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...many parts of the world there’s a different imagination at work about the environment. The notion of wilderness as space out side realm of human agency is peculiar to America. It’s almost an arrogant conception of nature—it implies we are not natural, just purely cultural. In Europe, there is more of a continuum, a spectrum of human culture and animal-nature relationships. It’s more subtle than either...
...guess that’s going to fall on mayors to say that you are going to be willing to take a hit in the public eye if something doesn’t work,” said Landrieu, who is also mayor-elect of New Orleans. “When it gets to be a bad thing to fail, that’s when we’re going to stop innovating...
Gibbs said she uses this model of risk-taking in her work, adding that of the 40 pilot programs begun under New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $200 million social innovation fund, six have been integrated into the budget, while eight or nine have been retired...
...We’re on the super ground level all day,” Noonan-Pomada said. “It can feel like you’re doing the work without people at the top championing your cause...
...Anthony R. Britt ’10 said he worries that the panelists’ focus on new innovations takes their attention away from older programs that have proven successful such as Teach for America, where Britt will work next year...