Yesterday, the New York Times published an article that I’m going to file in the “inconclusive but interesting” folder. The piece, “Gauging the Dedication of Teacher Corps Grads”, comments on a new report that surveyed every person accepted by Teach for America from 1993 to 1998.
“A new study has found that their dedication to improving [...]
The Graduation Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility states: “I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organizations for which I work.”
I like this idea a lot. I like it because it’s a reminder [...]
There’s a reason Dean Cycon’s coffee-roasting company, Dean’s Beans, uses 100% fair-trade beans. It’s not because it sounds good in the company tagline, or because it’s popular among the “ethical consumer”. It’s because anything less than 100% would mean that some of the farmers he buys from get the chance to improve their lives and [...]
Imagine building an online bookstore with 2 million books. Maybe you could do it. Now imagine building an online bookstore with 2 million books that aims to teach the world to read while saving the planet. That’s a pretty formidable task.
For the people at Better World Books, they’re happily taking on the challenge. And as [...]