Word: trashings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Overflowing trash cans, cardboard milk containers, Styrofoam bowls—a distressing sight for the environmentally-conscious, but for Aaron C. Fallon ’11 and Iris W. Tian ’11, this scene at Fly-By last fall marked an epiphany...
...proposals had been implemented and inviting them to have a look. The report’s authors expect that the adopted proposals—which replace many non-recyclable, non-compostable goods with versions better for the environment—will reduce Fly-By’s trash levels by 90 percent and cut 29,353 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions per year...
Fallon, Tian, and Zhang picked Fly-By for their project because of their exposure to HUDS in the course, the impact Fly-By has on student life, and Fallon and Tian’s observation of high trash levels. Zhang, who is also on the Crimson business board, was a freshman when he took the course and could not use the service at the time...
...shift in personality. Ancestors of dogs could cooperate to hunt, but the cooperation had limits. Wolves are fiercely competitive, as each one tries to claw its way to the top of the pack. Hare proposes that aggressive wolves evolved to have an easygoing personality thanks to a new opportunity: trash...
...every community promotes certain behaviors and discourages others. This campus, for instance, encourages efficiency. To embarrass students over their wastefulness, the Resource Efficiency Program piled trash eight feet high in front of the Science Center last November. This campus also urges “safe sex.” Last Halloween, Peer Contraceptive Counselors gave freshmen condoms and lubricant in festive goodie bags with the slogan, “Sex doesn’t have to be scary...