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27 February 2010 ~ Comments

We’re not Connected

by Yahya E. B. Henry

As the world braces for a tsunami, I’m working to understand this idea of “not being connected” as proposed by a CNN guest. CNN often has so-called ’subject matter experts (SME)’ to support a given news segment. This morning they played host to a Georgia Tech Assistant Professor of Geology.  CNN’s [...]

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08 February 2010 ~ Comments

Sustainability and the Millennial Generation

by James Bedell

I spent this past Saturday hanging out with my brother-in-law Mike and my niece, Olivia. Watching her this weekend made me think of sustainability. Holding my three-month old niece gives me a tangible feel for the future. At one point I was in a room with all of my sisters my neice and [...]

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03 January 2010 ~ Comments

Reset Button: Views from a Cautious Optimist

by Yahya E. B. Henry
“There are always two parties; the establishment and the movement.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Once upon a time in a land far away…
The last decade is not that far removed to start a fable but one thing is for certain, there were some characters and plots that took shape-for better or worse. What should [...]

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07 December 2009 ~ Comments

Top Creative Hopenhagen Ad Campaigns

by Andre Blackman

This Monday, December 7th – the world will have it’s eyes focused on the events happening in Copenhagen, Denmark. The hugely anticipated ‘Hopenhagen‘ meeting (otherwise known as the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference) will bring together global leaders focused on making a unified effort to better the planet. Copenhagen is dubbed as [...]

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17 November 2009 ~ Comments

No Urban America Without Rural America

by Tommy Manuel

I live a double life.
Most recently that life has been spent amid a cacophony of rumbling trains on the elevated subway line outside my window, the din of car horns from the drive-through fast food restaurant below my building, shrieks from emergency vehicles, bangs and clashes from the construction work on Columbia’s new [...]

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10 October 2009 ~ Comments

Inspiration and Community in Web 2.0

by James Bedell

As I typed the title of this post, even I cringed. Anyone who thinks they’re a social media “guru” or “expert” or whatever, is wrong. Why? Because Web 2.0 style social media is too new to have any experts. How can you be an expert on Twitter when it’s only really been around [...]

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25 September 2009 ~ Comments

Why We Will Save The World

by James Bedell

I woke up this morning and went about my normal routine but today was different. I could feel it building inside me. A sense of hope springing forward as I began to think about the generational challenges we are faced with and why this generation, our generation is ready for them. I look [...]

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