This is What Real Masculinity Should Look Like
The cartoon stuck on the refrigerator door of Dr. John Izzo sums up his work perfectly: Three men, wearing hard hats, eating lunch at a construction site. The caption reads, “Men working things out.” One of the co-founders of Good Men in Sport, Izzo believes it perfectly captures one of the greatest obstacles facing men […]
Buzz Aldrin Wants Us to Dream Like it’s 1969
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, The Second Man To Walk on The Moon, is Now Aiming For Mars. He reckons we need the big thinking of the 1960s to push beyond our current limits. I’m backstage at Radio City Music Hall in New York, being ushered towards a meeting with a man who walked on the moon. […]
World Leaders Depicted as Refugees
How do you get world leaders to experience firsthand the suffering of refugees? Syrian artist Abdalla Al Omari has found a solution, placing some of the most recognizable politicians in their shoes — by painting them. The Syrian-born artist, now based in Belgium, is driven by the emotions created by the massive displacement of people […]
Israeli And Palestinian Women Weave Peace Through Fashion
Every few months, Palestinian and Israeli women meet at Everest Hotel in Beit Jala, near Bethlehem in the Palestinian Territories, to discuss fashion — and business. They work for Two Neighbors, an American company that capitalizes on the legendary embroidery talents of Palestinian women in West Bank villages and Israeli seamstresses and designers. If you […]
Female U.S. Military Leader: How I Won in a Male-dominated Culture
Dysfunction abounds in America in so many ways: from a continuous turbulent change in the business environment to a U.S. federal government polarized by an inability to compromise and fulfill its historic missions, to deeper and darker levels of dysfunction within our society. Can any of us survive and thrive against such a backdrop of […]
U.N. Calls For ‘Wholesale, Rapid, Radical Change’ to Male-Defined Culture
March 8 is International Women’s Day. Here is U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres’ message around the need for a new gender parity. He reckons that if current trends continue, it will take 170 years to close the economic gender gap. “Gender equality and women’s rights are fundamental to global progress on peace and security, human rights […]
Look Great in Seaweed T-shirts and Plastic Bottle Track Pants
Pangaia is a global collective of people with one mission – to accelerate the world’s transition to responsible production and consumption. The European fashion brand is taking the world by storm – and leaving no trace behind. Every day we borrow resources from the planet. Producing billions of garments and feeding the endless whims of […]
Canada Goose Celebrates Inuit Craftsmanship
First of its kind program showcases Inuit craftsmanship on global scale; donates 100% of Proceeds to Inuit Communities in Canada. Canada Goose has launched a new social entrepreneurship project for Canada’s North – Project Atigi. The first of its kind in Canada, Project Atigi was born in the North, created by the North and benefits the North. […]
World Water Day 2019: How to Act
Sustainable Development Goal #6 is crystal clear: water for all by 2030. By definition, this means leaving no one behind. But today, billions of people are still living without safe water – their households, schools, workplaces, farms and factories struggling to survive and thrive. Marginalized groups – women, children, refugees, indigenous peoples, disabled people and […]
Motorbike Transport App Creates Jobs And Saves Lives in Rwanda
Where else in the world can you upload your photograph to an app, plus a few personal details and get a job? Well, Africa for starters. With the lack of established infrastructure, Africa is in the rare position of being able to adopt new technologies without needing to spend money overhauling an existing system. In […]
