Archive for January, 2010
According to the Telegraph, the medicinal herb Artemisia annua has been seen as breakthrough that could save countless lives.The new plant will be given to poor farmers to help build their fragile economies. They hope to get this crop to farmers in the next few years, as the demand for a cure to Malaria skyrockets. [...]
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Design Revolution on Colbert
Last night, GOOD 100 winner Emily Pilloton was on The Colbert Report to talk about her new book, Design Revolution. Pilloton wants to fix the world with humanitarian design. Colbert rightfully asks, what exactly is humanitarian design? She responds explaining it as, “taking design as a creative process, which is pretty much problem solving, and [...]
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You never know what you’re gonna see when you walk into at a highway gas station. Lucky for the mother of this baby, just the right caring person walked in and her instincts were raging. In Palm Beach a woman went into a Shell gas station bathroom and came out with, what they thought at [...]
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Author of best seller Half the Sky, Nicolas D. Kristof, looks into the lives of two very different folk. One is a 36 year old man who lives in Florida alone with a pool, he is successful, attractive and healthy. The other is a 64 year old black woman, poor and overweight but has a [...]
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Antifreeze, Antibugs.
Where do insects go in the cold winter months you ask? We presume they must burrow deep into the earth or fly south like the butterflies do. But the reality is if those cute adorable spiders aren’t hiding in your closet and under your bed then they must be outside enduring the fridge cold. But [...]
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MLK DAY
So many of you open you’re sleepy eyes on a day like this very day and rejoice over the fact that you don’t have to go into work! Seconds after this realization you slowly roll over onto your side and drift happily back off to sleepy town. Finally you open your brighter eyes around 12, [...]
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Pope Benedict the XVI reached out to Rabbi Riccardo de Segni from the main synagogue in Rome, Temple Maggiore also known as the Great Temple, this past Sunday. Benedict called on Catholics and Jews to keep an open dialogue and tackle things like poverty and disease. The Pope said according to CNN, “As Moses taught [...]
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Inflatable Hospitals in Haiti
After the 7.0 Earthquake in Haiti, there is still a bit of a tofu-scramble to bring aid to every person who is in need of medical assistance. To help with this, Doctors Without Borders have used inflatable hospitals. And yes you heard it right, inflatable. And it’s exactly what it sounds like. Paul McPhun, the [...]
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One of NY’s Best Kept Secrets
You’ve heard of New York City Food Bank right? Have you heard of New York City Clothing Bank? Similar mission statement, just replace the word “food” with “clothes”. Bam! You got clothes with food all over it. No! You got clothes available for people in need. Like so many things in the world that go [...]
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Lovely Jennifer Garner gave her time and energy this past weekend to help The Legends of Learning Foundation in Santa Monica, California. The organization encourages youth to stay excited about school and strive for a higher education. Not only were her and girlpal delivering food to the volunteers, she also picked up a drill and [...]
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