My buddies at Free Range Studios created this fantastic viral video that was featured at Bioneers last October. While lambasted in the mainstream media, the Story of Stuff has been a fave of left-leaning environmental activists and educators. Why? Because it makes you think about where our stuff comes from and ...[Read more]

Borneo, located in Southeast Asia, is the world's third largest island. Borneo is also divided into three different nations, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. The island of Borneo is rich in biodiversity; Borneo's rainforests are the home to world's largest flower, the world's largest carnivorous plants, the world's largest orchid, and ...[Read more]

Image Source: Prospero973 When one thinks of Belize, images of coral reefs, white sand beaches, and lush green jungles teeming with wildlife come to mind. Unfortunately, Belize’s tropical rainforests are under siege, as logging companies from China, Indonesia and Japan continue to clear cut vast swaths of forested land in order ...[Read more]

Last week's Net Tuesday in San Francisco featured Maryrose Dunton, the Head of User Experience at YouTube,, who spoke about YouTube's Nonprofit Program.The YouTube Nonprofit Program, is an in-kind donation by YouTube to the nonprofit sector that's worth about $20 million. Currently available to established 501(c)(3)s, YouTube offers participating ...[Read more]

Starbucks Ideas has been live for about 2 weeks and already customers have had plenty to say about what they expect from the world's largest chain of coffee shops. The move to launch a website that allows anyone to post ideas about how Starbucks can improve its service offering is part ...[Read more]

by Christophe Poizat This article was submitted to me by Christophe Poizat, the founder of the International Network of Social Entrepreneurs, who, using the social web and guerrilla marketing tactics, has single-handedly created the word's largest Web 2.0 network of social entrepreneurs. We Won't Be Doing Much Business On A Dead Planet It ...[Read more]

As environmental and student groups rally for Congress to adopt strong fuel efficiency and renewable electricity standards in 2007's New Energy Bill, the Big Three Auto Makers in America - General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler - are spending millions to convince Congress and the public that 35 mpg ...[Read more]

This weekend, students were up in arms about climate change. Saturday, November 3rd, was the National Day of Climate Action, which saw hundreds of student rallies raising a ruckus on climate change legislation on campuses across the United States. To drive the message home, today, on Monday, November 5th, 3,000 ...[Read more]

At the urging of the nuclear power industry, a one-sentence provision buried deep in the Senate’s recently passed energy bill can essentially make builders of new nuclear plants eligible for tens of billions of dollars in government loan guarantees. Under current law, the government is only allowed to guarantee a volume ...[Read more]

Currently, Congress is debating, behind closed doors, the adoption of 2 provisions to the 2007 Energy Bill that can greatly impact our ability to make America more energy independent, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce pollution, save consumers money, create jobs and spark economic growth. The first is the Corporate Average ...[Read more]