Urban Reinspiration
J.L. Hooymayers and his neighbors worried that their Rotterdam inner city neighborhood was going to the dogs. Everyone complained most about how the litter wasn’t being picked up, blaming the city government. Hooymayers, however, had a different approach to fixing the problems: he started to clean up the mess himself.... posted on Jul 30 2005, 1,267 reads

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Grand Challenges
Who would ask experts to list the top 14 challenges that, if solved, would advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that affect the 2 billion poorest people on earth, then ask the world’s best scientists to develop solutions to those challenges, then fund 43 of those solutions with half a billion dollars? The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundations’ Grand Challenges in Global Health. ... posted on Jul 23 2005, 2,381 reads

Vision
What will the cities of the future look like? Sustainable architect William McDonough has a vision of cities as a place to love all species for all time. Dubbed the Next City, they will be designed from the molecule up to be ecologically intelligent and socially just. It's not just an unreachable eco-topia, China has commissioned him to design seven entirely new cities.... posted on Jul 21 2005, 1,230 reads

E-Aid
The bureaucracy of traditional aid organizations like the USAID has lead to the funding of ineffective projects because there is little feedback from recipients. Tired of failed projects, Mari Kuraishi and Dennis Whittle, former World Bank strategists, created an “E-Bay” style foreign aid marketplace in which individual donors can chose projects to fund directly. The website also tracks the pr... posted on Jul 20 2005, 1,735 reads

MBA in Meditation
In juvenile halls, high schools, and group homes, the Mind Body Awareness Project works with at-risk teenagers whose habitual behaviors are leading them down a road of substance abuse, crime and violence. Using meditation and yoga, these kids are creating the possibility to transform negative emotions into positive social action and a healthy future.... posted on Jul 19 2005, 870 reads

Work Together
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The Support Economy
Shoshana Zuboff, a professor at Harvard Business School, argues that consumers today want more than cheap goods and derisory customer service, instead, they are crying out for organisations that can be trusted to act on their behalf and help them to navigate the complexities of modern life. Dubbed the support economy, these organizations could be trusted to act as personal assistants by assuming r... posted on Jul 15 2005, 1,332 reads