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...said the inspiration for this project came from seeing one of Washburn’s pictures, which led him to wonder if things had changed since Washburn first took those shots. He discovered that they had. “I didn’t set out as an environmentalist. Brad [Washburn] didn’t think that I would see any change,” Arnold said. “But, I came out a very different and scared person, scared for what we’re doing. My biggest hurdle now is to not scare people to death...
...financially strangle an army government that has ruled since 1962, Burma's regional neighbors are embarking on a new Great Game, scrambling to outdo each other for access to this resource-rich land. "Sanctions don't work if most countries ignore them," says Naw La, an exiled environmentalist with the Kachin Development Networking Group in Thailand. "The military is selling our natural heritage without any concern for our people...
...thinking during a crisis: how can we help the environment and save ourselves some money. Packaging is a perfect example. It makes me crazy to buy two Advil in $40 worth of plastic packaging. Yvon Chouinard, who runs Patagonia, is one of my close personal friends and a big environmentalist. He tells a wonderful story: he wanted to sell underwear without any packaging. I said, 'You'll go broke!' But he just put a rubber band around it and sales went up 35%. He uses that as an example of a way to think outside...
...disciplinary environmentalism into its curriculum. This year, the school introduced a Sustainable Design concentration area in their Master of Design Studies program. Zenobia Meckley, a GSD student studying landscaping, said that the panel was one of many efforts that the school had of late made to engage with the environmentalist movement. “Art can play an important role in effecting change—it’s one of the most important roles that art can play,” she said...
...went to Columbia University, where he's finishing up a master's in public administration with a focus on the environment. Chan, 23, has interned for the Audubon Society, calculating the venerable nonprofit's carbon footprint, and he's probably forgotten more math and science than the average environmentalist ever knew. "I want to align my life and my career with my ideals," he says. Only one thing is missing for Chan: that green...