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IMPACT
Spring 2008, Volume 8, No. 2

Contents

Features

The Challenge of Environmental Change
P. Paxton Marshall on environmental issues of the 21st century.

The Learning Barge: A Floating Environmental Classroom / 1
A floating field station educates children on sustainability and renewable energy.

Students Team Up to Create New Housing Prototypes / 1
U.Va engineering students build award-winning environmentally sound housing.

New Energy Sources / 3
Undergraduate researchers develop sources of clean energy.

Using Energy More Efficiently / 3
Reducing traffic congestion, building microturbines and reducing airplane corrosion are three ways of using energy more efficently.

Attacking the Pollution Beneath Our Feet
Elena Aksel researches the movement of bacteria through groundwater in Cape Cod.

 

Writer and Editor
Charlie Feigenoff

Graphic Design
William J. Green & Associates

Contributing Editors
Andrea Arco
Josie Loyd
Zak Richards

Photography
Tom Cogill

P. Paxton Marshall

Farhad Omar and Hy Martin

Joseph Nedy

Christopher Foley

Elena Aksel



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