May 22, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
Green tech news: mothernaturenetwork: PayPal co-founder funds floating city for entrepreneursBlueseed would allow innovators from outside the U.S. to tap into Silicon Valley without worrying about visa...
Apr 19, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
Written by: Drake Baer via FastCoExist (Illustration via FastCoExist) It’s easy to make fancy products for the chunk of the world that can buy them. But imagine the potential if you made a product that everyone—even the world’s poor—could buy and use. Our...
Feb 8, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
Chic design can be sustainable mothernaturenetwork: A coffee filter-esque waste paper binWaste paper recycling made simple and stylish with Fabriano, a nifty bin made out of layered bags of recycled paper.
Feb 1, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
It’s fascinating to see how social entrepreneurs are taking an already innovative model (one-for-one) and innovating on it further to drive social impact. One-for-one is inspiring, and while the model still has room for improvement (empowering self-sufficiency),...
Jan 30, 2012 | buy positively, Musings
Menthol is bad news. At least when it comes to cigarettes. When the FDA banned flavoring of cigarettes in 2009, menthol miraculously slipped through the cracks. That’s right, apparently the menthol-making process of formulating the compound synthetically or deriving...
