A new recycle shop, Pass The Baton, was opened in Marunouchi Brick Square in Tokyo, where each story of things becomes like a baton that will be passed to a new owner. The shop interior was designed by Masamichi Katayama. ...Read More
Cardboard Citizens changes the lives of homeless and displaced people through theatre and the performing arts.Mission: - Present plays performed by homeless and displaced people, to share experiences and problem-solve together. - Work in partnership to widen the reach of the company's ...Read More
On an annual basis, Macmillan Cancer Support hosts the World's Biggest Coffee Morning inviting people globally to participate by getting together with friends and family having coffee, cake and anything else that encourages others to raise money for the work ...Read More
PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 by Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein of KleinDytham Architecture as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, ...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
As discussed earlier about people food sharing during the Northeast Blackout in 2003, The Big Lunch is an initiative to get everyone in the UK to stop what they are doing for one moment and sit down and have lunch ...Read More
After speaking to my friend from Toronto, she explained to be about The Northeast Blackout of 2003. It was a massive widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada on Thursday, August 14, 2003, at approximately 4:15 p.m. ...Read More