During her powerful Vanguard Award acceptance speech at Saturday night’s GLAAD Awards, Scandal star Kerry Washington nailed why political power so often remains in the hands of the few — that is, the 1%. GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBT acceptance. As a dynamic media…
We are excited to announce the #LoveWater campaign as part of this year’s World Water Day on March 22, uniting millions across the world to raise awareness about the sacred nature of water, our most precious resource. The Shift Network will be hosting the #LoveWater…
This is Lava Mae’s charge: provide sanitation, assist in deterring potential public health problems, and perhaps most critically, provide a much needed service to help a population struggling to retain a sense of dignity and self worth. In essence, Lava Mae seeks to solve a…
What does love mean? It can seem like something complicated because there are so many different ways to express love for one another. These filmmakers asked kids to help demystify love in their video, “Love Lesson”. These adorable children reveal how simple it can be to show love…
You’d be forgiven if the phrase “Portland goes green with innovative water pipes” doesn’t immediately call to mind thoughts of civil engineering and hydro-electric power. And yet, that’s exactly what Oregon’s largest city has done by partnering with a company called Lucid Energy to generate…
Tesla is working on a battery that can power your home and even help large-scale utilities store energy more efficiently, according to company chief executive Elon Musk. On an investor call Wednesday, Musk said the designs for a home or business battery are already complete…
On Feb 26th, the FCC will vote to save net neutrality or let Comcast and other ISPs create Internet slow lanes. Net Neutrality is the Internet’s guiding principle: It preserves our right to communicate freely online. This is the definition of an open Internet. Some members…
Forty years ago, Bill Gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen bet that software and personal computers would change the way people around the world worked and played. This bet wasn’t exactly a wager. It was an opportunity to make computers personal and empower people…
It’s the first legislation enacted by Congress that curtails the government’s ability to enforce penalties or intrude on states that permit medical marijuana, a drug that is still considered by federal regulators to be as dangerous as heroin and LSD. For sure, the Obama administration…
