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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...enlisted the help of students in each house and dorm through REP for efforts on an individual level. “REP Reps” work to spread environmental awareness and encourage recycling, double-sided printing, and reducing waste on a day-to-day basis. Rachel H. Mak ’10, a student captain of REP, applauded the college for getting rid of the printed CUE Guide and emphasized other contributions that students can make just by reducing waste. “Right now Harvard has a recycling rate of 55%, and that’s pretty good...

Author: By Kylie S. Gleason, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: It Ain’t Easy Being Green | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...connection between nests and violence continues to this day. The island of Koh Mak gets about $1.1 million in nest revenue every year, eight times more than the budget of some other Phatthalung subdistricts unblessed by nesting swiftlets. In 1997, the Thai government passed legislation to make the industry more transparent and ensure that government revenue from concessions is funneled back into local communities. But a string of unsolved murders on Koh Mak indicates hazardous aspects of the harvesting trade linger. Pradit Jariya, 35, has been administrative chief of the island for a year now. It's quite an achievement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bird Bonanza | 7/20/2009 | See Source »

...look for constructive solutions to the FAS budget problems,” he said. Campbell said he sees his two main tasks as chair to be “ensuring the vitality of the faculty in a time when resources are tight” and “mak[ing] sure that economics at Harvard is a meaningful intellectual experience and that it isn’t just a set of large impersonal lectures.” But in light of the difficult times, Campbell said that he “take[s] over as chair of a department that...

Author: By Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Campbell Chosen To Chair Economics Department | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...Along the same lines, the department is “preparing some study break programming during reading week [including] sketching, yoga...art talks and mak[ing] cookies to remind people that the museum can be a place to come for relaxation and nourishment,” Williams says...

Author: By Antonia M.R. Peacocke, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Museum Matches Music to Masterpieces | 3/11/2009 | See Source »

...used to be that students would walk through the yard, looking for the appropriate recycling bin, even trashing their recyclables out of impatience,” said Resource Efficiency Program Co-Captain Rachel H.Y. Mak ’10. “Now students can recycle at their own convenience...

Author: By Natasha S. Whitney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mixed Recycling Promises Progress | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

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