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Personalized Websites For Low Income Job Seekers - Babajob India (GALLERY)

Since Professor C.K. Prahalad's Bottom of the Pyramid strategy has caught on, we see newer examples of products for the poor of the world every day. Babajob.com is a new job site based in India which features lower income job seekers who often work as maids, helpers, office assistants, household workers, and "day laborers". Since most of the clients… [More]

Sustainable Fashion - Handmade Shoes by Hetty Rose

If shoes were a bit of sticky choice for the sustainability-minded fashionista, Hetty Rose now solves the problem. At a cost. Hetty Rose of UK is designing hand-made shoes made of recycled vintage material.… [More]

A Painting a Day - Self-Disciplined Artists Reach Out to Markets (VIDEO)

Everyday, for the past two years, I get an email with a beautiful, postcard-sized painting from one Julian Merrow-Smith of France. "Postcard from Provence", it's called - and the painting is priced at… [More]

100 Mile Diet - Local Eating for Global Change

"Support Local" is an emerging theme in the Green Movement. This diversely interpreted concept translates usually into activities and lifestyle that support the local economy - which, then, is the linchpin… [More]

Daily Dump - Indian Composting Company Launches to Achieve Zero Waste

The Daily Dump is a new company launched in Bangalore, India, that provides products for composting at home - thus achieving a goal of zero waste (only organic for now). They Say: As a service, Daily… [More]

Grief Tourism - When Travelers Seek Tragedy

When we imagine "tourism," we imagine beaches, comfortable hotels, sometimes a sport, and at other times natural discovery. But now, darker forms of tourism are gaining popularity in an increasingly news-strung… [More]

Solar Empowering Billboard - NEDBank Billboard Lights Up School Kitchen (VIDEO)

South Africa's NEDBank won a Cannes Lions 2007 Grand Prix Award in outdoor advertising for what is believed to be the world's first solar-powered billboard. The topper? This revolutionary billboard uses… [More]

Hand Knit iPhone - Best Way to Get Your Own iPhone in 5 hours

Pining for your own iPhone? Well - either you can get lucky with winning the TrendHunter iPhone draw* or get creative: MAKE ONE! Only catch: it's a knit, and doesn't even work with AT&T;. But it's drooling-over… [More]

Crowdsourced R&D;- InnoCentive Poses Million Dollar Challenge

Scientist? Can measure disease progression in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease/ Motorneuron Disease) for US$ 1,000,000? Get on over to InnoCentive.com - the crowdsourcing R&D;… [More]

WWF's Solar Powered Billboard Warns About Global Warming (VIDEO)

Solar-powered, as in, with a solar battery? Or solar powered, as in, "respecting celestial mechanics" (like a sundial). You decide. But we know one thing for sure: WWF's latest billboard warning about… [More]

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Ah, thanks for the tip. I'll close & switch on.

Man vs. Machine: Human Guides Organizing The Web
Exactly - while Google took over "search" in a big way, projects like DMOZ or the Yahoo! directory and about.com's guided topical search lost their stronghold. However, the human factor has rebounded, as typified by the rise of WikiPedia. Very interesting trend.

Animals The Inspiration for Yoga?
Thanks, Bianca. This is both interesting and informative.

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Silly question - but I never tried if this feature's on so I'll ask - can we write like 5 entries at one time, and date them so they appear, say, over the week?

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Congratulations to Angela and Heather!

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