Have you ever wanted to change something in the world but weren’t sure where to start? Perhaps you’d like to arrange a cleanup day in your neighborhood, but you don’t know anyone else who’d like to join in. Or maybe you’re looking for ways to encourage your peers to get involved with local nonprofits, but… Continue reading Idealist’s New Network Will Help Do-Gooders around the World Connect through Bottom-Up Leadership
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Good causes and organizations worth supporting.
Prezi and Adobe Donate Software and Online Tools to Obama’s ConnectED Initiative
Prezi, the cloud-based presentation software and online canvas, and Adobe have joined President Obama’s ConnectED Initiative to bring wireless broadband internet connectivity and improved educational tools into more classrooms, according to TechCrunch. Prezi provides online software for creating eye-catching presentations and mind maps. According to TechCrunch the startup has committed $100 million in Edu Pro… Continue reading Prezi and Adobe Donate Software and Online Tools to Obama’s ConnectED Initiative
Google Wants the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health to Take Advantage of Its Cloud Services
Google has joined the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, the company announced on its Research Blog today. In an effort to help healthcare providers and others analyze the huge volumes of genomic information available today, Google is proposing one Web-based API for importing, processing, storing and searching genomic data at scale. Google is also… Continue reading Google Wants the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health to Take Advantage of Its Cloud Services
10 Radical GIFs that Will Inspire You to Live Life to Its Fullest
When the path to your life goals is long and unpredictable, it can be easy to become a spectator of your own life. We grow comfortable with the status quo and refuse to make any big changes or take on new challenges. Nevertheless, unless you try to achieve your goals you’ll end your life dreaming… Continue reading 10 Radical GIFs that Will Inspire You to Live Life to Its Fullest
How Do the Big Food Companies Score When It Comes to Social Responsibility? [CHART]
The world’s biggest food brands are notorious for creating less-than-stellar working conditions for farmers and abusing water and land rights. Increased consumer and political pressure, though, is leading to gradually improving conditions and transparency among the world’s ‘Big 10’ food companies like Nestle, PepsiCo, Unilever and Coca-Cola. Through its Behind the Brands campaign Oxfam is… Continue reading How Do the Big Food Companies Score When It Comes to Social Responsibility? [CHART]
This Kickstarter Project Could Be the Solution to Overheated Apartments and Excessive Pollution
If you live in an apartment building with steam heat, you’ve probably spent your winter sweating away while your radiator turned your place into a tropical paradise. But with a new internet-connected product currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, your days of uncontrolled heat might be over. A radiator without a Cozy cover (left) and a radiator… Continue reading This Kickstarter Project Could Be the Solution to Overheated Apartments and Excessive Pollution
How the FCC’s New Proposed Open Internet Rules Could Save the Neutral Net You Know and Love
People want the internet to remain as open and neutral as it is today. Though the Obama administration came out in support of a neutral net yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will need to take further action to make net neutrality a reality after its original mandate was struck down by a U.S. Court… Continue reading How the FCC’s New Proposed Open Internet Rules Could Save the Neutral Net You Know and Love
Happy Safer Internet Day [LIVESTREAM]
Today we celebrate Safer Internet Day, an annual event organized by InSafe and ConnectSafely to promote safe and responsible use of the internet and mobile devices geared towards children around the world. While this event has been coordinated across Europe for the past 11 years with the European Commission, it wasn’t until two years ago… Continue reading Happy Safer Internet Day [LIVESTREAM]
