Does your nonprofit have a special cause that needs attention? Is there something you’d like to get people to do? How could you use a simple bench to get the word out? Blogger Syed Balkhi (List 25) has compiled 25 Incredibly Creative Bench Ads. Some clever folk found ways to talk about global warming, human […]
Have you noticed this too? Are you seeing a growing number of tweens, teens and twenty-somethings taking on the problems we older folks are handing them? I meet them on planes, in my neighborhood—even in my own house! Get inspired: Treehugger has collected 21 stories kids getting a […]
A patient at LeBonhuer Children’s Hospital in Memphis is greeted by Spiderman. You’ve got to occasionally clean all those windows, so washers with American National Skyline put on Spiderman costumes to the delight of patients and their families. Photos: Brandon Dill/AP via NBC News.
In this six-minute film, young people tell how not having a simple document impacts their lives. Why the Dream Act matters. Say those behind the video: “Though an important step was taken with the president’s order to halt the deportations of some young undocumented residents, we must remember that his executive order could change as early […]
A group of Belmont University students in Nashville, Tennessee, recently took on two tough social issues: the millions of mattresses that end up in landfills and the likelihood that former inmates will return to prison. In 2011 the students teamed up with Belmont Church to create Spring Back Recycling, a nonprofit that’s already getting a lot […]
This desalination solar still (based on the same design bootleggers used to use) costs only $50. The article in Fast Company describes the simple, open source design, that can make a once expensive process more available to many millions who need drinkable water.
Here’s a reminder that how we shop makes a difference. First, buy less stuff. Much less. But as we do shop, think is this product recyclable? Fair Trade? Rain Forest Alliance? Local? Our choices actually matter in the real world.
Sometime in the eighties, I came across this quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.: “I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.” For years this one sentence has inspired […]
Artist Candy Chang uses her creative powers to connect her New Orleans neighbors to their own dreams and to each other. The unexpected death of a close friend caused Chang to reflect on what really matters in life. One result: She turned an abandoned house in her neighborhood into a giant chalkboard. She […]
On August 6, 1991, Tim Bemers-Lee put up the first web site ever. (There’s a nice short history of it here.) The earliest version that remains, made in 1992 (above) can be seen here. You should really go to it. And click on a few pages to see how it all began. Because if you […]
