The New York Times Styles section had this great article on the growing hunger for spirituality as the new obsession for New York’s Carrie Bradshaws. Sure, the pop culture reference is fun, but spirituality is a lot more than visualizing your perfect husband or landing an article in the Style’s section. It’s seeing love–God–in all …
Love him or hate him, our president can give a speech! During President Obama’s health care address to Congress last night (full text here) one couldn’t help but wonder if even the most hardened of birthers and deathers–those who fight against health care reform by spreading false rumors, such as the “death panel” nuttiness–couldn’t help …
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I recently saw an incredible documentary about a Manhattan couple who lived “no impact” for a year. This means they did all they could to drastically reduce their carbon footprint, for a whole year. The documentary No Impact Man, which opens nationwide this Friday, and the book written by No Impact man himself, Colin Beavan, …
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Wouldn’t it be great to live in a mansion on the water, Gatsby-style, with your best friends and make art all day? That was the fantasy of Celene Ramadan, a twentysomething filmmaker and musician living in Seattle, who rented a lake house in Chicago with 17 friends while attending an improv festival. The rental only …
Coolest Find on Craigslist? Mansion Living in Seattle, Just $650/Month Read More »
From space exploration to curing disease to successfully competing with India, Europe, and China, our country’s future depends on our education system. Right now Arnold Schwarzenegger, unfortunately the governor of California, is taking an ax to the UC System, one of the most prestigious public education institutions in the world and a producer of world …
In my interview with Susan Cischke, the VP of sustainability, environment, and safety for Ford Motor Company, she mentioned “green driving techniques” — ways to save fuel while you drive. In a follow-up, Angie and Dave Watson, Ford engineers and the husband and wife team behind Ford’s new SmartGauge technology — a dashboard in new …
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One rainy evening in New York, I was lucky enough to happen upon a CRT/tanaka sponsored benefit for L.E.A.D. Uganda. The organization, founded by photojournalist Stephen Shames, funds the education of young people in Uganda. The non-profit helps AIDS orphans, former child soldiers and laborers become leaders, get a basic education and win scholarships to …
K. Michael Merrill is wealth and community personified. As a pillar and founder of Portland’s esteemed blogging community, UrbanHonking.com, where I first started blogging, Mikey is an example to us all: you too can be a human I.P.O. In an exclusive post for Walletpop.com, Mikey shares how he “went public” to raise money for various …
Should businesses take a side in the gay marriage equality debate? Only if they want to be on the right side of history or else it’s just bad marketing, and karma. Levi Strauss has taken a stance, outfitting its mannequins in white. Bruce Watson of Walletpop explains: The White Knot program encourages people to demonstrate …
Levi’s Sports White Knots in Support of Gay Marriage Read More »
Who can forget Chocolate Rain, the insanely weird, catchy song by Tay Zonday, that made him a web sensation? Even pop star Lily Allen was a fan and had him on her show, Lily Allen and Friends, in London. But when Zonday scored a deal with Dr. Pepper, starring in an overly-produced online commercial, mocking …
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