derek franklin

Fast Company

• Record-Breaking Sailor Dame Ellen MacArthur Sails on Sustainability
  A life of racing yachts taught the champion sailor about conserving vital resources. Dame Ellen MacArthur, started sailing at the age of four, bought her first boat when she was just 13, broke the world record in 2005 for the fastest solo circumnavigation of the globe, and has won numerous round-the-world trips and dozens of records and honors. Next up: sav […]
• Cambodia Spurs Development With Tallest Building in Asia
  At least that's what the country hopes to do. Cambodia, despite, being one of the poorest nations in the world, has announced plans to build the tallest building in Asia, a 1,820-foot skyscraper in its capital, Phnom Penh. Some may applaud the idea as a step toward development, but for others the announcement is radically unnecessary, given the country […]
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