Archive for February, 2012
What ‘Black Cool’ Looks Like in the Classroom
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
In 1926, Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week to ensure the contributions of black people would be taught and remembered. Woodson believed that eventually the week—which in 1976 become Black History Month—would eventually become unnecessary because everyone would learn black history. Seven years later, in his book The Mis-Education of the Negro, Woodson argued [...]
People Are Awesome: Woman Saves Horse’s Life, Evokes The Neverending Story
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
When Nicole Graham accidentally rode her horse, Astro, into some deep mud on the coast of Geelong, an Australian town an hour south of Melbourne, she thought he might be goner. Weighing more than half a ton, Astro was sinking fast, and the tide was rising as the minutes ticked by. Terrified but brave, Graham, [...]
Kickstarting Urban Renewal with an Underground Park
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
We’ve been in love with the idea ever since it surfaced last fall: a four-season underground park beneath the hectic streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The concept for the “Delancey Underground” has been drifting around design blogs and New York publications for months now, making lovers of innovative urban space salivate. Now the founders [...]
Why We Need Food Trucks in a Recession
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
A new proposed bill in California mandates that food trucks be barred from parking within 1,500 feet of public schools. Given the sheer number of schools in California, the law amounts to one of most dramatic food-truck crackdowns in a while, but it's hardly the first. In recent years, food trucks have been battling city [...]
Intermission: Unnatural Swarms
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
In Thomas Jackson's "Emergent Behaviors" photo series, flying cheese balls and hovering plastic cups replace nature's swarming forces. The Brooklyn-based Jackson, who shot his ongoing series in New York City and upstate New York, was inspired by "self-organizing emergent systems in nature," like termite mounds, locusts, and birds. Jackson has always been intrigued by the ability of swarms [...]
Are You On the List? SXSW’s Party Economy
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Jennifer Sinski takes parties seriously. “I had always been the one to RSVP all my friends to all the events,” Sinski says. “This is about spreadsheets. I like going out and I’m down to go anywhere, and I’ll go to four or five different parties, [but] I kind of want to know what’s going on.” [...]
Even Little Cities Deserve Kings: Sacramento’s Basketball Victory Is a Win for Small Sports Markets
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Kings executives, including owners Joe and Gavin Maloof The Sacramento Kings are one of the worst teams in the NBA. They haven't been competitive in years. Their games are among the league's most poorly attended. They're among the least valuable franchises. In theory, that should make them prime contenders to be shut down or move to a new city [...]
Meet America’s Next Top Energy Innovators
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
At the cutting edge of energy technology, batteries are a big deal. Although innovators are constantly tweaking, slowly increasing the efficiency of solar panels and redesigning wind turbine blades, technologies for creating clean energy generally work well. The problem is that they don’t work all the time. And that means that in order to transition [...]
The Rules Of: Food Poisoning
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
GOODCo Video: IBM’s Work With Mid-Sized Business
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
For the economy to thrive, mid-sized business needs to thrive. And for Andy Monshaw, the general manager of global small- and medium-sized businesses at IBM, helping those companies is his expertise. Monshaw has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry and has held several executive positions with IBM. Check out the video to [...]
What ‘Black Cool’ Looks Like in the Classroom
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
In 1926, Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week to ensure the contributions of black people would be taught and remembered. Woodson believed that eventually the week—which in 1976 become Black History Month—would eventually become unnecessary because everyone would learn black history. Seven years later, in his book The Mis-Education of the Negro, Woodson argued [...]
People Are Awesome: Woman Saves Horse’s Life, Evokes The Neverending Story
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
When Nicole Graham accidentally rode her horse, Astro, into some deep mud on the coast of Geelong, an Australian town an hour south of Melbourne, she thought he might be goner. Weighing more than half a ton, Astro was sinking fast, and the tide was rising as the minutes ticked by. Terrified but brave, Graham, [...]
Kickstarting Urban Renewal with an Underground Park
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
We’ve been in love with the idea ever since it surfaced last fall: a four-season underground park beneath the hectic streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The concept for the “Delancey Underground” has been drifting around design blogs and New York publications for months now, making lovers of innovative urban space salivate. Now the founders [...]
Why We Need Food Trucks in a Recession
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
A new proposed bill in California mandates that food trucks be barred from parking within 1,500 feet of public schools. Given the sheer number of schools in California, the law amounts to one of most dramatic food-truck crackdowns in a while, but it's hardly the first. In recent years, food trucks have been battling city [...]
Intermission: Unnatural Swarms
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
In Thomas Jackson's "Emergent Behaviors" photo series, flying cheese balls and hovering plastic cups replace nature's swarming forces. The Brooklyn-based Jackson, who shot his ongoing series in New York City and upstate New York, was inspired by "self-organizing emergent systems in nature," like termite mounds, locusts, and birds. Jackson has always been intrigued by the ability of swarms [...]
Are You On the List? SXSW’s Party Economy
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Jennifer Sinski takes parties seriously. “I had always been the one to RSVP all my friends to all the events,” Sinski says. “This is about spreadsheets. I like going out and I’m down to go anywhere, and I’ll go to four or five different parties, [but] I kind of want to know what’s going on.” [...]
Even Little Cities Deserve Kings: Sacramento’s Basketball Victory Is a Win for Small Sports Markets
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Kings executives, including owners Joe and Gavin Maloof The Sacramento Kings are one of the worst teams in the NBA. They haven't been competitive in years. Their games are among the league's most poorly attended. They're among the least valuable franchises. In theory, that should make them prime contenders to be shut down or move to a new city [...]
Meet America’s Next Top Energy Innovators
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
At the cutting edge of energy technology, batteries are a big deal. Although innovators are constantly tweaking, slowly increasing the efficiency of solar panels and redesigning wind turbine blades, technologies for creating clean energy generally work well. The problem is that they don’t work all the time. And that means that in order to transition [...]
The Rules Of: Food Poisoning
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
GOODCo Video: IBM’s Work With Mid-Sized Business
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
For the economy to thrive, mid-sized business needs to thrive. And for Andy Monshaw, the general manager of global small- and medium-sized businesses at IBM, helping those companies is his expertise. Monshaw has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry and has held several executive positions with IBM. Check out the video to [...]
