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...herself as a member of the Area 4 Neighborhood Coalition Rodent Committee (A4NCRC), said the presence of rats could “only be solved by, dare I say it, a holistic approach,” including educating schoolchildren on the perils of littering and increasing fines for improper trash disposal...

Author: By Nicholas K. Tabor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tree Sprouts Up At Council | 3/20/2007 | See Source »

...sculpture, they chose a less orthodox medium: cardboard. In a week-long series of events in the Center for Government and International Studies sponsored by the Cultural Agents Initiative, a Harvard-based group promoting social change through art in developing countries, Barilaro and Saldarriaga discussed how they turned trash into publishing houses, and how their projects can be replicated. “Buenos Aires had an enormous economic crisis towards the end of 2001. The way the city survived was that everybody became creative,” Cultural Agents Initiative Director and Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Doris...

Author: By Melissa Y. Caminneci, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cartoneras Reuse Cardboard To Stimulate Creativity | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...least it’s appealing trash, at least there’s a purpose,” says Lin. “Why throw it away if we can put it to some...

Author: By Daniel B. Adler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Turning Trash into Treasures | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...Perhaps one man’s trash can be another man’s profound artistic statement...

Author: By Daniel B. Adler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Turning Trash into Treasures | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...sheer volume of cash sloshing around Port Gentil's streets lends them an unreal atmosphere. At the dump on the edge of town, Gabonese boys sort through trash in search of something to eat. But walk into any downtown cafe, and $400 will get you a bottle of 1999 St Emilion Premier Cru Bordeaux. The handful of paved streets are scarred with potholes the size of small swimming pools, but they are jammed with new top-of-the-range SUVs. Excursions on offer include tours of the jungle on giant-engine trail bikes or tours of the coast in giant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Most Expensive City | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

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