Whitney Pastorek

Scouring Africa For Impactful Projects To Turn Into Beautiful Movies

What Took You So Long is a guerrilla video studio that travels around Africa, making beautiful movies about people driving change on the continent. Oh, and camels. Lots of camels.

The Hall Pass Tour Brings Music And Empowerment To Kids Who Need It

How To Save The World From The Comfort Of Your Toilet

Lack of sanitation is a serious and deadly problem for much of the world. Who Gives A Crap is a toilet paper that uses what you take for granted–a working bathroom–and helps convert that to sanitation aid around the world.

Empowering Young Women By Teaching Them To Be The Next Tech Genius

Got A Talent? Raise5 Lets You Use It To Raise Money For Causes

Now you can volunteer your time instead of your cash. Instead of just giving $5 to your favorite organization, what if you could get something valuable and creative in return? Raise5 lets people sell their own items and then helps them give the proceeds away.

Create A Product With Emotion, By Giving Customers The Power Of Customization

Changing How We Sell Things, To Make Companies More Successful

Elastic Inc. combines technology and old-fashioned salesmanship to boost its clients’ bottom line. The trick is harder than it sounds: Only sell things you’re passionate about.

Creating A Job Market For The Most Fulfilling Jobs

Making Medical Care Affordable In Developing Countries, With Help From The Crowd

Medical care is never cheap, and it’s an especially big burden in developing countries. Watsi harnesses the crowd to change that.

The Internet’s Youngest Rap Stars Love Snacks, Now Have A Future

The viral hit “Hot Cheetos and Takis,” is the work of a Minneapolis after-school program that’s giving kids a musical path out of their bad neighborhood.

Young Entrepreneurs Find A Use For Wasted Food: Feeding The Hungry

FlashFood–a finalist in the Imagine Cup–pairs restaurants’ extra food with people in need, all through a simple SMS-based service.

Love Hope Strength Lollapalooza: Crowdfinding Bone Marrow Donors

Meet The Woman Who Can Convince Even Republicans To Use Solar Power

Sunrun’s Lynn Jurich helped create a new industry–selling solar instead of as an expensive home improvement. The results have been nothing short of mind-blowing, and the people who are buying in are not who you would think.

ClassConnect: A Platform To Make The Best Lessons Open To Everyone

Eric Simons made a name for himself by squatting in AOL’s headquarters to save money while he worked on ClassConnect. Now that it’s in the wild, he can afford a place of his own: His software is revolutionizing the classroom and the way kids can learn.

Taking Street Art From The Street To Gallery (And Getting Kids Paid)

Massive Health Is Going To Use Your Cell Phone To Keep You Healthy

The health app startup is attempting to use technology to make you better understand what your body is saying to you. In the future, founder Aza Raskin hopes your phone will tell you you’re getting sick before you even know it.

Meet The 15-Year-Old Who Is Changing How We Test For Cancer

Wake The Beast Is Bringing The Funny To Political Discourse

The Los Angeles organization wants to do away with dreadful videos about important issues and instead make pieces of political content that people actually want to watch and share.

Skateboarder Ryan Sheckler Makes Giving Back Extreme