Tulane City Center

Since Katrina there has been an influx of creative minds and generous donations to the city of New Orleans.  The Tulane School of Architecture has utilized the countries re-kindled love of their hometown to finance several design build projects.  With encouragement and support from the faculty, these projects are led and executed by students at [...]

Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver is determined to transform the way we feed our children!  Such a powerful and needed mission, Oliver was recently awarded the TED prize for his work and gave the above presentation of his ‘One Wish to Change the World.’ What is his wish exactly: “I wish for your help to create a strong, [...]

The Indoor Mini-Garden

I live in an apartment without any yard to speak of (the crawling vines on my building’s fence don’t really count), so there isn’t a place where I can grow my own yummy, organic veggies, even though I want to!  Neither do I possess the green thumb needed to sustain a living plant. Needless to [...]

TED- “ideas worth spreading”

Lately, I’ve been completely hooked on watching TED videos.  A good TED clip can give me everything I’m looking for when I have a few moments of free time… information, happiness, tears, confusion, awe, amazement, empathy, and more than anything, inspiration. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, the three elements which were the founding premise [...]

The ‘Thank You’ Project

The optimist in us would like to find something positive in every day.  But as we all know, some days our inner optimist is quite challenged with this task. We’re busy!  We’re working hard!  And sometimes we simply forget to be grateful for the opportunities that create this stress and the goodness that eventually follows. [...]

ZeeWeed

ZeeWeed… kind of sounds like an ultra-filtration membrane technology that is revolutionizing the water treatment industry?  That’s exactly what it is! “The unique design of ZeeWeed® ultrafiltration technology allows it to conserve both energy and precious water resources.” Brought to you by General Electric, ZeeWeed is a spaghetti like creation that can make even the [...]

No Impact Man

“A guilty New York liberal decides to practice what he preaches for one year.  Turns off the electricity, stops making garbage, gives up TV, taxis and take-out and becomes a walking, bicycling, composting, tree hugging, polar bear saving, local food-eating citizen. (All while taking his baby daughter and caffeine loving retail-obsessed television-addicted wife along with [...]

B Corp: good companies

“How do we tell the difference between a ‘good company’ and just good marketing?” So you’re a company who says you want to do good, go green and make a positive impact on the world.  How do we, the consumers, know you’re telling the truth?  Well, if you are a certified B Corporation, through the [...]

Visionary

A few days ago I spoke to the jovial and brilliant Professor Joshua Silver (director at The Center for Vision in the Developing World in Oxford) about his not-so-new invention, a pair of eyeglasses that the wearer can adjust to correct his or her own vision. Adjustable Spectacles work by means of  two small syringes, [...]

Food Inc.

I am really looking forward to seeing this! “In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful [...]

Toilet in a Bag

Do you consider a household toilet to be a luxury, or a simple necessity? Most of us don’t think twice about the convenience of a modern bathroom, yet approximately 40% of the rest of the world go without a sanitary place to do their personal business.  The people behind the funnily named PeePoo bag are working [...]

Juice It Up

If you know me, then you know I love me some Jack LaLenne (juicer).  His juicer is often what keeps me from hitting snooze the 3rd time and finally carries me to the kitchen for some fresh, wholesome goodness.  It’s a serious machine and it produces some seriously good juice.  But I just couldn’t resist [...]