Jaden Smith Brings Clean Water to Flint
Actor and rapper Jaden Smith is tapping into uncharted waters to lead a community effort. Flint, Michigan faced a water crisis when the city switched its new water source to the Flint River in 2014. Without corrosion controls, the city’s old pipes leached lead into Flint’s water, transforming the city’s water into poison. Five years […]
Bringing Back Compassion and Empathy to the Business World.
Melissa Center and Tanny Jiraprapasuke have combined a passion for storytelling and a commitment to empowering marginalized voices to make an impact in the workplace. Their business, Whole Self Systems, is a socially and culturally-driven training company seeking a better future by activating equanimity, diversity, and compassion in a business setting. While the company wasn’t […]
The Plastic Pollution Solution
Two surfers are navigating uncharted waters to keep our oceans clean. When Andrew Cooper and Alex Schulze planned a surfing trip to the legendary waves off the coast of Bali, Indonesia, they never imagined the impact this vacation would have. While Bali’s waves may have been just what these surfers had always dreamed of, Bali’s […]
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse
Recycling has become a capitalist war…. one that nobody wins. “Reduce, reuse, recycle” is the mantra we’ve lived by for years, but it has come to encourage an over-zealous recycling campaign that has been doing more harm than good. Americans tend to recycle for a clear conscience, which means throwing as much as we can […]
Designer Virgil Abloh Teams up With Evian to go Beyond Plastic
Casual couture king Virgil Abloh is joining the Evian empire to make sustainability fashionable — in more ways than one. Known among the fashion community for his avant-garde approach to haute couture, American fashion designer, entrepreneur and DJ, Virgil Abloh, is using his international fame to help another brand on the frontier of sustainable consumer […]
16-year-old Girl Inspires Climate Strikes Across The World
Thousands of students in 105 countries are skipping class today. They’re concerned about something more pressing than good grades and perfect attendance – the future of our planet. Scandinavian teenager, turned environmental activist, Greta Thunberg, decided to take a stand last year, noting that by the time she is an adult, the state of our […]
