The good news is, Pamela Omidyar's HopeLab just announced the winners of Ruckus Nation, a global idea competition to get kids moving with physical activity. Bad news is, we were too busy implementing our programs that we didn't have time to apply! Shaping Youth may be short-handed on the time/funding front, but we're big on pioneering ideas, and this is the type worthy of … [Read more...]
Update: Mar. 16, 2013 Irish or not, you knew we’d feature green today, as famous landmarks light up in green throughout the globe for St Patrick's Day...We're going to continue our eco-focus gearing up for National Wildlife Week March 18-24, 2013 to turn kids from 'eco-worriers to eco-warriors' ...so put your green LifeGoggles on and find out How to Turn Your Parents … [Read more...]
Pi Day 3.14.18... Stephen Hawking, Einstein, and a salute to science! In an era when science is being dissed with a government administration turning a blind eye to climate change and the reality of important scientific data impacting our universe, I've found myself 'wishing' I were in a 'parallel universe' sometimes...Here's more on today's Pi Day 2018 significance as … [Read more...]
Talk about emergency and trauma! What’s next, a Victoria’s Secret rape crisis center? Ugh. Is ANYthing off-limits? Stuart Elliott of the New York Times wrote about the $10 million Abercrombie & Fitch donation to Columbus (now 'Nationwide') Children’s Hospital gleaning naming rights to the hospital’s E&T department. Stomach pump time... Gee, … [Read more...]
Sleep-deprived digerati are schlepping into offices today, home from the SXSW interactive conference, brimming with mashups, and 'must-sees,’ from core conversations to Games For Change. Alas. (shoulder shrug self-evident) I wasn’t there due to my dang computer crash mishaps earlier, but then, neither was über-media academic goddess danah boyd (Berkman fellow; Harvard … [Read more...]
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