be in his mid-80s today, he has his headquarters in a complex around a former monastery near the village of Vlodrop, Holland, and presides over a network of schools and universities, ayurvedic health products and "cosmic software." Worldwide, his 4 million devotees see and hear the familiar bearded figure uttering gnomic wisdom on his 24-hour TV channel (e.g., "The goddess of learning lives in your head" and "If you don't believe me, get an operation and check...
...Back in Holland, the Maharishi has been in a prolonged legal battle with the Dutch government over a plan to tear down the brick-and-stone monastery, a national landmark, and replace it with a building that has an entrance facing east, like his residence. "We think it's better to renovate than tear down," says Gos Saes, a spokesman for Vlodrop's mayor. A court decision is expected in May, and if the Maharishi loses, many followers will decamp to other centers in the U.S. or Switzerland. He says he will stay, however, because, says one disciple, he considers...
Super-refrigerators use 87% less electricity than older, standard models while costing the same (assuming mass production) and performing better, as Paul Hawken and Amory and L. Hunter Lovins explain in their book Natural Capitalism. In Amsterdam the headquarters of ING Bank, one of Holland's largest banks, uses one-fifth as much energy per square meter as a nearby bank, even though the buildings cost the same to construct. The ING center boasts efficient windows and insulation and a design that enables solar energy to provide much of the building's needs, even in cloudy Northern Europe...
...Microsoft grant to pursue web-based learning. According to Pollalis, some GSD courses incorporate Web-based education extensively. In addition to efforts that have connected the school to such remote locations as Switzerland, Holland and Spain, Pollalis experiments within the school, lecturing from his office or his home to his class...
This battle for students has had a bracing effect on public school systems. In Boston, a hotbed of for-profit schooling, the city has responded by launching 11 pilot schools to test innovative curriculums. "We want children to be educated in the best environment," says Albert Holland, a Boston public school official. "We don't mind the competition...