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That's when you realize Whitehead has tapped the most classic summer-novel activity of all: nostalgia. It doesn't matter if nothing much happens in Sag Harbor, if in all the boys' games with BB guns no one actually loses an eye. The pleasure is in the way Whitehead recalls it, in loving and lingering detail...
Given the economy, chances are good that the level of anxiety will be higher than usual this summer at campgrounds across the country. One step above a staycation, camping is a cheap way to get your trip on. ReserveAmerica.com which works with more than 4,000 campgrounds nationwide, set a record in February, booking some 20,000 reservations in a single 24-hour period. And during these tightfisted times, companies like REI and Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) are reporting an uptick in the sale of family tents...
Would Abraham Lincoln have gone green? Frank Milligan thinks so. Milligan is the director of President Lincoln's Cottage, a Gothic Revival mansion on a breezy hill a few miles from the White House, where Lincoln and his family sought relief from the summer heat during the Civil War. The cottage and its surrounding buildings were made a national monument in 2000, and in preparation for its opening last year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation carried out a multimillion-dollar renovation. But preservationists didn't just restore the buildings. They greened them, beginning with the Beaux Arts house next...
...basement, since up to 20% of energy costs can come from heat loss in those spaces. A home energy audit is also a good idea; energysavers.gov details how to do one yourself as well as how to go about hiring a professional. So be like Lincoln and savor the summer breezes, but avoid winter drafts...
...shelter, and the “Stuff Sale,” during which students donate unwanted furniture to be resold at the beginning of each school year. The award comes at a time when Harvard is elevating the profile of its green programs, committing to greenhouse gas reductions this summer and staging a Sustainability Week in the fall, which featured an address from former Vice President Al Gore ’69 and banners declaring “Green Is The New Crimson.” Spring Greeney ’09 and Zach Arnold...