Too many people nowadays mortgage their sense of idealism for the present. Erik Hersman isn’t one of those people. He’s an optimist and a builder. The Nairobi-based Senior TED Fellow transforms his idealism into productivity. In the past 5 years …
Tag: africa
Oliberte: looks good, does good.
Check out these sweet kicks called Oliberté from Africa. They not only look good, but they do good. Catrina owns a pair. Dave and I want a pair. In fact, our entire back-office (aka the Holiday Matinee e-mail chain) was raving about them the …
A cause well done.
WellDone is a non-profit organization formed by four recent college graduates with an incredible purpose: to finance, build, and manage six wells in villages throughout rural Ghana. They teamed up with Chop Shop to design this t-shirt that showcases various …
Women Are Heroes
As an undercover photographer, JR transforms his pictures into posters and makes open space photo galleries out of our streets. An acute observer of our time, as comfortable in cozy neighborhoods as in urban ghettos, JR questions pedestrians with the exhibitions he …
Music for change
Invisible Children, an awesome non-profit (from San Diego!) that provides education and economic relief to war-torn Uganda, has enlisted big-name emo/punk musicians to raise awareness for the cause. Members of Thrice, Saves the Day, Sparta and Switchfoot will perform acoustic …