Environment

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Lobby-us

An Inconvenient Truth didn’t provide many answers to the gnawing question, “What can I possibly do?” The We Campaign, launched by Al Gore this past spring, is meant as a corrective. — read more

Contributors: Cliff Kuang

012: New School - Aug 22 2008

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Buying

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Consumer Connection

Our modern economy is woefully impersonal. We rarely come to know the people behind our clothes and comestibles. Scott Ballum, a Brooklyn-based designer, took this state of affairs as a challenge. — read more

Contributors: Andrew Price and Jen Dessinger

012: New School - Aug 22 2008

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Media

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Out of Africa

The Ghetto Film Club borrowed film equipment, taught themselves how to use it, and began shooting stories of life in the slums of Nairobi. — read more

Contributors: Emily Meehan

012: New School - Aug 22 2008

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Science

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In The Fold

Mom wanted you to be a doctor, but you were too busy playing videogames to take the MCATs? Well, those skills could help cure cancer too. — read more

Contributors: Lucas Laursen

012: New School - Aug 07 2008

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Education

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Squash and Go

A youth squash program in the Bronx called CitySquash is giving young athletes in New York City’s poorest borough a ticket into a world of opportunity. — read more

Contributors: Michael Rymer

012: New School - Aug 07 2008

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Culture

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Go Team

Thousands of sports fans are certain that they could run their team better than the people in charge. The folks behind Project Franchise tend to agree. — read more

Contributors: Alex Goldmark

012: New School - Aug 07 2008

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