http://www.trendhunter.com/nextbyramla nextbyramla's Latest Trends en-us Mon, 04 May 2026 08:18:46 GMT http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/TrendHunterLogo120x30.gif http://www.trendhunter.com/nextbyramla 120 30 http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/peace-intention-experiment (TrendHunter.com) Could humanity finally have found a solution to the peace problem - in the most unlikely of places? They said, "Where there is a will, there is a way." After exhausting the options of talks, force, coercion,...]]> Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:19:48 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/peace-intention-experiment http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/babajob-indian-poor-get-their-own-job-site (TrendHunter.com) 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...]]> Thu, 01 Nov 2007 18:22:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/babajob-indian-poor-get-their-own-job-site http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hetty-rose-sustainable-shoes (TrendHunter.com) 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....]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:01:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hetty-rose-sustainable-shoes http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/100-mile-diet-local-eating-for-global-change (TrendHunter.com) "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...]]> Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:20:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/100-mile-diet-local-eating-for-global-change http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/daily-dump-achieve-zero-waste-in-indian-homes (TrendHunter.com) 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...]]> Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:18:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/daily-dump-achieve-zero-waste-in-indian-homes http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/grief-tourism-when-travelers-seek-tragedy (TrendHunter.com) 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...]]> Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:41:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/grief-tourism-when-travelers-seek-tragedy http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/solar-empowerment-nedbank-billboard (TrendHunter.com) 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...]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:40:32 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/solar-empowerment-nedbank-billboard http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crowdsourced-rd-innocentivecom-million-dollar-challenge (TrendHunter.com) 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;...]]> Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:31:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crowdsourced-rd-innocentivecom-million-dollar-challenge http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wwfs-billboard-plays-a-pun-on-solar-powered-video (TrendHunter.com) 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...]]> Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:31:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wwfs-billboard-plays-a-pun-on-solar-powered-video http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/assignment-zero-pro-am-journalism (TrendHunter.com) Assignment Zero is an experiment in professional-amateur journalism: amateurs write/report, professionals edit. Everybody wins. And with this, "pro-am journalism" enters the lingo of the new world of...]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:46:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/assignment-zero-pro-am-journalism http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crowdsourced-journalism-the-news-is-nowpubliccom (TrendHunter.com) NowPublic is a participatory news network which mobilizes an army of reporters to cover the events that define our world. The company currently has thousands of reporters in over 140 countries. (88858...]]> Mon, 07 May 2007 13:41:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crowdsourced-journalism-the-news-is-nowpubliccom http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/undigital-era-gmail-paper-surprise-paper-mail-by-google (TrendHunter.com) Edit: Oh dear. It was good while the belief lasted. Another one of Google's absolutely convincing April Fool's. No wonder the "beta testers" were nowhere on a Google search result. It seems that many...]]> Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:30:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/undigital-era-gmail-paper-surprise-paper-mail-by-google http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/microfinance-kivaorg-become-a-banker-to-the-poor (TrendHunter.com) Fofoa Ekuata is a plantation owner in Samoa. She needs US$ 875/- to buy a box of Cramoxon, a pest management system. She is asking for help via Kiva.org, a website where anyone can be a banker to the poor....]]> Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:25:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/microfinance-kivaorg-become-a-banker-to-the-poor http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/enviropreneurship-when-environmentalism-meet-business (TrendHunter.com) If "Green Business" (by any other name) means business embracing the concepts of environmentalism, then Enviropreneurship (ENVP) means environmentalists learning the concepts of business. ENVP is about...]]> Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:48:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/enviropreneurship-when-environmentalism-meet-business http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/social-media-atten-tv-watch-and-be-watched (TrendHunter.com) Watch what other people/groups are watching. Watch who is watching you. Broadcast your attention. Welcome to Atten TV: a media network that lets anyone be a broadcaster, and lets others watch others'...]