Retail shelves are already lined with a sea of red and pink, hearts and chocolates, stuffed teddy bears and any other consumer product that will make some lucky person`s heart [...]
The Stanford Social Innovation Review states that there are 1.4 billion households around the world that live on less than $1.25 a day due to their in ...
Dwight Peters is a Social Entrepreneur and the founder of QuarterWaters. He interviews successful Social Entrepreneurs to learn how they did it. You ...
The bodies of Da Silva and Do Espirito Santo are carried to their final resting place – Photo: Boing Boing In his Tedx Amazonia talk this year, ...
After missing the fifth largest blizzard in Twin Cities’ recorded history by a day (a 17.1-inch, airport-closing snowstorm), I arrived in Iguazu, Argentina through Buenos Aires on Sunday, December 12. [...]
In two hours I depart the frozen winter tundra of Minnesota for a trip of a lifetime — a TOMS Shoe Drop. This will be my first volunteer trip, but [...]
In today’s world, Brazil is commonly viewed as the shining star of South America – both in terms of political and economic stability. President Lula has proven to be a [...]
Entrepreneurship Surfing is pretty radical, especially when it’s used to transform poor towns into thriving sustainable communities. Dave Aabo is social-entrepreneur surfer-dude using surfing, the gorgeous Peruvian coastline and voluntour ...
Now we have a problem. On January 12th, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the tiny island nation of Haiti. Just a month and a half later, an 8.8 magnitude [...]
Can poverty be connected to hope by way of design? This is a question that we should all be pondering as the world reaches 2010, the recession continues, and reality [...]
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. [...]
Music has an uncanny ability to engage our emotions in ways that impact our behavior. Its influence is often subtle and sub-conscious; it can make us happy, excited, anxious, relaxed, [...]
- Upon my arrival in Bilbao, my quest to find the public library was at the top of my list. Most of us feel anxiety when we are away from [...]
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