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...Technology with a double degree in environmental engineering and English literature. From there he 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...
...environment. As car commutes fall out of fashion, so will other energy-wasting activities, similar to the contagion of sustainability on the Harvard campus. To this end, Boston would do well to take an even closer look at its transportation system for further ways to diminish its carbon footprint...
...simple stupidity. Consider for a moment music’s present and historic availability. Download as much as you want, go to concerts, and let it be up to the music industry to adapt to this hearkening back to a time before the music’s physical footprint prevailed in our lives. Music has been set free, so go get some. —Columnist Andrew F. Nunnelly can be reached at nunnelly@fas.harvard.edu...
...many calories we consume, but also compare the calories in different foods. In a world where you can choose a brand of cookies based on its effect on the environment, it will finally be in a company’s best financial interest to shrink its carbon footprint. For an environmentally conscious business, listing the quantitative value right on the box would connect going green to making green...
There’s no doubt that a government mandate that each product list its carbon footprint would be ambitious, especially considering the cost and effort of the process. However, a tax credit could be offered to producers willing to publish their products’ quantitative effects on global warming. This would create incentives for many companies in the short run, and a new law could finish the job in the long...