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...sadly increasingly myopic (only in the ophthalmological sense) European, I had often asked myself how long it would be before the land of the free realized that having all its banknotes the same color and size was perhaps not the savviest concept. I know that change is not necessarily in the best interests of the inherently protective U.S. green-ink industry, but we all face sacrifices these days, especially when it comes to green issues. So, as you can imagine, a spring came into my step on this autumnal day when I read the news that your $5 bill will...
...Bandhavgarh: Visitors who want to see tigers are often disappointed at other reserves - where the big cats are spread over a vast area - but never at Bandhavgarh, a rugged forest in the center of the country. The park's modest size means that it is likely to have the highest density of tigers of any Indian park (the population is estimated at around 50), and it buzzes every morning and evening with tourist jeeps racing toward the spot where the latest tiger sighting has been made. There's not a lot of other wildlife to see in Bandhavgarh, but stay...
...there's a problem. Despite the flurry of green boasts and sustainability reports, hard numbers on corporate environmental performance remain frustratingly difficult to find. Carbon neutral may be the reigning Oxford Dictionary term of the year, but too few companies can and do size up their carbon footprints accurately. "You have CEOs making commitments on carbon, but they haven't even measured anything yet," says Mike Wallace, a vice president at Trucost, an environmental-research firm based in London. "How can you be carbon neutral without any numbers...
Getting those numbers is not easy. For electric utilities, it might seem relatively straightforward to count the carbon burned through smokestacks, but even there, emissions need to be weighed against the size of a company and its plans for growth. For retailers with long and varied supply chains, it can be almost impossible to tell where a carbon footprint begins or ends...
Known to his full-time students as Swamiji (swami for spiritual teacher; ji, a title of respect), he is well aware that he is his own best advertisement: he glows as disciples introduce him as a man who has had the same weight and waist size for 60 years and who can still swing a mean bat on his cricket team. He loves to mention his similarly consistent record in marriage: "One wife, 52 years," he boasts...