Challenge your world

Date: May 30th, 2009

Challenge Your World helps aspiring entrepreneurs turn innovative ideas into sustainable businesses. Their mission is to foster a new generation of socially responsible, environmentally friendly, and financially viable companies. They believe companies in the 21st century will need to pay attention to people, planet, and profit.

To achieve this goal, They are developing a web platform and bringing together an online community of people who are passionate about positive change. Their aim is to create a space where ideamakers can grow their dreams into businesses and connect to the support they need to be successful. Both the platform and the community are in beta testing right now.

Story of stuff

Date: January 29th, 2009

story of stuff
The Story of Stuff is a web-based documentary about the life-cycle of goods and services. The 20-minute documentary presents a critical vision of the consumerist society. It purports to expose “the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world.” The documentary is divided into 7 chapters: Introduction, Extraction, Production, Distribution, Consumption, Disposal, and Another Way.