Designed by Inesa Malafej and Arunas Sukarevicius from Lithuania, the Dancepants converts kinetic energy from running or dancing into electricity for your MP3 player.
More info here.
Read & DiscussA new technology along the lines of green roofs, called edible walls, grows vegetables, fruits and herbs on the outside walls of urban buildings.
Original article: Business of Green – The Rooftop Garden Climbs Down a Wall – NYTimes.com
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Read & DiscussWarren Buffett; the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City; Community College Associations; and Others Join to Support Small Business Job Creation and commit $500 million to fund the new program.
Original article: Goldman Sachs | Press – Goldman Sachs Launches 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative
Read & DiscussThe Social Impact Business Plan Competition “identifies social sector scaling initiatives with demonstrated impact and readiness to grow and supports them with up to $100,000 of financial and consulting awards.” Open to U.S.-based nonprofit organizations with a focus in education, youth development, health, poverty alleviation or community economic development. Go here for more information.
Read & DiscussA morning news story today showing people boycotting Whole Foods for its CEO’s stance on health care reform gave me an equal dose of disappointment and encouragement. Disappointing of course, because any time I see a corporation that seems to share the values of a consumer who just wants to find healthy, reliable products for his/her family, it’s only a matter of time WHEN that company will be exposed for lying, cheating, stealing and generally…
Read & DiscussHi Everyone! We have launched the 3rd annual Siemens Sustainable Community Awards nomination period. The award will recognize three communities in the small, midsize, and large categories. Local governments, community-based coalitions, chambers of commerce, community developers and other local agencies are encouraged to submit their work. To be eligible for the Siemens Sustainable Community Awards, communities must meet a variety of sustainable community criteria. These requirements include partnership and stakeholder involvement, as well as demonstrable improvements…
Read & DiscussDo you remember those self-esteem projects from grade school in which a teacher would ask you to spell your name out vertically and write adjectives that describe you starting with each letter in your name?
Poor Alex..
We need to bring this assignment back – post yours below!!
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I would love to see a community library like this in Los Angeles!
“What began as an assemblage of 1,000 empty beer cartons pulled together by residents in East Germany has now evolved into an incredible open air public library. Designed by Karo Architekten in collaboration with local residents, the grassroots project revitalizes a post-industrial district in Magdeburg, Germany by creating a cultural center and pop-up library where books are free to take and leave 24…
Read & DiscussA very heartfelt reply to a kid that is trapped by an non-understanding family.
Original article: Boing Boing
Read & DiscussOk, my parents found out i was gay by myspace (which i regret for putting my sexual orientation) and my parents will never accept cause my parents are really realigous for our christianity. … HELP!!! =O
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Food columnist Peter Smith collects rumblings from the collective gut, around the dinner table, and across the food world.
Fellows from the Truman National Security Project on the ongoing struggle for world peace.
Inside all cities are problem areas that can be optimized and made smarter—improving the function of the metropolis and the lives of its citizens. This series is a look at some of those examples. A GOOD project created in collaboration with IBM.
The legendary culture jammers speak on their secrets, and what it's like to truly be a Yes Man.
Cliff Kuang on art, design, culture, politics, and technology, among other things.
Alissa Walker explores the potential impact of designing for the greater good.
Entrepreneur Joe Ippolito discusses what it takes to start a social venture business.
Michael Keating of the Open Planning Project looks at disruptive innovations—the game-changing technologies and strategies that put entrenched and dated business models out to pasture—and how they can make the world more sustainable.
When people go away, they send the best emails. In a new, occasional series, we air them out.
Guest writer Joshua Kagan is an analyst with Atlas Capital, a fellow with the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Technologies, and an all-around expert in the world of clean technology. In this four-part series, he explores a possible transition from fossil fuels to biofuels, and how algae might supplant oil as the dominant energy currency.
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