It’s 8:25 AM on a Thursday and the daily Morning Motivation is underway. A group of 30 or so have formed a circle and are singing and clapping to popular, upbeat songs that quickly work their magic on this grey and rainy Chicago day. As they break into “Movin On Up”,...
There are two sides to every story, and as manager of the annual Seafood Champion Awards for the nonprofit SeaWeb, I am in the enviable position of having a grandstand view of the bright side of the seafood supply chain. It is part of my job to read hundreds of...
According to recent studies, close to 70% of the approximately 1000 students who graduate each year from IT programs in the Gaza Strip struggle with unemployment. It’s an especially concerning statistic when one takes into account the growth of this sector and its...
In the recently released movie, La La Land, two aspiring artists navigate the demands, expectations and sobriety of the “real world”. Mia (Emma Stone) is an actress with consistently disappointing auditions who moonlights as a coffee shop barista, while...
The UK’s first food waste supermarket has recently opened in Leeds. Described by its founders as the world’s first ‘anti supermarket’, the organization sells produce that would otherwise be thrown away. The supermarket is operated by volunteers from The Real Junk Food...
Let’s face it, for far too long capitalism has been the chief protagonist in creating the problems the earth now desperately needs to solve. But, because of the vast economic power tied up in private enterprise, a redefined, more conscious way of doing business can...
