Let's not beat around the bush. Fifteen thousand of the world's medicinal plants are nearing extinction, thanks to pollution caused by population growth and rapid industrialization. Each die-off also produces a ripple effect; for ...READ»
BYCliff Kuang Relevancy Score: 100 Thu May 7, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Women's rights in the Islamic world are grim; even in Turkey, which has a secular government, feminism is still a foreign concept. But Zeynep Fadillioglu has quietly pulled off a coup: She's the first woman in Turkey to design ...READ»
When this league of extraordinary gentlepeople convened in Washington last spring, they were met -- as is usual for world summits now -- with a small but creative resistance. "There were about 1,500 of us," recalls Lacy MacAuley of ...READ»
BY Fast Company Relevancy Score: 87 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:36 AM
Chicken or Beef? www.airlinemeals.net Marco Hart took his first picture of an airline meal on a flight to Turkey in October 2001 thinking it would be nice to show his parents what he ate while flying over Eastern Europe. A hobby was ...READ»
BYCliff Kuang Relevancy Score: 76 Wed Feb 4, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Ewoks eat your hearts out: Swedish architecture firm Tham & Videgard Hansson has designed a "tree hotel" that would comprise small dwellings lofted off the forest floor, suspended from the trunk of a tree.
Modern tree houses ...READ»
BYCollin Lawson Relevancy Score: 60 Sat Nov 15, 2008 at 1:39 PM
This Saturday as world leaders from the G20 meet in Washington, the topic du jour is stabilizing the world economy.
Leaders from the United States, France, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, Germany, India, ...READ»
BYCaroline Simard Relevancy Score: 55 Mon Aug 3, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Telle Whitney, CEO, Anita Borg Institute
For much of July, I was in Turkey and Greece,on a much needed vacation, away from email and cell phones. My first day back in the office, I moderated a panel for Leadership America! ...READ»
On July 31, the Delphian School hosted two Turkish parliamentarians, Mr. Engin Altay and Mr. Metin Ergun. They toured the school with Assistant Headmaster Mark Siegel, and they met with a number of Delphian students and faculty members. READ»
Starbucks is thinking outside the cup -- and on other continents.
Starbucks Coffee has opened two shops in Ankara, Turkey, making the total number of such stores in the country to 14, Business Wire reports.
They are truly Turkish ...READ»
BYAlissa Walker Relevancy Score: 52 Fri Jun 5, 2009 at 7:45 PM
With more details about the Palm Pre and some rumors about Apple’s 2009 iPhone event on Tuesday, it seemed a good time to gather our design experts together and ponder some issues about our love affair with mobile. Today's question: How can cell phones be used to improve the world?READ»
BY Christine Canabou Relevancy Score: 52 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:17 AM
Road Warrior
Preempt Those Travel Disasters. Expecting the unexpected may be an art, but even the savviest rogues of the road can get tripped up by Murphy's Law once in a while. In the spirit of (practical) defiance, here's a Fast ...READ»
BYChris Jarvis Relevancy Score: 45 Wed Nov 12, 2008 at 1:31 PM
There is less cash out there for your to borrow. Your customers are spending less, less often. And your workforce is about to experience a radical turnover in the next 10 years. What are you going to do about it? Try this simple and ...READ»
It's not uncommon that articles get cut -- or that sidebars get dropped -- while we edit each monthly issue of Fast Company. If stories don't fit in the magazine and contain ideas still worth sharing, we usually try to publish them ...READ»
BYstaje harry Relevancy Score: 43 Thu Nov 12, 2009 at 12:53 AM
When we think of silver 925 , the first thing that comes to wits is matchless silver 925 necklaces. Yet, the saga of silver 925 and the uses for silver 925 are vivid and assorted. According to The Silver 925 Institute, a ...READ»
BYVery Short List Relevancy Score: 36 Thu Feb 12, 2009 at 10:51 AM
Very Short List delivers one excellent item to your inbox, daily: Books, films, music, web-things, and dispatches on science and technology. Click through to find a must-have jazz collection, request a personalized song, and learn when to move in for that first kiss.
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BYGlenn Croston Relevancy Score: 30 Thu Oct 30, 2008 at 2:59 AM
Using the sun as a free, reliable and inexhaustible source of energy remains a great solution for a broad range of products, and a powerful opportunity for many different businesREAD»
BYAnya Kamenetz Relevancy Score: 28 Tue Mar 17, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Nicole Wong, dubbed "Google's Gatekeeper" by the New York Times Magazine and "The Decider" by her colleagues, is the person at Google with the ultimate responsibility for deciding whether to honor ...READ»
BYAnya Kamenetz Relevancy Score: 27 Tue Mar 17, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Nicole Wong, dubbed "Google's Gatekeeper" by the New York Times Magazine and "The Decider" by her colleagues, is the person at Google with the ultimate responsibility for deciding whether to ...READ»
