Archive for July, 2009

≡ A Beacon For Us All: The Empire State Building Goes Green

Faced with a high vacancy rate, the people running New York’s tallest building* had to find a new hook to lure tenants. When your currency is one of the seven wonders of the modern world*, you need to think hard about what it would take to turn the fortunes around. They decided to give the […]

Monday, July 6th, 2009

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≡ Why Are We So Fat?

Two-thirds of all Americans are fat.
I didn’t make that up. That’s what “F as in Fat 2009” - a report just published today - tells us.
And by “fat” they don’t mean an extra few pounds. They mean overweight. And obese. And it’s everyone. Men. Women. Children. And it’s not just here or there. It’s everywhere.
Okay so maybe […]

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

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