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Ferran's eyes almost twinkled when he passed the CD to me. He said it was a secret, and I was sworn to keep it all in confidence. Its contents are an outline for his next big project, which could well expand the intellectual and artistic boundaries of his culinary empire. But I think I've said too much. And before I knew it, the dinner was over and everyone was kissing each other farewell on both cheeks - before I had an opportunity to ask if Ferran could put in a word for me when I next e-mail...
...sustainability and performance." At the R&D center of French cement giant Lafarge, director Pascal Casanova waxes lyrical about Ductal, a superresilient concrete the center developed that he calls the Formula One of concrete. It's what architect Ferrier used in his 807-ft. (246 m) Hypergreen tower, a project that wouldn't have been possible with regular concrete...
Like any other project built on youthful enthusiasm and the desire for real change in the world, any plan to use Harvard’s endowment for environmental initiatives must be tempered with a dose of reality and understanding. For example, Martin L. Weitzman, a professor in the economics department, argues that the impact of Harvard’s endowment on the alternative energy field would be relatively small and limited to its symbolic significance. Instead, Dr. Weitzman favors large, sweeping public policy changes, such as a stiff tax on carbon emissions, in order to check the emission of harmful...
Most Harvard courses teach the traditional way: books, lectures, and a final exam. But the members of Lebônê Solutions, Inc., who met in Engineering Sciences 147: “Idea Translation: Effecting Change through the Arts and Sciences,” had a final project that took them beyond the classroom. The team members, who are current Harvard students and recent graduates, are looking to implement off-the-grid energy technology that uses the microbial fuel cells in dirt to produce cost-efficient energy that can be brought to the rural and un-powered areas of Africa...
...date, these funds have been directed to the Allston project,” Faust said. “But depending on our decision about the planning and pacing of Allston over the next period of time, we may decide that here are other necessary uses for those monies given the financial challenges we are facing at all levels...