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  • Paul Hager was recently asked how to be a good Second Negative. He started typing and didn’t stop. This is what came out… Read on as Paul tells all secrets about how to win on the negative with a core counterplan or Kritik as your route to victory. The Duties of Good Second Negative by Paul Hager …

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  • … against my ethically minded, upper-middle-class friends who always have “disposable income” was that the ethics of consumer choices are relative. If the cost of buying fair- trade coffee over regular coffee means that I had to forgo buying toothpaste that month, then my decision to pass on the “ethical …

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  • … central-city density. Yet the prospect of adding more people and cars and high-rises to one’s own central neighborhood - even in the noble service of the environment - is often a bitter pill. (Couldn’t our one ‘hood just donate its fair share of newbies to Round Rock?) But Austin is growing so fast …

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  • … SOLUTIONS AND SOLIDARITY .. Four core values for further actions: The leaders of the G-20 nations recognized that the proposed reforms will only be successful if grounded in a commitment to free market principles: rule of law, respect for private property, freedom of trade and investment …

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  • … Wonderfully written, great story of bringing your passion into the center of your life, and wonderful insights easily digested on the environment. Getting Personal: Wish I could suggest my new MBA career book, More Than Money , but it’s another kind of green! 13. “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We …

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  • … adopted. This will enable the government have direct investments in banks, guaranteeing their debts and insuring of all deposits. In our own environment, we do know that getting data to back up current job losses is a herculean task. However, it is common knowledge that the manufacturing sector …

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  • … and brainstorming efforts from academics, as well as the public and private sectors. I believe that the knowledge and views from this avenue will certainly provide important inputs for shaping the future direction and pace of economic integration in our region. While trade and financial integration in Asia has …

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  • … family journey from an urban life in Arizona to a rural lifestyle in West Virginia, where they vow to eat only locally grown food for one year (Exceptions: spices, coffee, olive oil and flour whereby fair trade alternatives were purchased). The chapters flow from month to month and season to season …

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  • … of consumption in the developing world should rise to that of the industrialized nations, we would require two additional earths to meet everyone’s food and timber needs under current technologies. Does this mean we need to abandon our way of life? Not necessarily. Despite the constraints …

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  • … Design can contribute to channel this economical power on a positive way both from the business as well as from society perspective. The task is highly complex and demands great amount of creativity and strategic vision, two core qualities of the design profession. General efforts towards equity …