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Resist Today–Tees, Art, and Prints for Tomorrow
Scott Ballum | November 4, 2009
We've been following, and wearing, the work of David Rau and Josh Bertrand, two artists in Tampa, Florida, for many years, and have been intrigued by these guys who seem to make art, trouble, and great wallets, look effortless. We recently heard that Dave has dove in head-first to  make their company, Resist Today, succeed, and "to have full days to devote to making fine art, better products, independent web sites and collaborative projects with friends".
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Just Tap It: Turning Off Our Bottled Water Dependency By Offering a Better Way
Scott Ballum | September 27, 2009
Kylie Harper is not a bull-horns, marches, and rallies kind of activist. Not that she has any qualms about organizing her team to hit the streets to take down major corporations, she just does it with a soft voice - and aims for a soft underbelly. When we met up in the cafe of the Housing Works Used Bookstore in Soho, her first words were a softly amazed "I've got to sign this place up."
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Self, and Importance. A Call to Reflection and Action
Scott Ballum | September 20, 2009
“No matter what one’s class, race, gender, or social standing… without the capacity to think critically about ourselves and our lives, none of us would be able to move forward, to change, to grow.”-bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
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Consume®econnection Project
Scott Ballum | March 15, 2009
"Wait a minute... where are you?"
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Art vs. Application from Germany’s Objects Magazine
Scott Ballum | February 25, 2009
Spun from the Berlin-based illustration and design organization and festival Illustrative e.V., the new art and culture magazine Objects–Journal of the Applied Arts grabbed attention from the global creative industry when it launched this past fall.
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Building Momentum for Transportation Alternatives
Scott Ballum | February 13, 2009
Founded in 1973, New York City’s Transportation Alternatives has been a steady voice of advocacy for a bicycling, walking, and public transit to reclaim the streets from the automobile. In recent years, the group has become a venerable force, working with legislators and offering assistance to journalists to make their mission heard and their goals realized.
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Consciousness Raising Through Storytelling: The Global Oneness Project
Scott Ballum | February 11, 2009
How are we connected? Well, there’s Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter… you know the list. But what about something bigger, grander, that connects us on a global level? That’s the idea behind the Global Oneness Project, a special project of Kalliopeia Foundation, “a private grant making foundation committed to honoring the unity the lies at the heart of life’s rich diversity.”
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Winterhouse Institute: Designing Social Responsibility
Scott Ballum | February 6, 2009
Winterhouse is more than a design studio, their founders are more than educators, and their commentary has done more to develop critical commentary around the design industry than arguably any of their kin.
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Virgance: Collective Bargaining for Good
Scott Ballum | February 5, 2009
Last month, we applauded the work of Carrotmob, an organization that taps into community buying power to encourage local businesses to ‘green up’. This week, The Economist points us to a parent company, yes, ‘company’, that uses online social networking to promote Carrotmob’s events and enable groups in distant cities to mobilize their own.
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Scott Explains the ConsumeReconnection Project at Interesting:NY
Scott Ballum | November 19, 2008
Consume®econnection Project was a year-long effort to meet the laborers and craftsmen who made anything and everything I bought, with a focus on traceability, buying local, and conscious consumption. Meeting these local shopkeepers and neighborhood business owners inspired the creation of Sheepless.org.The Interesting:New York conference was held at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Sept 10, 2008.