David Lynch's foundation reportedly is offering $1 million in scholarships for students who want to study meditation at a university in Iowa. Although best known for his dark, disturbing films like Wild at Heart, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead and The Elephant Man, ...Read More
Utah state workers were the first state in the United States to switch to a four-day work week and have a three day weekend every weekend; since then Hawaii and Washington have followed suit, while West Virginia and Virginia are ...Read More
Just like the Brixton Pound, Ithaca Hours is a local currency system that promotes local economic strength and community reliance that will support economic and social justice, ecology, community participation and human aspirations. In Ithaca, New York, the group who started ...Read More
RockCorps was launched as a social business in the United States in 2005 by 7 friends: Stephen Greene (CEO), Grady Lee (COO), Haley Moffett (Head of Production), Chris Robinson (Creative Director), Toby Garrett (Producer), Paul Hunter and Noel Eisenberg. Volunteers ...Read More
In partnership with Channel 4, Landshare is a service that allows people who are either a landowner, grower or helper to post a listing on the website, offering their services or needs. The concept of land sharing and making use ...Read More
Take The Walk is about giving people simple tangible ways to take action against the HIV/AIDS pandemic and poverty in Africa. A small donation, the purchase of a pair of shoes, the download of a song or simply taking a one-mile ...Read More
Just like all the Bicycle Schemes, StreetCar and StreetVan are a pay-as-you-go scheme based in London and other cities around the UK. The basic concept is car sharing. On average, for every car shared, this takes six private cars off ...Read More
Cities x Design as featured on DESIGN 21, is a 35-city trans-media research trip across the United States that is recorded online and will later be released in film, exhibition and book form. Through visits, observations, and interviews Cities x ...Read More