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...morning on jan. 11, eyre Peninsula farmer Leith Holman was getting ready for a rest. After racing back from a beach fishing trip the previous afternoon when he saw smoke on the horizon, Holman had spent much of the night helping other volunteer firefighters and neighbors save two farms from a bushfire that had finally seemed under control. "They were about to crack a beer," says Holman's wife Claire. "They thought we were safe." But then the wind changed - and with it the fortunes of the rural communities and farms of the lower peninsula, a sheep and grain district...
...communications in disarray, many families couldn't contact one other. "Our minds were going around and around like spin dryers," says Cummins resident Wendy Treloar, whose three farmer sons escaped the fire. "We just didn't know where everyone was." Beaten back by flames from one neighbor's house, Leith Holman and a friend raced to save another home. In 30 years on the peninsula, Holman has seen many fires, but none like this, he says: "It went through the scrub like a fireball, lighting up hundreds of yards in front of the main fire, just roaring with this tremendous...
...will be the thousands of staff, students and faculty making the big and small changes in how they think and behave that will enable Harvard to achieve the vision outlined in our new Campus Sustainability Principles,” said HGCI Director Leith Sharp. So please take a stand this week, turn it off and Go Cold Turkey...
...Leith J. Sharp, director of the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, said that the University will make individual schools report on whether they are following the principles in both their existing campuses and new development plans...
HGCI Director Leith J. Sharp, who was not present at the meeting, said Summers has given a “clear signal” about his commitment to the environment...