Word: journeys
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...reality we consume food—particularly red meat—at bargain prices, if you consider the negative externalities involved in its journey from pasture to plate. Imagine that quarter-pound of brisket you ate last night: a widely quoted recent study in the Animal Science Journal shows that the carbon footprint of that beef is 4.11 kilograms, the amount released in about ten miles of driving in an average American car. What if you and thousands of others at Harvard took just a tenth of a pound more brisket than you managed to eat—you might...
...ease pressure on the stricken transport system, Guangdong authorities encouraged migrant workers to spend their holiday in the province. Still, millions still tried to make the journey. For many, like Zang, that proved impossible. His employer, the Hengda Real Estate Group, says about 3,000 of the 10,000 migrants it employs in Guangdong stayed behind over the holiday. Li Xiao, the company's Guangdong general manager, says Hengda will spend $300,000 over the next week to offer banquets, parties and outings for its workers. "They have helped make us rich," Li says. "We have to look...
...Huilin, 39, and his 19-year-old son, Chunjie, who had spent the past six months working in a shoe factory, stood outside Wednesday, holding tickets bought earlier in the day. "Before it was impossible," Huilin says. It will be another day before their train begins the 16-hour journey home to Henan. They'll eat their New Year's Eve dinner in the station, he says, then try to find a bed for the night...
...Still, there were things Cooper could not say back then, since the Justice Department was actively investigating the company. Now Cooper has told the full, twisting tale in a new book, Extraordinary Circumstances: Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower...
Eventually, in 1828, Rahman won freedom for himself and his wife, and began the journey home to Africa. He launched a campaign to raise funds to free his nine children, who remained enslaved, but never raised all of the money. He finally left for Africa, but just days away from his home, Fouta Djalon, he fell ill and died...