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UPDATE – POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 26 Early-stage sustainable innovations face distinct challenges long before questions of scale arise. Moving from ideation and research into real-world use requires access to the right resources, partners, and pathways for adoption. In this session, Ashwathi Iyer will explore how innovators navigate this transition, drawing on concrete case studies that
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Our big news is that we had our bathroom gutted this summer. On August 6, they came in and knocked our old bathroom out, tossing it in pieces out the little window, down a chute, and into a skip in the driveway. It came apart quickly. It has come back together a bit more slowly.
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I remember where I was on September 11, 2001. I was at my old job, working on a computer, not tuned into the news, when a colleague called and told us to tune into CNN. A rushing sense of unreality, helplessness, and shock followed. Then, we invaded Afghanistan, and I worried about the long-term effects
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Mystery bone – from above, originally uploaded by dunrie. I have a doctorate in biology. But I studied plants and insects. And neither plants nor insects have bones, so I’m officially excused from having to know what this is. We first thought it was a cranium, but it didn’t seem to have the characteristics I’d
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The big one, originally uploaded by dunrie. My sister-in-law is doing graduate research on Christmas Island in the Pacific. The food choices are limited (tuna, tuna, and more tuna), and she has a funny blog entry about the forms of tuna they’ve eaten, including tuna salisbury steak and tuna patties with gravy. Well, Dave and
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What is your occupation? Director of Happiness (aka project manager). What color are your socks right now? No socks. Bare feet. What are you listening to right now? Girish. What was the last thing that you ate? Leftover paella from New Bedford Portugese joint. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes. If you were a
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Today I went to a yoga class in Osterville, MA with my mother-in-law and her neighbor. After class I had a quick chat with the instructor, who out of the blue asked me what type of yoga I studied and whether I was considering becoming a yoga teacher. I had a hard time answering the