Archive for February, 2012

February 29, 2012

An Expedition to Help Veterans

Eighteen Veterans commit suicide each day. Expedition Balance is trying to stop that.


Jump!

What does your Leap Year hold?


February 28, 2012

What Are You Drinking?

What our growing demand for clean water means for our treatment plants


How No Can You Go?

How to go an entire year and create virtually no waste


February 27, 2012

Yummy Giveaway: Yumbutter

You can win some organic peanut butter from Yumbutter


How to Save Gas

10 easy ways to save gas


February 25, 2012

Weekend Watch: What to Eat

Broccoli and seeds tell the story of how we make food today


February 24, 2012

Can Starbucks Save the World?

What the coffee giant has done – and can do – to make a difference


A Pick Me Up

It’s time we thanked more people, especially our garbage collector.


February 23, 2012

The $140,000 Toilet

Apparently, the public restrooms in Portland are awesome.


What Percent Are You?

99% in America might equal 1% in the rest of the world


February 22, 2012

Saving the World with Peanut Butter

Our interview with Yumbutter founder Adrian Reif


Dirty Data

What’s powering all our new data centers?


February 21, 2012

Is a Bad Economy Good for Charity?

A new study shows donations may be up when the economy is down.


Can Empathy Be Taught?

Do you have the next big idea for a compassionate education?


February 20, 2012

Instigation Giveaway: “Poke the Box” by Seth Godin

Here’s your chance to win an very important manifesto


Bringing Home the Bacon

CSAs make it easy to have local, fresh, and organic foods


February 18, 2012

Weekend Watch: Super Speedy Green Building

15 stories in 15 days – and it’s energy efficient


February 17, 2012

Interning at a Nonprofit

Interning at a nonprofit organization has a serious upside for college students.


A Snowball’s Chance

Small actions add up