New Jersey eye surgeons from the Atlantic Eye Physicians group traveled to Guatemala to the Hospital de la Familia to perform vision correction surgery for 275 patients in need.READ»
Recently named TED Fellow Peter Hass, Founder and CEO of the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (AIDG) announced the winner of AIDG’s Haiti business plan competition.
“We are excited to invest in COOPEN, a ...READ»
It's never been easier to make a difference on behalf of an issue you care about. You can use the Web to browse for a good cause, to donate money for good works, or to serve as a virtual volunteer. Social change is just a click away.READ»
AES is big, rich - and unlike any company you've ever seen. It builds power plants by handing power to workers on the front lines. Its radical business model has worked wonders in the United States. Can it also work in Hungary, China, and Brazil?READ»
A group of enterprising MIT students has come up with a novel way for developing countries to gain access to washing machines: pedal power.
MIT's pedal-powered washing machine, the product of four years of research, is made up ...READ»
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When you want the best, you go to the source. John Scharffenberger is part of the vanguard of high-end chocolatiers in America who are reeducating palates numbed by eons of cheap milk chocolate. But as a ...READ»
Today, I went with my daughter all the way across the state to the Spanish Consulate, so she could begin the process of getting her papers in order for spring semester abroad. And it got me thinking...I love travel. I love visiting ...READ»
A “Do Gooder” has started to look very different among the generations. Contributing to the community might mean writing a hefty check at a charity gala to one employee, while another might consider building houses in Guatemala. ...READ»
Over 900,000 entries for the Annual Diversity Immigrant Visa Program have already been submitted for 2011. This was just during the initial week – a 63% increase over last year.
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The latest industry to get clobbered by climate change is coffee, according to the International Coffee Organization (ICO). The organization, which represents 77 coffee-producing countries, says that the temperature has risen half a ...READ»
When I started Consorte Media I talked a lot about how Hispanic marketing relied on anecdotal evidence as opposed to actual data. Now I have a different story to tell.I started Consorte Media in the closet of my one bedroom apartment ...READ»
As I stepped from the rickety wooden dock onto John McAfee’s motorboat, I felt like I was in a scene straight out of Heart of Darkness. Here I was, a visitor in a strange land, embarking on a journey up a tropical river in ...READ»
In Part Two of our ongoing series about effective global CSR, we discuss the importance of having your headquarters and your local offices work together to set your CSR goals.READ»
The reason I took several weeks off from my weekly Fast Company blog was that I was traveling in Guatemala
If you'll allow me the hubris of sharing an outsider's perspective after spending just a few weeks there, I'd like to make ...READ»
For the second year in a row, we invited some of the smartest people we know to consider four of the toughest questions around. Fast Company celebrates its third anniversary with the ultimate business round table.READ»
Thanks to the punishing demands of the new economy, marriage has become more complex, more stressful, and more difficult. These couples have designed marriages that work.READ»
Labor organizer Jane McAlevey is forcing companies in Connecticut's ultraprosperous Fairfield County to confront a moral challenge that they would prefer to ignore -- and, in the process, she is forcing all of us to confront our personal sense of justice.READ»
Dr. Irwin Redlener has spent his career devising solutions to large-scale problems of health care for disenfranchised children. The latest expression of his single-minded agenda combines excellence in pediatric care with cutting-edge design, the latest technology, and the worldview of Carl Sagan.READ»
