Industrial Greengineering |
Musings, thoughts, and interesting tidbits at the intersection of industrial engineering and sustainability. I'm an Industrial Engineering PhD student focusing on urban sustainability. Disclaimer: I'm also a tech/gadget geek, and I'm not very good at staying on topic. |
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"The student debt bubble won’t burst the way the housing bubble burst, because the Treasury backs most of the loans, but crushing personal debt is a slow-burning social crisis that’s robbing people of their American dreams."
The Student Loan Crisis Everyone Saw Coming
“So many indebted graduates entering a decimated job market has triggered a rapid shift in the conversation,” says Applebaum, who now organizes full time around the issue. “What we’re seeing are the spoils of what happens when education is treated not as a public good, but as a commodity, as just another way to turn a profit.”
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Via Ow.ly
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Dr. Gary Settles, a world-reknown expert in schlieren photography, shows here a montage of some of his lab’s results, including shockwaves from musical instruments
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Celebrating 25 years of the GIF with Lacey Micallef
Too much junk food will certainly rot your teeth. Or if you’re Lacey “lulinternet”...
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Bryan Nash Gill - Woodcuts, 2005-2011
Gill uses recycled lumber, covers it in ink and washi paper, and with his fingers and...
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Food in the U.S. has become much, much cheaper.
For more graphics and information on our spending on groceries, go here.
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Ad-based models continue to erode, and the online subscription programs of many commercial publishers have yet to take off. For publishing to have a...
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more npr pals
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From medicalxpress:
Scientists studying the Chinese mindfulness...
