The Calendar, The Clock and The 5-Day Work Week: Arbitrary or Inevitable? A few nights ago I was talking with a bartender friend, and we got caught up in a conversation about the calendar. She told me the story of railwayman Moses Cotsworth, who, vexed by his irregular monthly earnings, created a … Read the rest
Competing Institutions – Pope Francis In Context Today we see in the news that Pope Francis has tied with Donald Trump for second place in a poll of the world’s most admired men (both lost to Barack Obama, which is no surprise: the sitting US president typically … Read the rest
The New Paradigm In Sustainable Development Just as 2015 has been a milestone year for climate change awareness, it has also been a game changer in the world of sustainable development. Starting with the May publication of the Papal encyclical Laudato Si, a blistering critique … Read the rest
Where The Road Leads – Vasilios Pavlounis By Joe Bonadio A first generation Greek-American reared in Nova Scotia, Bay Area entrepreneur Vasilios Pavlounis graduated with a business degree from The University of Halifax in 1986. His life changed course, however, when he saw an ad for a … Read the rest
Epic Hike With A Dozen Wearables: Eran Frohman By Joe Bonadio “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw, “Man and Superman” I recently … Read the rest
Repurposed Phones Defend Rainforests By Joe Bonadio A San Francisco nonprofit called Rainforest Connection has devised an ingenious way to convert used cell phones to solar-powered listening devices, and is now employing them to monitor old-growth rainforests for the sounds of illegal loggers. The … Read the rest
Huge Legal Victory For Women In Afghanistan By Joe Bonadio Twenty-two Afghani men, ten of them police officers, have been convicted for the killing of Farkhunda Malikzada, a 27-year old woman lynched by a mob in Kabul after being falsely accused of burning a copy of … Read the rest
The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams In A Can By Joe Bonadio This week, we shot an amazing “World Changers” TV interview with Dr. Tererai Trent. Oprah Winfrey has singled her out as her favorite guest of all time, and as inspiring as Dr. Trent is, it’s not … Read the rest
Used Bikes Power Change In Africa By Joe Bonadio A group of Bay Area entrepreneurs is shipping used bikes from California to 7 different nations in Africa, where they are bringing mobility, freedom and opportunity to thousands. Mike’s Bikes of Marin has shipped over 16,000 used … Read the rest
How Living as a Tribal Forged a Social Entrepreneur By Joe Bonadio Born and raised in the Eastern Indian state of Odisha, Vikash Das grew up to earn his Master’s in Software Engineering and land a lucrative job at IBM. But he never forgot his upbringing in Odisha, particularly … Read the rest