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...heated last night as four members of the Harvard Kennedy School faculty debated the responsibilities of individuals and institutions in addressing climate change. The discussion, hosted by the Harvard University Center for the Environment in celebration of the University’s Sustainability Week, was moderated by Daniel P. Schrag, HUCE’s director. In July, University President Drew G. Faust affirmed Harvard’s commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 30 percent of its current levels by 2016. Schrag outlined the steps the University will need to take in order to achieve this goal...
...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...
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...