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:38:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/social-media-atten-tv-watch-and-be-watched http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/social-web-younanimous-meta-search-with-interactivity (TrendHunter.com) For some time, I have been wondering how good it would be if Google allows web searchers to RANK/ Rate the search results? That would cut out a lot of irrelevant searches. Well, it seems, Younanimous answers...]]> Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:33:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/social-web-younanimous-meta-search-with-interactivity http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/redefining-art-galleries-louvre-museum-to-franchise-in-abu-dhabi (TrendHunter.com) Louvre is opening its first ever foreign "branch" - in the "art quarters" of the Gulf state, Abu Dhabi. At the French are brewing a turmoil; "our museums are not for sale" - cries an online petition signed...]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:11:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/redefining-art-galleries-louvre-museum-to-franchise-in-abu-dhabi http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-big-picture-news-search-gets-visual-newscom (TrendHunter.com) CNET News.com has introduced a visual tool THE BIG PICTURE for news search. Here's straight from the source: The Big Picture is a CNET News.com special feature. It creates visual maps that show relationships...]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:14:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-big-picture-news-search-gets-visual-newscom http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/do-the-right-thingcom-people-evaluate-businesses-on-news (TrendHunter.com) IKEA will charge customers 5 cents/ plastic bag. Is IKEA "doing the right thing?" Interactive readers at dotherightthing.com, a Web 2.0 site where people can "evaluate" companies based on company news,...]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:52:31 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/do-the-right-thingcom-people-evaluate-businesses-on-news http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/voluntourism-volunteerism-tourism-a-megatrend (TrendHunter.com) No longer do tourists have to just walk in and out of a very “interesting area” - they can actually VOLUNTOUR. The idea is to “combine travel and service” - says Voluntourism....]]> Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:33:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/voluntourism-volunteerism-tourism-a-megatrend http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/daytipper-tell-everyone-how (TrendHunter.com) Daytipper.com is the grandma of the modern Internet citizen; she uses a cool web 2.0 site to give you tips on how to manage the tiny things. Put dropped ice cubes in a plant pot. Date and sort bills...]]> Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:00:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/daytipper-tell-everyone-how http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blishcom-buysell-digital-content (TrendHunter.com) "Blish is the easiest place to buy or sell digital content. As a buyer, you can purchase ebooks, photos, how-to guides, clipart, music, sound loops, video, design templates, any type of digital content....]]> Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:33:01 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blishcom-buysell-digital-content http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/capitalism-3p0-reinventing-the-commons (TrendHunter.com) Garrett Hardin first popularized the tragedy of the commons in 1968. in 2007, Peter Barnes proposes a solution: Capitalism 3.0 - building a "commons sector" to balance the "corporate sector." THE TRAGEDY...]]> Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:43:01 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/capitalism-3p0-reinventing-the-commons http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/megatrend-social-entrepreneurs (TrendHunter.com) Social Entrepreneurship is serious business - and some are calling it the business model of the 21st century. So. Who are social entrepreneurs that your cool-hunting friend had been talking about so enthusiastically...]]> Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:31:01 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/megatrend-social-entrepreneurs http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/conscious-capitalism-dirty-business-no-more (TrendHunter.com) Muhammad Yunus, the Nobelist who created "micro finance," coined the term Conscious Capitalism. Patricia Aburdene saw it as a "moral transformation" and "today's greatest mega-trend" way back in fall 2005....]]> Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:13:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/conscious-capitalism-dirty-business-no-more http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/communities-20-here-to-stay-and-grow (TrendHunter.com) "Communities" ought to be the most significant emerging concept of the Internet world. Communities 2.0 - the virtual world The child of social networking sites meeting user-content driven (web 2.0) websites:...]]> Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:09:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/communities-20-here-to-stay-and-grow http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lohas (TrendHunter.com) What is LOHAS? According to LOHAS.COM: "LOHAS is an acronym for 'Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability,' a market segment focused on health and fitness, the environment, personal development, sustainable...]]> Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:43:00 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lohas