Will Allen

Most Creative People 2009

Will Allen

CEO

Growing Power

Will Allen heads up an urban farming organization that brings affordable, healthy food to low-income communities.

Will Allen On The Web

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The 10 Most Creative People in Ethonomics

1. Shai Agassi, CEO, Better Place A former software entrepreneur, Agassi is leading the pack on electric vehicle charging stations. His vision: battery-powered vehicles made by Renault-Nissan, a vast network of charging stations, and a cell phone-like pricing scheme. The project has potential, at the very least–a recent analysis from Deutsche Bank concluded that Better Place has the potential to create a paradigm shift in the auto industry.

The 10 Most Creative People in Ethonomics

The 10 Most Creative People in Food

From the farm to the table, from the slaughterhouse to the studio to the C-suite–our picks of the folks who are changing the way we eat.

The 10 Most Creative People in Food

Impact

The Domino’s delivery of the future will arrive by electric bike

Water cremation and human composting: the new, eco-friendly frontier of dying

How Copenhagen plans to reach carbon-neutral status in just six years

Creativity

The Museum of Ice Cream is returning to New York City with a permanent location

Kanye’s ‘Star Wars’-themed homeless shelter could get the Death Star treatment

‘Pose’ co-creator Steven Canals on why intention matters for inclusive storytelling: ‘We aren’t just a trend’

Co.Design

Researchers confirm that your selfies make you look like an a**hole

When you’re done with this T-shirt, bury it. It turns into worm food in 12 weeks

Smaller airplane seats aren’t just miserable, they could be dangerous

Work Life

Why you react the way you do in a crisis, according to a former Navy psychologist

I’m a contractor earning below-market rates. Should I ditch my partners?

How unpaid internships hurt all workers and worsen income inequality