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The traditional setup of school classrooms—straight rows of desks with accompanying chairs—doesn’t do much to foster creativity or collaboration. Many experts have proposed redesigning classroom furniture, but a Swedish school system wants to take things a step further. Vittra, which operates 30 schools in Sweden, is seeking to ensure learning takes place everywhere on campus by eliminating classrooms [...]

Share This:  Spring Mentor Trainings and School Placement: Here’s What to Do The moment has arrived. Here’s the schedule for Spring Mentor Trainings and school placement. If you have mentored in the past or have already attended a training session, hang tight, you will hear from us and/or your head mentor soon. Trainings for new mentors, [...]

Today, January 19, 2012, our community lost an icon. Sarah Burke, freeskiing pioneer, six-time X Games gold medalist and beloved wife, daughter, aunt and friend passed away. Sarah was truly a legendary athlete, role model and an inspiration. She was everything so many of us aspire to be. Sarah brought worldwide recognition and validation to the [...]

The main conceit of the 2000 Kevin Spacey film Pay It Forward is that if one person does a kindness for three strangers, and those three people each do kindnesses for three strangers, and so on, one person can change the world. Rarely do we see this acted out in the real world the way [...]

One Minute Until Impact: Ian Yolles Tells Social Entrepreneurs What to Expect Ian Yolles has been working in the social impact economy for years. A long-time brand and marketing manager with tours of duty at Patagonia, Nike and the apparel company Nau, Yolles is now chief sustainability officer of Recyclebank, a clean-tech firm that partners with municipalities [...]

A new mural is going up on the side of the building which previously was home to Ten Women / Stroh’s Gourmet / J’s Kitchen at 1235-37 Abbot Kinney. The building will soon be home to Boost Kitchen. The mural, designed and painted by MadSteez and Venice resident Mar was begun on Christmas Eve as rough sketch [...]

The Workshop at Macy’s Now Accepting Applications for 2012 The Workshop at Macy’s is now accepting applications for the 2012 class! Described as “life-changing” by 2011 participants, this intensive 4 ½ day program is designed to give minority and women-owned retail-oriented lines the tools they need to grow into a relationship with a major retailer. Find [...]

Event Marketing Project Coordinator for Sustainable Event Marketing Company 8-week contract position Agents 99 works with top sustainable companies on various experiential marketing programs. Looking for an Event Marketing Project Coordinator to work on a sampling program for 8 weeks in Los Angeles.This person will be responsible for overseeing the plans, schedules, staffing management, onsite [...]

To kick off the holiday break we would like to invite you to come join us for some light apps, tasty drinks and a screening of The Art of Flight onTuesday Dec. 20th at 4:00pm. During a week notorious for holiday parties, hangovers and generally just checking out for the year, and catch the movie [...]