Prior to 9/11 many New York City-based business proudly displayed the Twin Towers as part of their skyline-centric logos. Even though it's been nearly eight years since the tragedy at the World Trade Center, many of those same companies still…
Continue Reading →Crowdsourcing is coming to this year's San Francisco Women's Film Festival, the Bay Area's annual celebration of recent contributions to documentary, LGBT, and dramatic film. Indie-Fest recently opened an online screening competition sponsored by the film forum and marketplace IndieFlix.…
Continue Reading →The fashion world is changing. The ethics of where and how clothes of made have become just as important as the color and the shape. Our friends at Apolis Activism have taken a strong approach to making some remarkable clothing…
Continue Reading →The first time Common Threadz caught our eye they were utilizing talented artists to help less fortunate children of Africa afford school uniforms. Fortunately, they haven't stopped supporting creative minds and the cause of needy kids in Africa, they've only…
Continue Reading →Millions of people are talking all day, every day on twitter. But what if all those people came together and actually did something? Enter Twestival, a global event organized through twitter taking place on February 12th. Over 100 cities have…
Continue Reading →It's great to see a classroom project launch a social enterprise company that is then able to provide for increased educational opportunities. That's the case for Better World Books, "the online bookstore with a soul" founded by three Notre Dame…
Continue Reading →Green Light Flix, a vegan-friendly community of animal rights activists and environmentalists, has opened the doors of their film studio to member participation in the creation of podcasts, videos, and web content. The Florida-based, fan-managed studio is more of an…
Continue Reading →We totally love Justin Gignac and his girlfriend Christine's work, all of it from the garbage collection to the WANTS and NEEDS paintings. After their trip to Las Vegas they are giving back a little. They've just put up a…
Continue Reading →Can't volunteer for hours a week? Don't have a big chunk of change to give away to worthy causes? These limitations may have kept you from making the world a better place 10 years ago, but Care2 founder Randy Paynter…
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