Our NYE sustainable city countdown simply wouldn’t be complete without the Midwestern heart of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Admittedly, I have to give you the full disclaimer: I have spent the last four years of my life soaking up the goodness and green-ness that is Minneapolis and it also happens to be the home base of [...]
I constantly fantasize about living in Portland, Oregon. It’s the homeland of the great Chuck Palahniuk, one of the largest urban wildernesses in Forest Park, and a hotbed for social entrepreneurs and creative do-gooders. Oddly enough I haven’t even visited the city yet. So when I heard Ned.com and NedSpace were hosting a Social [...]
If you need to stay focused this New Year, Melbourne, Australia is the right place to be to write those edgy resolutions. Why? Because Melbourne has been making some pretty eco-impressive resolutions of its own lately. Their fresh, innovative Melbourne Plan outlines their aim to be one of the most livable cities in the [...]
On my way home from New York City on Saturday evening, I picked up the business section of the New York Times and began reading a column- the headline of which peaked my interest. “You, Too, Can Be a Microlender” by Ron Lieber. I’ve spent a fair amount of time studying the microfinance “niche” [...]
In the early 1960’s, Mayors Ivo Arzua and Jaime Lerner put out a call for urban planning proposals for the rapidly-growing city of Curitiba, Brazil and the rest is history. Yet this history is also what’s now sustaining Curitiba’s present and serving as one of the best examples of sustainable cities in the world. [...]
Ring in the 2010 New Year to the glittering backdrop of Oregon’s beloved Mt. Hood in a city that is known for it’s happening twenty-something scene and dedication to environmental good. Portland, Oregon has been a showcase in sustainability since the early 1970’s. Having hung around these parts all last summer, I can safely [...]
Some say that the art of storytelling is lost. I think you just need to know where to look — and Changents.com is the perfect place to lend your eyes. Changents is an Internet platform that connects people changing the world with people who help them. They understand that stories can explain complex situations, [...]
I’ve mentioned Better The World (BTW) as one of the newest and most empowering tools for the citizen changemaker before, and I’ll do it again. The online social venture has just launched another helpful tool, Shop for a Cause. The tool, or EZ Shopping widget as called by BTW, allows you to give back [...]
It’s often said that 1+1=3…or 11, or 100. Or some other number greater than 2. But can 1+1=1.5, or even -1?
Android’s Awkward Ecosystem
In case you’ve missed it, there is a lot of buzz building around Google’s (and HTC’s) coming release of an optimized Google Phone called Nexus One.
Of course, there are already lots of [...]
Entrepreneurship
If building tree houses for a living sounds absurd, than investing in the construction of an entire community of geodesic, eco-friendly and self-sustaining tree houses in the forests of California must be down right crazy. Dustin Feider – social entrepreneur, Change Agent and Founder of O2 Treehouse – couldn’t disagree more.
As a child [...]
The Road to Hyderabad is a series done by Ashoka’s Tech4Society team as we count down the weeks to our big gather of 100 Ashoka-Lemelson Fellows in Hyderabad, India to explore the future of tech for social change. You can read all of the Road to Hyderabad series here.
Lesson #16:Going Green
I’m taking it [...]
Everyone wants to let themselves go before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, but sometimes it’s nice to retain at least a few of your morals to help rebuild your dignity in the morning. For those of you who are older, I bet you’re less concerned about retaining morality and more worried [...]
Hang in there, college kids, your much-deserved winter break is almost here, but your homework isn’t over yet. The wrath of your professors might momentarily cease, but the challenges that face our world never sleep. If you’re feeling out of energy, tap into your compassion, but either way, find a way to upload your [...]
