Big Data, Big Issues: The Internet and the Perils of Progress
How can we continue to celebrate the opportunities the internet offers without becoming subservient to the increasingly centralised forces that govern it?
Who is the social entrepreneur?
A new entrepreneurial figure is making its presence felt in Germany unifying two apparent opposites: economic and social activity. So-called “social entrepreneurs” do not focus on profit margins alone, but instead seek to address the social and ecological challenges of our times – doing “good” through doing business. What inspires people to found a social company, and what do they experience over the course of day-to-day business?
Being cosmopolitans, in the name of Japan!
A fieldnote from Japanese universities (Tokyo, Nagoya, Ibaraki, Fukushima)
“Eat like a queen for free” – dumpster diving and wasteful consumer culture
More than 50% of produced food is wasted and some urban “divers” search for this waste. They explore dark courtyards of supermarkets and lay the dining table with the eatable content of trash bins.
"Eat like a queen for free" – dumpster diving and wasteful consumer culture
More than 50% of produced food is wasted and some urban “divers” search for this waste. They explore dark courtyards of supermarkets and lay the dining table with the eatable content of trash bins.
