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...test run of 250 stars at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico that turned up nothing, Horowitz brought Suitcase SETI back to Harvard, and in 1983, Project Sentinel was launched. Project Sentinel utilized an 84-foot steerable radio telescope equipped with a renovated Suitcase SETI, located at the Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Mass...
Kelsey Schroeder was "born green," according to her mother Angela, and she takes that environmental enthusiasm to class with her at the Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child in Summit, N.J. The 12-year-old has been a driving force in greening her school since she was a fourth-grader, pushing teachers and classmates alike to cut waste and use less energy. But what really motivates kids--especially the sort of achievers who attend an exemplary private school like Oak Knoll--is a little competition. So when Schroeder and her classmates found out about a website launched last year...
That feeling means something. Patricia Palermo, a teacher and green guru at Oak Knoll, points out that her students have been hearing about the coming catastrophe of global warming since they were born. But competing in Carbonrally is contagious--Oak Knoll now has a second team--and it turns the students from passive victims into climate warriors. Fittingly, the Royal Acorns' motto--taken from their school--is "Action, not words." It's a rallying cry more Americans are starting to heed...
...will pay off a lot over time. But we should also aggressively promote the retrofitting of existing buildings. Owners of homes and other buildings can save energy right now with existing technology, and in most cases, the cost is negative: they save more than they spend. Doug Burke, Oak Park...
...arty one Whoever flies home to this minimalist pad must be high in the pecking order. FredriksonStallard designed it in solid oak with a cast-aluminum twig for Thorsten van Elten, the hip and humorous London furniture boutique. Any bird landing here is bound to know its Richard Serra from its Donald Judd. www.thorstenvanelten.com