Changing Communities, One Healthy Meal at a Time
Getting diagnosed with type 2 diabetes made Chad Cherry abruptly rethink his relationship with food. He took the increased risks of blindness, kidney failure, heart disease and stroke so seriously that he decided to become a chef, to learn how to combat the poor diet he’d become accustomed to. Amazingly, the hospital that treated him […]
Flower Power Helps Heal The Violence in Baltimore
“I’m an urban change warrior,” says Walker Marsh of Baltimore, who uses vacant lots in the inner city to grow high-quality flowers, herbs and vegetables. The tall, soft-spoken urban farmer is sitting on the floor, gluing sunflower petals to a discarded stop sign with childlike wonder. Baltimore is not known for its softness, and you […]
T-shirts To Make You Eat Your Words
The next time you say something offensive in public, beware – Amanda Brinkman may put it on a T-shirt. German-born Brinkman moved with her family to Los Angeles as a child and has always looked for attention. During the 2016 presidential debates, she found it. After hearing Donald Trump call Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman,” […]
Building Bikes For Social Mobility
Bicycles are a manifestation of what John Dengler has been trying to do with the homeless of Tampa, Florida for years. The city suffers from the second-highest rate of homelessness after Los Angeles, mainly due to temperate winters that allow those on the streets to survive year-round. “In our society, if people don’t have monetary […]
How Soup Is Uniting and Transforming Communities
When last did you fund a new venture over a bowl of soup? Well now you can. Detroit Soup invites community members to pay $5 at the door and then listen to presenters vying for votes on a project that will make a positive difference in their communities. Projects range from art, urban agriculture, social […]
I Told My Classmates At Age 8 That I Was Actually a Girl
Opening up at age eight to the fact that you’re transgender can be tough. Especially when you’ve decided to announce it at school while standing in front of your fellow grade-three classmates. Eli Erlick, an assigned male at birth, told his class in 2010 that he was a girl, and subsequently became a victim of […]
Discover the Women Athletes Who Are Inspiring a Generation
Enjoy this variety of current and historic achievements by some of the best female athletes in the world. Rachel Atherton A recent recipient of the prestigious Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year, Atherton had essentially the perfect year. She won every single round of the World Cup, is unbeaten in 15 races and […]
Emma Watson Partners With National Geographic on #InternationalWomensDay
A new partnership aims to accelerate gender parity by highlighting women photographers with outstanding photographic contributions. Work from eight female National Geographic photographers will be featured throughout Women’s Day, curated by Watson. The National Geographic account is the most followed brand on Instagram worldwide, with Watson and National Geographic having a combined total of over […]
Every Investment Has Impact. What’s Yours?
For Liesel Pritzker Simmons, there’s no shortcut to raising the bar on impact investment performance. As Principal of Blue Haven Initiative, a family office she co-founded in 2012 with her husband Ian Simmons, this millennial is showing how investors of all ages can maximize the positive social and environmental impact of their investments while generating […]
Why North American Cities Are Putting the Brakes on Drivers
Changing the way we think about the future of parking in cities is about more than public transportation and bike paths. Increasingly, the bigger picture view will have yet another opportunity to consider: the oncoming autonomous vehicle revolution. The question of cars and cities is increasingly challenging city planners and real estate developers across North […]
