
The model for the 141 Eyewear company is in its name: You buy one pair of their well-designed frames; they give a pair to someone who needs them.

A superb new teaser for One Day on Earth, a cinematic time capsule of the entire planet, shot in every country in the world on October 10, 2010.

This is part nine of Stiv Wilson's tour to better understand how plastic ends up in the ocean. Read the previous installments here. Richard...

Fantastic article in the new Atlantic, by urban theorist Richard Florida. We mentioned it the other day, but it's worth looking at again. It's...

If you need a big fat dose of culture, fast, consider this amazing new book, wherein he has depicted every single piece of art in the MoMA. So, if...
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The world may be shrinking, but we're all getting bigger. See how globalization is affecting the way we all eat-for better or for (mostly)...

New York City has just announced its latest public art blockbuster. Four giant waterfalls, ranging from 90 to 120 feet high, will fall from...

Texting and instant messaging have been getting bad raps of late, what with their English-language-destroying emoticons (gasp). But unlike...

Maybe it was that fourth-grade shoebox diorama our teacher assigned as a tie-in to a biography book report (my shoebox Hillary Clinton office was...

Over at The Washington Post's Class Struggle blog, Jay Matthews, extols the virtues of New York City's eight-year-old plan to create so-called...

From eating local food to shared showers, here are eight ways to reduce your impact on the planet that will make your life better as well.

Tata Group, the Indian company behind the tiny, super-cheap Nano car, has just announced it will be selling a low-cost water filter.
The Tata...

From the department of small victories, TreeHugger reports:
Yesterday, 'copenhagen' beat out 'tiger woods' to claim the mantle of the #1 'most...

Generally speaking, space-saving furniture like fold-out couches signals either cheapness or gimmickry—or both—and unless you're Phillip Marlowe,...

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The votes are in! Check out who won our small business project with Etsy.

Big dams are bad for both the global climate and the local environment. Small hydropower projects can reduce carbon without harming local ecosystems.

Only the lawyers will line their pockets, but the Ticketmaster settlement is one more wake-up call for a troubled industry.

The One Job for America campaign is asking all businesses to hire one new person, and spread the word. Will you help?

Small pickups have become mobile health units in Bolivia.