Dollars For Change Mar 09, 2016 money social consciousness crowdfunding ... normally use to buy coffee and using it to provide clean water for a child in Sudan.Google’s One Today app displays a non-profit organization each day and if users like its mission, they can choose to donate $1.one7days lets users give $1 a week to charity of their choice, for a maximum of $52 a year, with the option not to donate on any given week.Altruist is an app linked to users’ credit cards, rounding each purchase up to the nearest dollar and then donating the leftover funds to a charity of ...
CHANGEables Feb 29, 2016 social consciousness activism politics ... improve the world and society but have evolved into “it” items. S'WELL WATER BOTTLES Yet another “it” accessory, S’well bottles can be spotted in celebrities’ hands and in a broad range of trend-focused stores. Kaley Cuoco and Guy Pearce are fervent fans, and the bottles have been stocked in J.Crew, Nordstrom, and Neiman Marcus. STELLA MCCARTNEY BAGS Known for her commitment to eco- and animal-friendly fashion, Stella McCartney has single-handedly turned pleather, a once looked down upon “cheap ...
Clear Consciousness Feb 28, 2016 social consciousness causes and issues company culture corporate responsibility one-to-one politics ... Everlane, it sends its employees to visit coffee farms and provides incentive-based rewards to farmers in an effort to ensure quality and transparency of the supply chain. MARIMEKKO Finnish fashion brand Marimekko releases a yearly sustainability report that details its design efforts, sourcing, production, employee wellbeing, and business practices. The company makes improving its fabric one of its major missions, upgrading machines to ensure that it’s using the smallest amount of water possible ...
Realistic Optimism Feb 27, 2016 social consciousness activism causes and issues corporate responsibility politics ... recession), they feel that the state of the world has sunk to an all-time low in recent years. To declare that we’re living in troubled times is to affirm the obvious, but for youth today, things have never been quite as bleak as they are right now. With the rising visibility of racism, daily mass shootings, a domestic water crisis, political riots, and evidence of climate change, the young are being conditioned to a new normal that is anything but. Though this is imparting them with a heretofore ...
Living Experiments Sep 11, 2015 community home local culture Cultural Diplomats Opportunity Nomads ... connect to easily sell and trade their possessions, such as IKEA’s online flea market or Patagonia’s Worn Wear program.Media brands can play a key role, too, by helping alleviate any remaining intimidation of living in unfamiliar surroundings. To date, there are few examples of young people forging lives in new locales that don’t rely on fish-out-of-water stereotypes. Portraying characters in wacky scenarios presents an incomplete picture of their experience. Ys don’t bumble about but rather do their ...
No Kid(ding) Sep 09, 2015 family parenting pets children ... treat their pets as though they are their children. This number is only poised to increase with the rapidly expanding market of products and services for pet owners, such as pet sitting, pet health tracking, and tools for owners to communicate with their pets from afar. For some, they devote attention, money, and dedication towards their pets because they view them as “starter children” with whom they can test the waters before deciding whether or not to have a baby—more than a quarter of Ys (27 ...
The New Age Sep 01, 2015 marketing play social life hobbies multigenerational ... ages—the youngest being 23 and the oldest, who refers to herself as the “oldest living teenager,” 93-year-old Iris Apfel—whose collective ages amount to 1,000 years. While spanning various generations, each individual embodies a “less ordinary” spirit. BUXTON WATER'S "NATURALLY PUMPED UP" The “Naturally Pumped Up” commercial from UK bottled water brand Buxton Water shows a group of remarkably suave and confident elderly men enter a lawn bowling competition and subsequently intimidate a group of ...
The Path Aug 28, 2015 career education family home money ... them to test the waters and thus mitigate risk. Should they decide to tie the knot, the change it brings to their daily lives is relatively minimal since they’ve already gone through the transition of sharing their living space and possessions. The wedding becomes less about starting a life together and more about celebrating in style—both IRL and on social media—with friends, who are integral to their lives even after marriage (see Friends With Benefits). Purchase A HomeHome ownership remains an ...
BMS Takeaways Jun 17, 2015 health & wellness marketing ... health. To inspire people to get moving rather than be couch potatoes, water brand Vittel launched a Couch Converter campaign, through which people could have their old sofas transformed into unique running shoes. After users uploaded a photo of their couch to a microsite and sent in pieces of the fabric, designers and shoemakers turned their swatches into a custom pair of trainers. See how Vittel turns couches into personalized sneakers.Powerade recently created “workout billboards”consisting of a ...
Healthography Jun 12, 2015 design health & wellness travel bikes commuting neighborhood rural ... always stay current. Rather than having to seek wellness outside of their living space, Ys are looking to find it on their doorstep given their penchant for having instant access to everything they want and need. - WELLNESS ON SITE - PLAYA VISTAPlaya Vista has a 10,000-square-foot gym with state-of-the-art fitness machines, a running track, personal training, and classes including yogalates, boot camps, barre, and water aerobics.ONE SANTA FEOne Santa Fe has a zero-edge pool, saltwater ...