Topic: Hurricane Katrina

It's Never Been This Hard

For a nimble diving company based in Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina posed enormous challenges--and offered huge opportunity.READ»

Blogging Hurricane Relief

The devastation Hurricane Katrina has wrought has been overwhelming and difficult to process. I'm sure many of you out there feel powerless to do anything to help. Kudos then to Strengthen the Good for its efforts to harness the ...READ»

You've Been Warned

One of the biggest frustrations involving the Hurricane Katrina debacle is the fact that doom-sayers -- loaded with scientifically sound data -- had warned of this catastrophe years ago. Yet, despite a detailed, scarily prophetic ...READ»

It's Never Been This Hard

For a nimble diving company based in Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina posed enormous challenges--and offered huge opportunity.READ»

Brad Pitt's Foundation Unveils Floating Home That Rises Up (and Away) in Floods

It's inevitable that a Katrina-style hurricane will strike again. But maybe this time we should be prepared to go with the flow--literally. Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation unveiled today the Float House, a home that can break ...READ»

First Response Team: Disaster Relief Fund...pay it forward today !!!

Our fellow Americans in the Midwest need our help. This is a bigger disaster than Hurricane Katrina and will affect all of us at some point do to higher costs for corn which is a key ingredient for many things you buy at the store. ...READ»

Tracking 10 Hurricane Stories Across the Web

It's hurricane season, and that means freakish weather even thousands of miles from the eye of a storm. Trace back the ripple effects of hurricanes, and you'll find a lot more than just rainy days. Just a few degrees away from Katrina ...READ»

The Storm After the Storm

Tulane University President Scott Cowen was at the tail end of a respected career when Katrina hit. The hurricane almost destroyed his institution--and gave him the chance to reinvent it.READ»

Harsh Reality

It isn't easy talking about innovation strategies or customer relations when people are suffering in New Orleans and one of our oldest cities is facing irreparable damage. Still, it wouldn't be out of line to direct you to CNN's ...READ»

Rebuilding New Orleans: Ten Coolest Innovators

Three years after Katrina, the nation's most expensive hurricane, which cost insurers an estimated $44 billion, came Gustav. As if New Orleans needed its rebuilding project to get any harder. And yet, there’s hope. To underscore how far the city has come since 2005, alldaybuffet, a group of creative professionals focused on social innovation, created the New Orleans 100, a list of projects that are bringing new creative energy, attracting tourism, rebuilding homes, overhauling the educational system, and stimulating economic activity. Here are 10 of the most innovative ventures.READ»

• 10 Coolest Innovators Rebuilding New Orleans

Take a Hike Ike and Get to Work

Interviewers and entrepreneurs often ask me the same question. What’s the most common trait between successful rock stars and successful entrepreneurs? I know they all wish I had a silver bullet, a magic fix and ...READ»

Thursday is Careday

This Thurday marks the launch of Caredays, a monthlong service-stravaganza facilitated by the Center for Companies that Care. Caredays is an annual, national initiative to engage individuals and employers in activities that foster ...READ»

Best of TreeHugger: Bus-Bike Design, a Living Building, the U.S. Sheds Some C02

Could folding e-bike rental hubs at bus stops revolutionize your commute? Plus, the world's first building is built with live trees, and U.S. carbon emissions are down for the second year in a row.READ»

Give or Else?

The Hands On Network notes on its site that this month, "29 Fortune 500 corporations and national organizations are launching an unprecedented initiative to increase the number of employees who volunteer by 10% and raise 6.4 million ...READ»

5 Years After the Tsunami : Lessons Learned in Corporate Humanitarian Assistance

5 years ago today, the Indian Ocean Tsunami killed over 230,000 people and left many millions in need of emergency relief. The disaster was met by an outpouring of generosity from the private sector. Since 2004, I have played a role in assisting companies looking to help in the aftermaths of disasters in New Orleans, Pakistan, Myanmar and China. Following are a few key lessons I've gleaned.READ»

Masters of Disaster

One British production company has excelled at turning fictional global catastrophes into compelling prime-time television.READ»

No Way to Run a Business

Our monthly letter from the editor.READ»

Fast History: Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall in New Orleans, 2005

Most Americans remember tuning into the news this morning four years ago to find a beloved American city half immersed in water after Hurricane Katrina’s Category 3-fueled storm surge broke New Orleans fragile levees. Katrina ...READ»

iFIve: Cisco, Google and Intel Go Shopping, IPCC in Spotlight, the State of the Gulf, Airline Innovation, Apple DNA Found

The Inn o'Vation. It's more than a cosy holiday getaway, you know.READ»

Google, iTunes Pitch in Haiti Relief

It has only been a week since the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and the response for aid has been nothing less than astonishing. Within days, the Red Cross received more than $3 million in donations through its text...READ»

Futures Thinking: Mapping the Possibilities (Part 2)

Expected. Better. Worse. Weirder. What kind of world will we live in?READ»

How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change the World? One. And You're Looking At It.

For years, compact fluorescent bulbs have promised dramatic energy savings--yet they remain a mere curiosity. That's about to change.READ»

Letter From the Editor

Not-so-strict constructionism.READ»

iFive: Whale in the Gulf, Oil Boss in Dock, Droid X vs. iPhone 4, Finland Makes Broadband a Right, Woot Rap Video

As you slept last night, and Roger Federer drowned his sorrows in the Chalkdust pub in Wimbledon, innovation was putting on the pancake makeup and stepping out of its FEMA trailer for a YouTube appearance. 1. While Hurricane Alex ...READ»

In Today's News: Katrina, Cruise, Blu-ray...

What's worth reading: Bush Tours New Orleans, Pushes for Rebuilding Plan "President Bush bowed his head in prayer Tuesday to remember the hundreds who perished in Hurricane Katrina, a disaster that forever changed the Gulf Coast -- ...READ»