With only a few days left of the year, many of us are contemplating that age-old question: ‘what’s my New Years resolution?’ If you are like most people, yours will most likely revolve around eating better, exercising more, improving your career, cutting down on stress or spending more time doing what really matters to you (like hanging out with family and friends). Regardless, chances are you will need help when it comes to sticking to your goals. cont.

Sometimes inspiration strikes at the most unexpected moments. For Aimi Duong it happened while in Business School and spending a year abroad. She had visited rural villages in Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia and felt a strong desire to help out. That’s when she had the idea to start a company, Oi Mei, that employs these rural artisans to make fairtrade pillows that promote peace-building initiatives in developing communities. cont.

Droughts, floods, heat waves, insect outbreaks, wildfires, sea level rise – we are encountering the reality of our changing climate every day. Five years after the theatrical release of An Inconvenient Truth, Nobel Laureate and former Vice President Al Gore will host an international event that brings the world together in a critical moment of global consciousness to deliver the message: The climate crisis is real, and it’s already happening. cont.

I love bracelets and tend to pile them on without abandon. Two of my current favorites aren’t just pretty to look at, they also carry a powerful message. The Peace Cord bracelet is hand woven in Afghanistan, using authentic military materials, and the peaceBOMB bracelet is made in Laos, using melted fragments of scrap metal from bombs. By wearing these, we can protest war while helping people in war-torn areas of the world earn a living wage.  cont.

Today, March 8th marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, celebrated around the world. Gender equality, child health and maternal health are three of the cornerstones of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals as well as the work of the White Ribbon Alliance. The world we create for our children will depend strongly on our success in achieving these goals. cont.

“If we can fix things for mothers – and we can – we can fix so many other things that are wrong in the world. Women are at the heart of every family, every nation. It’s mostly mothers who make sure children are loved, fed, vaccinated, educated. You just can’t build healthy, peaceful, prosperous societies without making life better for girls and women,” cont.

Feel like you’re stuck and need some inspiration? If you’re in New York, you should head to The Feast Conference, happening this Friday. Judging by the speaker line-up, it should be quite amazing. You will hear from Naveen Selvadurai, Co-Founder of Foursquare, Robbie Vitrano, Co-Founder & Chief Brand Architect of NakedPizza, Tony Wagner, Co-director of the Change Leadership Group at Harvard, cont.

If you’ve ever found yourself in a conversation with a climate change skeptic, you’ve most likely experienced the intense frustration of being unable to disprove their illogical reasoning. Often, the perfect answer will come to you much later. Ever wish you had all the top climate information at your fingertips? cont.