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...their work designing Masdar, a planned carbon-neutral city in Abu Dhabi intended to create a model of sustainability for the rest of the world. If everyone follows the Masdar model, “one planet is more than enough” to provide the necessary resources for human life, said Khaled Awad, the director of property development for the Masdar Initiative. Panelists included Awad; energy analysts, who spoke extensively about the region’s climate and how to use sustainable energy; an architect; and a traffic analyst, who spoke about the planned public transportation system. All four speakers...
...When PETA staged a 2004 “love in, fur out” protest in Harvard Square—six near naked protesters on a giant mattress, protesting fur—the Harvard Salient expressed predictable outrage. And when secular philosophers cite Darwin’s findings on human-animal similarities as a basis for more equal rights between species, pious conservatives cringe...
...their sustainability. The firm eventually merged with global marketing firm Saatchi & Saatchi. At his talk, Werbach described becoming disillusioned with many environmentalists’ goals. He told of a time when he met a female biologist who prioritized her desire to reduce noise pollution affecting wildlife over concerns about human suffering. “I’m talking to people who say, ‘I’m going to accept pain and suffering...for this greater ecological utopia.’ I’m not willing to do this,” he said. Werbach also...
...Bruno asks Shmuel. This simple refutation of social expectations is at the heart of the film, and is a large part of its appeal. Director Mark Herman is able to capture the horrendous nature of the Holocaust, in a way that leaves his audience heartbroken, but ultimately hopeful that human kindness and friendship can triumph in an evil society...
...jobs at the think tank. At least six other CAP alums or board members, including Daschle and former EPA Commissioner Carol Browner, continue to advise the transition or campaign on matters of policy; Daschle looks likely to become a part of Obama's cabinet as Secretary of Health and Human Services, in part because he wrote a book about health policy, with funding from...