In a previous blog post I mentioned that Americans toss almost 38 billion water bottles in the trash every year. To combat this environmental waste, Brita (you know, the folks who make those cool water filtration products for your home) and Nalgene (check any college student's backpack for one of their fashionable water bottles) teamed up to create the FilterForGood campaign. The success of ... more

The other day, Razoo'er Roshani Kothari notified me about a post on the growing global food crisis. The increasing number of food riots in Africa and Asia along with a dramatic rise in food prices have elevated the exposure of this international problem. According to the post Roshani directed me towards, "The United Nations said this week that 100 million people are now urgently at risk of n... more