Arizona: Climate Trail opening draws nearly 200 participants | ASU News

Nearly 200 ASU students and staff members turned out on a chilly February morning to participate in the opening of the ThinkSwiss Climate Trail Exhibit on the lawn of Old Main. The traveling exhibition was created by the Embassy of Switzerland and sponsored at ASU by the Global Institute of Sustainability and ASU Global, the Office of the Vice President for Global Engagement.

Swiss Consul General Brigitta Schoch Dettweiler traveled from Los Angeles to co-host the opening activities, which included prizes for those participating in the interactive exhibit.

She spoke about the latest scientific findings on climate change, highlighted Swiss research efforts and called on her audience to take positive action to help reduce carbon emissions.

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SHOW THEM YOU CARE ABOUT THE PLANET with this eco-friendly stroller / bassinet made with soybeans! And, in case they don’t get the message clearly enough, while you push it you can sip from your paper water bottle. Because showing you care is even more important than caring!

Okay, it looks like a perfectly fine — if rather pricey — stroller. But the descriptions are a bit poseurish.

Academia profitable for Obamademics - Kenneth P. Vogel - Politico.com

Chu, a Nobel prize-winning Berkeley physics professor who was director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, earned $412,000 last year (plus another $34,000 this year, after he was tapped to be energy secretary). But he also pulled in nearly $80,000 from board, judging and lecture fees, including a $20,000 speech in Hong Kong in late December.