Meet Fred Giovannitti, whose ability to tease designs out of people's brains proves useful in two very different pursuits: tattoo artistry and environmental engineering.READ»
Apple is famously tight-lipped about almost everything relating to its actual business processes. Today it's shifted the veil slightly, and has released a frank list of issues it has discovered during an audit of its Eastern suppliers. READ»
A collection of some of the world's brightest thinkers come up with their big world-changing ideas, from ways to pay for a global education boost to protecting our fish supplies.READ»
By automatically examining your online purchases and then suggesting safer, healthier ones, the company is creating what it calls a "Mint.com for ethical shopping."READ»
The company is already notorious for the way workers in its Chinese suppliers' factories are treated, but what's less known is those same factories' incredible impact on the environment. But after years of ignoring concerns, Apple may ...READ»
To enforce new rules from the government and U.S. companies, a new breed of worker is appearing in China: A consultant who helps factories adhere to standards, without causing outrageous costs.READ»
The coffee company made admirable promises to reduce its paper waste by encouraging people to bring their own cups, but are the way individual Starbucks are run ruining that effort?READ»
Here's a tale of two customer service experiences. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Let's start with the bad. More than a month ago, my 6-month-old refrigerator (purchased from Sears) broke. Since it was still ...READ»
The future may seem far away and out of reach, but we're already experiencing many of the benefits of technological advances that will make our cities liveable and sustainable homes. You just have to know where to look. READ»
Cutting down forests sounds like a bad way to reduce CO2, but new information shows that--if done right--making wood our primary building material (instead of steel or concrete) would be a boon for the environment.READ»
My colleague and I are from Denmark. We, along with much of the world, admire the United States’ relentless pursuit of the Next Big Thing, its inherent optimism, and its go-getter attitude. Other parts of the world should learn to ...READ»
In the United States, the follies over the debt ceiling have now become so all encompassing that the government in Washington seemingly is unable to focus on anything else.READ»
The company touts its environmental investing and shrinking carbon footprint and--oh yeah--how it's working to fix the housing crisis it helped start.READ»
Author David Bornstein says that when it comes to covering social innovation, the media is doing it wrong. Instead of showing what's wrong in the world, how about showing how smart solutions can bring about change?READ»
Cal-Adapt, the company's new handy climate-change-impact visualizer, makes it easy to understand the specific effects of climate change on where you live (though you may have to move--your neighborhood might be underwater soon).READ»
If oil rig operators could see real-time data about how each part of their operation was performing, they might have a better chance of stopping explosions.READ»
Photographers have long trained their lenses on the atrocities of war, and even influenced the outcomes of few major battles. J Henry Fair is a member of that politically motivated tribe, though his focus is on the war we seem to be ...READ»
