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...specializes in improving the efficiency of major industrial plants by installing technology that captures the heat created during production, harnessing it to provide power for the plant...
...perfect science-meets-nature theme for every Shaklee line. The new dishwasher-powder label shows a stack of plates lined up next to leaf fronds; a tub of scouring paste depicts green leaves rising from a heavy-duty pan; the laundry stain soaker has not only the requisite plant material but a puppy too. "When you look at it, when you're sitting around your home, it reinforces that you're doing a good thing," says Barnett. "And there's no sacrifice you have to make. In the green movement, people felt they were forced to choose between their convictions...
...course, the world doesn't completely change over night. Many of the classic reasons companies set up shop in far-flung locales, like gaining a foothold in a new market, are still in the mix. Nissan, for instance, is among the carmakers now building a plant in Russia, a country flush with money from the skyrocketing price of oil. In 2003, Nissan sold 8,000 cars in Russia, a number that jumped to 24,000 in 2004, and to 50,000 in 2005. "We started thinking, if this isn't a fluke, we need to think about localization," says Dominique...
...civil engineers, and botanists, Gotham would see its subways flooded within two to three days, bridges collapsed within two to three centuries, and thriving full fledged forests within two to three millennia. Weisman also described the surprising state of the region around Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which exploded in April 1986. Despite high levels of radioactivity in the area, biodiversity is flourishing and species are procreating. For Weisman, these examples show that while humans have irrevocably altered the earth’s ecosystem, the evolution of life will continue. Yesterday’s event...
...Graduate Musical Theater Writing Program, Iconis received a Ed Kleban Award in 2007 and a Jonathan Larson Award in 2006. He is currently working on several projects, including “The Black Suits,” a musical about a teenage garage band, and “The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks.” “I write about suburban situations, and very normal people and very normal situations. I like writing about people who don’t normally get songs written about them,” Iconis says. “If there...