Transparency-driven app shows how taxes are being spent. Visualizing The Benefits Of Skills-Based Volunteering. In the past few years, employees have begun to demand more social responsibility from their employers.
At the same time, consumers care about buying from do-gooder brands more than they ever have before. So it shouldn't be too surprising to learn that half of all companies surveyed in the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy's 2013 “Giving in Numbers” report now offer pro-bono programs, according to the Case Foundation. A Billion + Change, a campaign founded by activists and philanthropists that aims to increase pro-bono service pledges from companies, has been a key part of growing corporate skills-based service programs throughout the U.S. Reversing infertility. Britain delays motherhood longer than almost anywhere else globally with approximately 50% of all births to women aged 30+.
With more women valuing the importance of higher education and career prospects, the average age will continue to climb. With this comes a new dilemma; leaving pregnancy late is a risky bet with the odds of infertility stacked against you. Or it is? Last week a paper by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed a procedure used to reactivate dormant eggs in women. Hippo signaling disruption and Akt stimulation of ovarian follicles for infertility treatment.
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Eppig, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, and approved August 21, 2013 (received for review July 8, 2013) Companies Will Start Reading Your Mind To Figure Out How Much You're Willing To Pay. The price that companies set for their products is already a high-stakes game of psychology and competitive strategy.
But there’s still a lot of guesswork and uncertainty. Would pricing be more simple and profitable if market researchers could just read consumers’ minds? Welcome To The Solution Economy. Imagine the world if we were able to double, triple, or even quadruple the number of problem solvers, the diversity of solutions, and the scale of social impacts.
Imagine if every government emulated NASA and opened up its toughest challenges for the world to solve. Imagine if thousands more investors built off a patient- capital approach, sharing early-stage funding risk to sow the seeds of dignity and wealth. Imagine if tens of millions of citizens started building better city blocks and other supportive communities; if every multi-billion- dollar company became a double- or triple-bottom-line business and directed resources to solving society’s problems.
Key Trends Driving Light’s Positive Impact On People’s Lives. PSFK’s Future of Light report takes an in-depth look at lighting innovation at the intersection of technology, community and sustainability.
One of the four major themes featured in the report is called Light For Life, which examines the innovations that explore the transformative power of light and its ability to positively impact the lives of individuals and communities by promoting well-being and creating more opportunities for economies and activities to take place at all hours of the day. Below we recap three key trends that fall under the Light For Life theme: In a trend we’re calling Light Therapy, we look at how novel products are exploring how lighting technology can aid in replicating and resetting a person’s natural biometric rhythms. By mimicking natural cycles, these innovative solutions approach light as a method for holistically restoring a person’s balance and focus. Virtual Zoo Chamber Gives Life To Extinct Sea Creatures [Pics] Created by Future Cities Lab, the Theater of Lost Species is an installation that features extinct sea creatures in digital forms.
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Workplace Spirituality Has Benefits for Business. The internet of emotions. There is one big problem with most digital communication....a complete lack of emotional content.
How often have you got the wrong idea from an email or misunderstood the sentiment in a phone conversation? Imagine if an additional layer of data could provide more meaning and context. Your Commute Is Likely A Cause Of Unhappiness. Stutzer-Frey-Commuting-Doesnt-Pay. Four fundamental principles for crowdsourcing in government. A few weeks ago I gave the keynote at the annual conference of the Business Improvement and Innovation in Government (BIIG) network of the Queensland Government, speaking on A Future of Crowds: Implications for Government and Society.
I have been increasingly pulled towards the government sector over the last years. Hello Compost: Trading Food Waste for Local, Healthy Food. Here in the United States, we have a peculiar relationship with food waste.
Some of the more progressive cities in the U.S. have formalized curbside collection programs, while others send it off to landfills. The cost of dumping food waste in landfills is high, especially to densely populated areas like New York City. That’s why earlier this year, New York proposed introducing curbside collection of organic waste. Food waste is not only an economic challenge to New York, but it's also a drain on family income. A recent study by NRDC found that food waste can cost the average family of four more than $1,365 a year. Can for a Coffee. About Your love of coffee can now help those in need within your community. An exciting new initiative is kicking off in Auckland and Wellington with the launch of “Locals” where members of the public can trade a can of food for an exceptional espresso coffee. Locals is the brainchild of Brad Robinson, Oliver Johnston & Joshua Wong who are passionate about people and the community.
People Who Experience Traumatic Events Tend To Spend Compulsively. September 26, 2013 Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online According to a study published in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, terrorist attacks lead materialistic people to look for comfort in their credit card. Researchers determined that when materialistic people experience traumatic events like a terrorist attack, it makes them more likely to spend compulsively. “When the going gets tough, the materialistic go shopping,” according to Ayalla Ruvio, assistant professor of marketing in MSU’s Broad College of Business. How On-Demand Technologies Lead To A Culture Of Immediate Gratification. It’s no secret that marketers and retailers have been on the age-old quest to unlock and control impulse purchasing behavior.
As a result, many solutions have emerged reflecting their eagerness to funnel their purchase decisions as they take shape. While EBay and Amazon make their investments in one-hour/same-day delivery services, brands like Mastercard and Giant Food Stores are capitalizing on the instant gratification factor through unique partnerships that unlock the convenience mobile devices afford. Such technologies are taking shape to enable customers to buy what they want on the spot, through media like a TV screen or even a print ad. Your news. delivered. These Tiny Wooden Houses Are The College Dorm Of The Future. A few years ago, Swedish student housing company AF Bostäder had a young woman from the city of Lund inside live in a tiny house-box--not even 10 square meters large--to test the idea of a cheap, cheerful, and environmentally friendly “smart student unit" that included a toilet, kitchen, and bed.
“I think she still lives there,” says Linda Camara of Tengbom Architects, the company behind the 2013 iteration of the living pod--a petite vision in pale wood offset with lime green plant pots, cushions and stools. The premise for the cube, which has been in the works since 2007, is reasonable enough: students live and die on cheap housing, but everyone needs a toilet.
It’s taken six years to whittle the tiny houses down to the current cross-laminated wooden test model form. The large kitchen was squirreled away in the original blueprint, but Tengbom redesigned it as the prime area after student feedback. Consumer barometer_V9a.pdf. Universal Human Nature? When single-portion packs are the green consumer choice. Stop Smart Meters! (UK)