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Take Robert Skiff, co-founder of the Vermont Commons School, where he is an admissions counselor and the social sciences chair. In his downtime - if the climate's right - he is an avid currency trader. "I'm not very active right now," says Skiff from his home in northern Vermont. "You have to be willing to walk away if your models aren't going to fit," and he now feels the environment is too unstable...
...Harvard still appear to be less active in these efforts compared to their peers at some other universities.The Yale Sustainable Food Project, for example, runs an organic farm partially staffed by student interns that provides produce for some student events and a New Haven restaurant.At Middlebury College in Vermont, 30 percent of the College’s food comes from within the state, according to Middlebury’s 2007 Sustainability Report Card.“Other students are more active on their campuses, working with their dining services, going out and researching farms, and figuring out how much more...
...nation and won the Ivy championship, will have a bye through the first round before taking on the winner of Providence (9-7-2) and Old Dominion (12-8-3) in Rhode Island on Nov. 28. Dartmouth, who finished second in the Ivy League, will face local rival Vermont (9-9-2) at home in the first round. The Crimson will look to improve on last year’s showing. After defeating Binghampton 2-1 in the first round, Harvard fell 3-0 to UCLA in the round of 32. The Bears went on to lose in the championship...
...waging their own court battles against the regulations, and in September, a U.S. federal judge threw out a California state lawsuit that tried to hold auto manufacturers liable for the damages caused by carbon emissions. But in a separate case in the same month, a federal judge in Vermont rejected attempts by the auto industry to scuttle California's standards, concluding in his finding that "history suggests that the ingenuity of the [auto] industry, once put in gear, responds admirably to most technological challenges." History also suggests that when California takes the lead on environmental protection, the rest...
...along the East Coast in three different regattas. MICHAEL HORN TROPHY Battling tough weather conditions, the Crimson sailing team still managed to blow its opponents out of the water this past weekend, ending its home season with a win. Harvard, which finished 20 points ahead of second-place Vermont, captured a top-three spot in all four divisions. “It was tough sailing, but I think we did really well,” said freshman Teddy Himler, who acted as skipper on the first-place C-division team. Himler paired up with freshman crew John Stokes, and together...