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...sold in the U.S. every year, almost all Christmas trees are raised on commercial farms--which makes them a renewable resource more akin to a stalk of corn than to a wild Douglas fir in the forest. When a yule tree is chopped down and sold, farms will plant another one in its place, making that part of the process carbon-neutral. The fossil fuel burned to transport the trees from farm to hearth is another matter. But given that most artificial trees are manufactured and shipped from China, fakes have their fuel costs...
...future growth, the 30 percent target means that the FAS will have to mitigate 47,000 tons of carbon by 2016, nearly 6,000 tons per year. Half of the 8,300 tons that have been cut in the past two years come from upgrading the efficiency of central plant equipment through measures such as switching from oil to natural gas, which contains less carbon. The other half was achieved through conservation efforts and behavioral-change programs, such as retrofitting buildings with more efficient lighting and encouraging sustainable lab practices, Phillips said. In the coming years, conservation and behavioral-change...
Dressed in a green T-shirt, brown zip-up hoodie, jeans, and sneakers, the only hint that Charles C. Davis is a biologist comes from the stitching of a plant on his jacket arm. Around his office lies a Chopin CD, a bobblehead tiger (given to him by his mother), and an Indian decorative cloth that his friend gave him when Davis was planning to become an engineer...
...that his walls are covered with depictions of Vincent Van Gogh and Gustav Klimt trees, and next to his metal filing cabinet stands one made out of oak wood. The office, it turns out, also overlooks the trees surrounding the Harvard University Herbaria, home to more than five million plant specimens...
...Though the descent ended in a face-plant, Sprague’s completion of the Antarctica marathon in March highlighted the global nature of her philanthropic mission to run a marathon on all seven continents. Beginning in Beijing in October 2006 and ending in Queensland, Australia this past July, Sprague holds the record as the youngest person to run 26.2 miles on every continent...