Design students in San Francisco find a new way to bring fresh produce to urban corner stores.
Although they...
It's funny how many studies have been done to prove that high-speed rail is a great idea. These reports tend to show that people would make ample...
Ontario is going to introduce a new, green license plate, available exclusively for plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles. And the benefits of the...
In 1941, Antonio "Pit" Allard deserted the army to avoid fighting a war that he felt had nothing to do with him. For the duration of the World War...
Montreal's Bixi bike sharing system has been really successful (in terms of volume of rides, at least). Compared to some of the other bike sharing...
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Everyone knows teachers aren't paid enough. But what we don't often think about is the effect of that meager paycheck....
In my previous iteration, I taught sixth grade in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan.
Of the 15 teachers on my floor, a dozen of...
Alexander Russo, over at This Week In Education, features Roxanna Elden's book "See Me After Class: Advice for Teachers by Teachers" on his Hot...
How good can one brownie be? Greyston Bakery's brownies are delicious, sure, but they also help to alleviate poverty within the community of...
If you've let your subscription to Corporate Social Responsibility Magazine lapse, you may have missed their new list of "Best Corporate...
As tax day draws inexorably closer and closer, people become more and more focused on getting the most out of their returns. For those who have...
If you're looking to trick out your home with the greenest products on the market, you could do a lot worse than IceStone. Their countertops...
Here's an interesting chart purporting to show the "Best Jobs in America." Predictably, lots of jobs in information technology and medical...
In his 2010 TED talk, the branding expert Alan Siegel argues we have to simplify legal documents. Here's his proposal for a simplified credit card...
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A graphic to help make sense of General Electric's size and scope.
The Tata Nano, the incredibly cheap car that might destroy the world if Indian people buy and drive it en masse, went on sale recently. How is it...
Popularized in the 1970s, the practice of microcredit-giving out small loans to borrowers to encourage entrepeneurship-has offered much-needed...
A $1 national increase in the price of gas results in a 10 percent decrease in national obesity rates.
Let's say you see a product on the shelf that says "natural," or "organic," or "biodegradable" on the label. Would you then believe that the...
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