Growing an economy – a bouquet at a time
A flower farm and a bouquet at a time, Quilen Blackwell is working against poverty and the ghetto in the south side of Chicago – and he hopes to…
Networking kindness – one lasagna at a time
For Rhiannon Menn, Lasagna Love showcases the network effect of kindness. “For me, food is love, and it’s how I communicate care and support—so I just decided to start…
Swimming with the rays
While the Maldives is a nation of about 1,200 small coral islands in the Indian Ocean, many of its residents – particularly women and girls – miss out on…
Dos Rios – much more than a new state park
California’s newest state park is opening in the San Joaquin Valley on June 12. But it’s not just a park. Dos Rios Ranch, a 1,600-acre plot west of Modesto…
Let there be less paper….
Given that Bibles have typically used a lot of paper, it is not so surprising that it was HarperCollins’s Christian publishing division, Zondervan Bibles, that figured out back in 2015 how to use design to…
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The Swiss women who made history
The thousands of older Swiss women who took their government to Europe’s top human rights court did indeed make history, as they wanted to do. The verdict, which cannot be appealed, indicates Switzerland has a…
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The beautiful donation that will keep on giving
The Black Resource Centre at San Diego State University will be renamed after a man who was born into slavery in Kentucky but became an entrepreneur after moving to California in 1886. He is being…
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He’s restoring Bengaluru’s lakes
It was after he accidentally fell into Kyalasanahalli Lake near his office in 2017 that Anand Malligavad started on the work that has made him India’s best known expert on restoring lakes. When he told…
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