Play Report: Children prefer playing with their parents over watching TV
What would kids rather do — watch TV or play with their friends or parents? The results were overwhelming; nine out of ten children preferred playing socially. Children aged 7-12 were asked a…
Change Connections – Crowdsourcing Social Innovation
This past week, Nokia and The Feast launched a very interesting collaborative project called Change Connections. The goal of the project is “to contribute to strengthening innovation ecosystems and our understanding of the…
Landsharing
“Share your passion. Share your produce. That’s what Landshare is all about,” says Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, founder of Landshare, a British website that connects landowners with people wanting space to grow vegetables. It’s a…
Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It
We’ve all heard that the one thing we should all do (besides switch to energy-efficient lightbulbs) to fight climate change is fly less. What if that wasn’t true? What if what we really…
Earth Days: A History of the Modern Environmental Movement
Everyone and everything seems to be “Going Green” these days, and it’s hard to imagine a time when environmental issues were nowhere near the top of most people’s agendas. Forty years ago today,…
Clothing Libraries – a Shift from Wasteful to Resourceful
Looking good sits high on most people’s agendas, and we spend enough money on clothing and accoutrements to prove it. Although there is nothing wrong with wanting to express ourselves by the way…
Carrotmobbing
As the old saying goes, there are two ways to make a donkey walk forward: offer a delicious carrot in front of it, or hit its behind with a stick. Bad behavior should…
Food Rules: Answering the Question “What Should I eat?”
Whenever I get up on my soapbox and start talking to my friends and family about the pitiful state of our food system, the one thing they always ask me is “so what…
The Art of Eating In… and Finding Yourself
The saying goes that New York apartments no longer need kitchens because nobody cooks anymore. Although that may not actually be the case, it is not too far from the truth. If you’ve…
University of the People
Over the course of this past decade, we have grown to expect unlimited and free access to information, whenever and wherever we want it. Despite this, the cost of college tuition has risen…
Sourcemapping
“We believe that people have the right to know where things come from and what they are made of.” That is the driving force behind a new opensource website called Sourcemap. Developed by…
The Wynwood Walls at Art Basel Miami Beach
Nothing has the ability to move people quite like public art. Whether you love it or hate it, a public art piece has the ability to transform an entire neighborhood, creating pride and…
November 18, 2015
Mrs. Kimberly Leonard — Dear Harmless Harvest,
Where do I begin? It's hard to choose the correct words to say THANK YOU! You...
September 1, 2015
Kelly Sims — Gwen,
I live in Durham and I see it all the time, sometimes on sale at Kroger and Harris Teeter.
Kelly...
