NEWS: Death of Philip Corbet
31/03/08 09:39
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The Ugly American?
30/03/08 21:01
At least one branch of my family arrived in North America in 1607 -- we are now entering our fifth century on the continent. And several family branches have lived in Texas for almost two centuries. We are truly of the South, intertwined with its colonial development and history. And I am clearly from the US and Texas.
But by my countrymen, I am almost universally considered a terrible example of all three categories and quite unrepresentative. Generally, this sense of being rejected by a region I love and feel electrostatically drawn to saddens me, but I've had a long time to get used to the feeling. About three decades now. Read More...
But by my countrymen, I am almost universally considered a terrible example of all three categories and quite unrepresentative. Generally, this sense of being rejected by a region I love and feel electrostatically drawn to saddens me, but I've had a long time to get used to the feeling. About three decades now. Read More...
Tough Talking
30/03/08 21:00
I'm just back from a quick three-day trip to Austin, Texas, where I gave a talk with a Hewlett-Packard manager to some undergrads. I gave three of these talks in Pennsylvania about a month ago at three different universities. The basic point of these talks can be summarized as an answer to the question, What is anyone doing about climate change? I'm describing climate adaptation, and then talking a little about my work in China. Then the other person -- Pierre in PA, John in TX -- talk about HP's climate mitigation work to reduce the company's carbon footprint.
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I'm not sahib! Right?
30/03/08 15:29
A few weeks after I officially began my job at WWF, I was in a meet & greet call with a staffer from the UK office. He said, We're headed to India in about a week. Perhaps you should meet us there? I was still fairly uncertain what my job was going to be about, but I knew I would be working with Tom and the Indian office quite a bit, so I said, Sure. And booked a ticket.
My arrival and first two days were a whirlwind of meeting and very general discussions, and I'm sure I seemed very nervous. Being 15 hours off of my native time zone didn't help any. And not surprisingly I found myself very awake at 4 am one morning, in a strange hotel in a national park in Rajasthan. Read More...
My arrival and first two days were a whirlwind of meeting and very general discussions, and I'm sure I seemed very nervous. Being 15 hours off of my native time zone didn't help any. And not surprisingly I found myself very awake at 4 am one morning, in a strange hotel in a national park in Rajasthan. Read More...
