Living on One Dollar
Four college students use film to share their experience living on one dollar a
Living on One Dollar
Artistic, Challenge, Featured, ResearchFour college students use film to share their experience living on one dollar a day.
Once Upon A School
Writer Dave Eggers adds creative twist to after school tutoring program that has
Once Upon A School
Educational, ServiceWriter Dave Eggers adds creative twist to after school tutoring program that has spread to cities across the U.S.
Importance of Being Awesome
Friends who give together stay together. Awesome.
Importance of Being Awesome
ServiceFriends who give together stay together. Awesome.
How to Live to Be 100+
A study of our world’s “Blue Zones” teaches us how to live to 100.
How to Live to Be 100+
ResearchA study of our world's "Blue Zones" teaches us how to live to 100.
The Unhealthy Truth
After her child got sick, a mom learns the inconvenient truth about our food sys
The Unhealthy Truth
ResearchAfter her child got sick, a mom learns the inconvenient truth about our food system.
My Year of Living Biblically
What happens when you follow every rule in the Bible as closely as you can?
My Year of Living Biblically
Challenge, Experiential, ResearchWhat happens when you follow every rule in the Bible as closely as you can?
Shared Experience of Absurdity
How transforming the mundane into the absurd can bring people together.
Shared Experience of Absurdity
ExperientialHow transforming the mundane into the absurd can bring people together.
The Microwork Revolution
Leila Janah brings outsourcing to the world’s poor by breaking down projects int
The Microwork Revolution
EntrepreneurialLeila Janah brings outsourcing to the world's poor by breaking down projects into very small tasks.
Urban Mushroom Farming
How used coffee grinds can grow mushrooms as well as profit.
Urban Mushroom Farming
EntrepreneurialHow used coffee grinds can grow mushrooms as well as profit.
Eight-Day Academy
By shrinking school, you can broaden its reach and provided relevant learning to
Eight-Day Academy
EducationalBy shrinking school, you can broaden its reach and provided relevant learning to the extreme poor.
Khan Academy
It began as a series of tutorial videos recorded for his cousins.
Khan Academy
EducationalIt began as a series of tutorial videos recorded for his cousins. Today, Salman Khan’s side project has grown into...
Open-Source Hardware
Modern farming involves more than tills and ploughs.
Open-Source Hardware
DIYModern farming involves more than tills and ploughs. Heavy machinery is now the norm. That means significant investment in tractors...
A Garden In My Apartment
Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment).
A Garden In My Apartment
DIYBritta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system...
Turning Trash Into Toys
Arvind Gupta shares simple yet stunning plans for turning trash into seriously
Turning Trash Into Toys
DesignArvind Gupta shares simple yet stunning plans for turning trash into seriously entertaining, well-designed toys that kids can build themselves...
William’s Windmill
In this TED Talk, young Malawian William Kamkwamba describes how he built a win
William’s Windmill
DesignIn this TED Talk, young Malawian William Kamkwamba describes how he built a windmill to power his family’s home aged...
Massive Scale Online Collaboration
After re-purposing CAPTCHA so each human-typed response helps digitize books, L
Massive Scale Online Collaboration
CollaborativeAfter re-purposing CAPTCHA so each human-typed response helps digitize books, Luis von Ahn wondered how else to use small contributions...
Virtual Choir of 2,000 Voices
In a moving and madly viral video last year, composer Eric Whitacre led a virtu
Virtual Choir of 2,000 Voices
CollaborativeIn a moving and madly viral video last year, composer Eric Whitacre led a virtual choir of singers from around...
The Awesome Blog
When life gives you lemons, Neil Pasricha decides to make blog posts – ab
The Awesome Blog
ChallengeWhen life gives you lemons, Neil Pasricha decides to make blog posts – about things in life that are awesome....
Swim Across the North Pole
Lewis Pugh talks about his record-breaking swim across the North Pole.
Swim Across the North Pole
ChallengeLewis Pugh talks about his record-breaking swim across the North Pole. He braved the icy waters (in a Speedo) to...
Budrus Documentary
Julia Bacha uses film to share a story that rarely gets told in the Middle East
Budrus Documentary
ArtisticJulia Bacha uses film to share a story that rarely gets told in the Middle East – about how people...
Project Voice
Sarah Kay tells the story of her metamorphosis — from a wide-eyed teenage
Project Voice
ArtisticSarah Kay tells the story of her metamorphosis — from a wide-eyed teenager soaking in verse at New York’s Bowery...