Topic: Fiji

Design with Heart

When it comes to championing workers, Stephanie Odegard is a tour de forceREAD»

Message in a Bottle

Americans spent more money last year on bottled water than on ipods or movie tickets: $15 Billion. A journey into the economics--and psychology--of an unlikely business boom. And what it says about our culture of indulgence.READ»

The Source Project : A Sleek Alternative to Bottled Water

It's hard to escape the fact that bottled water is wasteful, from the plastic used in bottles to the trucks that cart the water thousands of miles. And while bottled water consumption is down overall, millions of Americans still ...READ»

Get Away from It All!

Four vacations that offer more than rest and relaxation.READ»

Get Lost

Don't just sit there -- consider these 10 sabbaticals selected by the Fast Company staff, then steal them, tweak them, and pass them on.READ»

A Tongue-in-Cheek Guide for Green Gadget Buyers

Gee-whiz products! Breakthrough ideas! The next wave of must-have enviro-gear will blow your solar panels off.READ»

Contributors

ART STREIBER In 1989, Art Streiber left California for four years in Italy, where he and his wife ran the Milan bureau of Fairchild Publications, publisher of Women's Wear Daily and W magazine. Once back in L.A., he trained his eye ...READ»

Four Tricks That Save Time

Four tricks to save you time.READ»

'Objectified' Review: A Hurricane of Consumer Values

    There's a moment, at the beginning of the documentary Objectified, where Jonathan Ive, Apple's head of design, takes his iPhone out of his pocket and wipes it along the hem of his shirt to remove the ...READ»

• Gary Hustwit's "Objectified" [video]

Sustainability: Bottled Water Gets a Bad Rap

This just in: the bottled water industry is actually good for the environment. That's what Kim Jeffrey, chief executive of Nestle Waters, claims in a recent Q&A for the New York Times. Not only do bottled water companies work hard ...READ»

How Much Energy Goes Into Bottled Water? Hint: A Lot

There are plenty of reasons to avoid bottled water: contamination and disease issues, limited freshwater supply--and now energy concerns. Researchers Peter Gleick and Heather Cooley at the Pacific Institute in Oakland, CA have ...READ»

• Message in a Bottle

Customer-Centered Leader Runner-up: Michelle Peluso

Travelocity is the customer's knight in shining armor when it comes to supplier disputes.READ»

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

The first surprise came within moments of dipping into the 60th Street entrance of New York's Mandarin Oriental hotel. Angela Alleyne, director of guest relations (tall, gracious, and bedecked in a silk Chinese jacket of ...READ»