Word: zealotous
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...mostly about things they wanted to conserve: forests, species, oceans. But now we know that environmentalism is also about things we produce: houses, offices, factories. The Innovators we bring you here are all involved with what has come to be known as "green building." They include a Massachusetts "solar zealot" making sun power more affordable for homeowners, a couple in India developing eco-friendly communities, an Italian promoting concrete that "eats" air pollution and a Texas crusader for greener hospitals. They all want a world where concern for the earth is "built in" from the start...
...gently. You don't need to lie or bully, she says--just listen and love: "We understand completely that this is her decision." The waiting room is not full of baby pictures, she notes, and the counseling room is no place for political debates. "We don't want a zealot in there," she says. "We want someone who's going in there with a heart and compassion who'll talk reasonably and present the options." And, she adds, she would never, ever show graphic pictures or movies like The Silent Scream, the landmark 1984 video that presents an abortion being...
Further pressuring cellular, new network operators who specialize in WiMax are popping up like hot spots at coffee shops. Seattle-based Clearwire is run by former cellular zealot turned WiMax guru Craig McCaw, while others include Irish Broadband in Ireland, Wimax Telecom in Eastern Europe and Unwired in Australia. "It's like a big landgrab," says Ryan Jarvis, founder and chief executive of London-based WiMax start-up Macropolitan. Fixed-line telephone and broadband providers including Softbank in Japan, and BT and Pipex in the U.K., are also getting in on the act. A wireless WiMax network could help fixed...
Half-Life of a Zealot By Swanee Hunt Duke University Press...
...profusion of stars and stripes in the U.S. post-9/11, this struck me as quite odd. Germany’s bare flagpoles were part and parcel of the same sheepishness that has clouded the German consciousness since 1945. To be a proud German was to be a zealot, not too far removed from the Nazi hyper-nationalism that reduced Europe to debris in WWII. This week, stepping out of the Munich central station revealed a completely different country. Black, red, and gold were everywhere; every single balcony and awning had its own flag. What made German national pride acceptable...