U.S. Entrepreneur Wins Award For Making Government ‘Less Insulting’
Jennifer Pahlka believes that coding can help deliver a better U.S. government that works to help reformed felons earn an honest living and public servants frustrated by poor technology. After seeing the challenges working in child welfare, she founded San Francisco-based non profit Code for America in 2009 to create user-friendly websites that make it easier to […]
Artist Live Streams Beijing Smog to Raise Awareness
Chinese artist Liu Bolin, known as “the invisible man” for using painted-on camouflage to blend into the backdrops of his photographs, says his latest project aims to put the spotlight on China’s air pollution problem. As north China battles with poor air quality, Liu said the recent pollution warnings inspired him to show live video […]
Ghost Boats to Water Treasures: Museums Seek to Spur Climate Action
A toddler’s bath water, tears of joy from a newly ordained priest, condensed sweat from a nightclub – British artist Amy Sharrocks collects all kinds of water. In 2013 she set up the Museum of Water, a live piece of artwork that travels around the world and invites people to donate water – from spit […]
Ebay Billionaire Donates Millions to Keep #MeToo Moving
A website that makes reporting sexual assault easier is one of six organisations gifted $7.5 million by an Ebay billionaire in order to ramp up their effectiveness. The Skoll Foundation – started by Jeff Skoll, former president of Ebay – rewarded five female and one male social entrepreneurs tackling subjects as diverse as access to […]
1,500 UK Firms Face Action Over Gender Pay Silence
About 1,500 large British companies that failed to meet a government deadline to report the pay gap between male and female employees could face legal action, Britain’s equality watchdog has said. A law introduced last year requires companies and charities with more than 250 workers – covering almost half of Britain’s workforce – to report […]
Chewed up, Spat Out, Recycled: British Inventor Turns Gum Into Gold
It costs about £56 million a year to clean up chewing gum in England. One woman has come up with a novel solution… What does the world spend about $25 billion on each year, only to throw it away? The answer is chewing gum. It is a blight on city streets, expensive for local authorities […]
The Male Feminists Inside Uganda’s Police Force
“We want to put ourselves in the shoes of women” Balancing a heavy clay pot on his head with a baby tied to his back, policeman Francis Ogweng caused a scene as he marched down the busy highway towards Uganda’s capital, Kampala. With traffic backed up to the horizon, crowds of men stared and laughed […]
Therapy Dogs Heal Traumatized Survivors of Brutal Ugandan War
Francis Okello wanted to kill himself after he was blinded at the age of 12 by an unexploded bomb while digging in his family garden in northern Uganda – until he made friends with a dog. “I would have nightmares,” said Okello, who lives in an area that has been scarred by two decades of […]
David Beckham: Malaria Must Die – so Millions Can Live
British soccer legend David Beckham put his star-power to use on Wednesday in a bid to reinvigorate the fight against malaria under the slogan “Malaria must die – so millions can live”. The retired athlete joined ranks in a campaign by Malaria No More UK, a British charity, to star in a short film in […]
The London Business School to Train Leaders How to do Good
One of the world’s top business schools in London said on Wednesday that it will set up an institute to tackle challenges facing poor countries – the first of its kind to do so. The London Business School said the founders of the Lonely Planet travel guides had donated 10 million pounds ($14 million) to […]
