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...recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to raise awareness about the impact of global warming. “Al Gore is the posterchild for Harvard’s impact on addressing the challenge of the environment,” said Daniel P. Schrag, head of the Harvard Center for the Environment. “Gore learned about the climate problem at Harvard, and he goes around telling everyone about it.” The speech is part of Harvard’s Sustainability Celebration, which, according to a news release from Faust’s office...
...turbines can be used to send a message about the importance of renewable energy. “Putting [the turbines] in a very public place will help people get used to them, to realize that they are cool and we want them here,” said Daniel P. Schrag, a professor of earth and planetary sciences and the director for the Center for the Environment. The prospective wind turbine installations are part of a larger campus focus on sustainability and carbon emissions. In an announcement made earlier this summer, University President Drew G. Faust committed Harvard to reducing...
...Symbols are important,” said Center for the Environment Director Daniel P. Schrag, a professor of earth and planetary sciences. “Putting [the turbines] in a very public place will help people get used to them, to realize that they are cool and we want them here...
While small-scale wind turbines are the first step, Schrag said that much work remains if Harvard is to actually use renewable energy to cover a significant share of its energy needs...
...important to realize that [the turbines] are symbolic, and are not an alternative to doing something more substantive,” Schrag said. “We need to think about how Harvard can change how electricity is generated in the region...