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Microsoft's Ecohero: How Sean Nicholson Is Saving the Earth

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It's Not Just About the Environment. This interest may have been kindled when he was an ICT advisor to the government of Namibia before he came to Microsoft. Image: Sean Nicholson. This made the refurbishment field the belle of the ball at the latest E-Scrap Conference I attended in Orlando this fall. spanhidden.

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Conquering a Cruel Continent for a Cause

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Ultramarathons are extreme running events: 250-kilometer (155-mile) foot races over five or six days in the harshest environments on Earth. The Namib Desert in Namibia (has the highest sand dunes on earth). Images: David Barnard. The Sahara Desert in Egypt (the hottest desert on earth). The Antarctica Last Desert Challenge.