There’s caught grammin’, but I’d much rather be caught Gramming For Good. This new project from our buddy Daniel Cohen is connecting nonprofits with rad photographers that want to give a little of their time to give back to causes …
Tag: social good

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 …

Do-Tell: Tanyella Evans
Tanyella Evans represents one of my favorite types of people in this world. Passionate. Driven. Likes books. Travels to Haiti. Builds libraries. You know, the usual for a young, down-to-earth New Yorker. I met Tanyella through a friend online and have …

Garbage homes that turn bottles into bricks.
They say necessity is the mother of invention. You don’t have to look any further than Ingrid Vaca Diez to know it’s true. Ingrid is a Bolivian woman on a mission to build homes for the poor using one of …

Design as relief.
Another awe-inspiring socially good cause coming out of Brooklyn to support the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Check out Reclaim NYC, a local group that was founded post-storm to help raise money through design. These artists are creating furniture made from …

Internet to the rescue!
I don’t know if you saw recently, but there’s this video floating around of a middle school bus monitor getting verbally abused to the point of tears. It’s pretty depressing stuff – but it’s not all bad. In light of …