Dreams for My Daughter – Creating the World We Want for Our Children
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…
National Day of Unplugging – Take a Tech Timeout This Weekend
The National Day of Unplugging 2011 starts at sundown today, Friday, March 4 and ends at sundown tomorrow, Saturday, March 5. What better excuse to take a timeout from technology this weekend and…
Women Inspiring Women – Improving Maternal Health Worldwide
“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,…
Pure Citizen: Daily Deal Shopping for the Conscious Consumer
You’ve probably heard of Gilt Groupe, the highly successful “daily deal” site that launched in 2007 and offers limited time sales on everything under the fashion sky. Now, there is an option for…
The Feast — A Day of Inspiration and Good
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….
10/10/10 – A Global Work Party
Today was the largest day of environmental activism in history. 7,347 climate action events took place in 188 countries around the world as part of “The Global Work Party.” People went to work…
Trouble Silencing Climate Skeptics? There’s an App for That!
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…
Follow Your Heart (it Knows Where to Go)
If you’re sitting at a desk in a dull office, raise your hand. If you feel stuck in a job you dislike but are scared to quit because you don’t want to give…
Be A Biographer: Crowdsourced Design Giving Hope to Sex Trade Survivors
Initiated by human-rights organization The Blind Project, Be A Biographer calls on people with design skills to help tell the stories of the survivors of the multi-billion dollar commercial sex trade, an industry…
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…
Make Responsible AND Healthy Seafood Choices: A Visual Guide
I’ve been very happy to see friends consult Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Sustainable Seafood Guides when making choices at restaurants. The oceans are severely at risk and it’s very important that we all make…
One Day Without Shoes
Remember when you were a kid and your parents told you to “think about the poor starving children in Biafra/Somalia/Darfur!” when you didn’t want to finish the food on your plate? That one…
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...
