Bottled Water is a Symbol of Modern Day Consumerism. A Symbol we Don’t Need.
Bottled water is simply an indulgence for western culture, and despite the stories we tell ourselves, it is not a benign indulgence. The USA alone are moving 1 billion bottles of water around a week in ships, trains, and trucks. Picture this, that is the same as 37,800 full size trucks delivering water a week. [...]
The Conspiracy for Good and Social Benefit Storytelling.
The Conspiracy For Good is the pilot project for a first-of-its-kind, interactive story, that empowers its audience to take real-life action and create positive change in the world. Call it Social Benefit Storytelling. As part of the Conspiracy For Good you will join a collective of thinkers, artists, musicians and causes, creating a unified voice [...]
Sir Ken Robinson on Creating an Education System that Nurtures Creativity.
Lets go back to 2006 and where Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Why don’t we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. [...]
People for Bikes | A Movement to Make Our World More Bike Friendly
People for Bikes is a movement to make our world more bike friendly- to build more trails, paths and bike lanes, to make riding safer and more accessible for all. Colle + McVoy have created a great campiagn for the new Bikes Belong initiative. The goal of peopleforbikes.org is to gather a million names of [...]
180 Days of the Fully Sick Rapper and the YouTube Project
The video was made on day 180 of the Fully Sick Rapper who’d been quarantined in hospital with TB, just three days before he was told he could finally go home. When he made this, he had no idea when or if he was going home. It’s raw and engaging. He was invited to make the [...]
IDEO and Design 21 present a view of the future with “We make it – Spaghetti Bolognese”
LCC Winner: We Make It Spaghetti Bolognese by Andrea Schöllgen from IDEO on Vimeo. Hosted by Design 21 and presented by IDEO, the Living Climate Change Video Challenge asked entrants to show a vision of the future affected by climate change. The winning entry, “We Make It_Spaghetti Bolognese,” was created Andrea Schollgen and provides an [...]
Noah Abrams Skateistan. An Inspiring Journey through Pictures.
For long time readers of uncluttered white spaces, you will know skateboarding is very close to my heart. Stumbling upon Skateistan by Noah Abrams was an amazing way to start my week this week and the images of Afghanistan’s emerging skateboarding scene is more than inspiring. In a war torn nation where what I can [...]
Some Amazing Thoughts from Inspiring Thought Leaders
“Today, what defines the most innovative, and the most successful, people is their willingness to fail. And, that’s especially true in journalism, media and advertising… This is the key to the future for all of us. It’s not how we deal with success but how we embrace and learn from failure that will define all of [...]
Film | Birthright by Sean Mullins
BIRTHRIGHT from Sean Mullens on Vimeo. In my attempt to stop using bottled water (which has been successful with the exception of a recent trip to Indonesia), I have also made a concise effort to cease using takeaway cardboard coffee cups. This is a for a few reasons and the main reason is not environmental. [...]
A Video on The Lost Generation. Simple yet Brilliant.
A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward. This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward. Not only does it read the opposite, the meaning is the exact opposite.. This is only a 1 minute, 44 second video and it is brilliant Make sure you read as well as listen…forward and backward. This is a [...]
FILM | Waiting for Superman
A good teacher is not just a good teacher, they are a work of art. They create an inspirational view of the future for our youth. in 1968 John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the USA stated: “I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at [...]
Switch off Your Lights for Earth Hour 2010!
It’s Showtime! It is time to stand up, to take responsibility, to get involved and lead the way towards a sustainable future. It is all about taking 60 minutes of discomfort and inconvenience to give the planet a chance. Take a stand and give world leaders the mandate they need to make the right climate [...]
We think you should visit :: The LXD on Facebook
Yesterday we featured the TED appearance by The LXD and it had us so captivated that we thought we would bring you more. John Chu is calling the Legion Of Extraordinary Dancers (or LXD) “the next evolution of dance” and he’ll be featuring them in an epic online series that will combine a scripted story [...]
The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers | by TED
Lets transcend into a place, less about business, and more about evolution or more to the point, the evolution of dance. The LXD (the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) electrify the TED2010 stage with an emerging global street-dance culture, revved up by the Internet. In a preview of Jon Chu’s upcoming Web series, this astonishing troupe [...]
