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Monday, February 04

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Why You Shouldn’t Call Yourself A Social Good Designer

Why You Shouldn’t Call Yourself A Social Good Designer

Written by: Rachael Chong

Frog’s Robert Fabricant discusses the work his firm is doing to design new solutions to improve health outcomes in the developing world, but why he never calls it "giving back."

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How To Improve Educational Performance? Bring Back Recess

How To Improve Educational Performance? Bring Back Recess

Tight school budgets have resulted in the cutting of playtime across the country, but new studies show that one of the best ways to get bang for your educational buck is to let kids play more, and then watch their academic achievement go way up.

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Watch The Even More Anti-Consumption SodaStream Ad The Super Bowl Didn’t Want You To See

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Rethinking Money: How New, Cooperative Currencies Can Save Small Businesses

Rethinking Money: How New, Cooperative Currencies Can Save Small Businesses

Written by: Bernard Lietaer and Jacqui Dunne

With the traditional economic system so often failing entrepreneurs, can we design a new form of exchange that makes it easier for small businesses to avoid the usual pitfalls?

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Peabody Coal Company Ridiculously Connects Super Bowl Black Out To Renewables

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Are Toxic Chemicals Responsible For High Obesity Rates In African-American Kids?

Are Toxic Chemicals Responsible For High Obesity Rates In African-American Kids?

A new study has found a disproportionate amount of a chemical with links to obesity in the population of kids most likely to be overweight.

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Will Chasing Ice’s Epic Adventure Change Minds About Climate Change?

Will Chasing Ice’s Epic Adventure Change Minds About Climate Change?

We take a look behind the scenes to see at how the filmmakers managed to capture these graphic images of climate change as it happens. But will the movie be able to affect enough people to change the fate of the ice?

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Check Out These Amazing Giant Art Pieces Made Only Of Sand

Check Out These Amazing Giant Art Pieces Made Only Of Sand

Artist Tony Plant uses a rake to create his massive, mesmerizing art pieces, with just the beach as his canvas.

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This 3-D Printed Moon Base Might Be The Future Of Space Exploration

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This 3-D Printed Moon Base Might Be The Future Of Space Exploration

Getting a permanent settlement on the moon has proven to be the stuff just of science fiction, but a new solution--being worked on now by Europe’s space agency--might be to simply print the building on the lunar surface.

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4 Innovative Sustainability Concepts For Big Business

4 Innovative Sustainability Concepts For Big Business

Giant companies can have a massive impact when they change their policies to benefit society and the planet. Here are some new ways that big corporations can take their operations in a healthier direction.

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