This week I found these treasures near my house in a skip. Rather conveniently when stacked, these orange boxes make an excellent bookshelf.
Author: katee
YTFN’s 5th Birthday Bash
Tell all your friends! The Funding Network is turning five and they’re having a party. And, I’ve just found out that Hackney Laces will be one of the three projects listed above, pitching for funding. I’m both nervous and excited and would really love to have some familiar faces in the crowd, so please do… Continue reading YTFN’s 5th Birthday Bash
Lights Out
Following the success of 23 Posters, Do The Green Thing have decided to release a new on each week. This week’s is ‘Lights Out” by design Studio Hudson Powell and is by a mile my favourite of the collection. So sweet.
Why Football Matters
Using football as a medium to appeal to the masses is a very clever thing to do. WWF teamed up with Brazilian agency Grey 141 to raise awareness of deforestation in Brazil. Every four minutes the equivalent of a football field is clear cut, so what better medium to use than a football field to… Continue reading Why Football Matters
The Thing About Charities
Dan Pallotta, great talk. In my limited six year existence working in the charity sector, I can relate to and agree with the vast majority of points covered in this TED talk. Very often when I would tell people I worked for a charity they’d asked me if I worked as a volunteer. When I… Continue reading The Thing About Charities
The Printed Pages
I came into work today to find the very first issue of It’s Nice That’s Printed Pages on my desk (thanks Rob!). In a time where most publications are moving away from print in favour of electronic versions, It’s Nice That have moved in the other direction – and what a great move.
This Because
My good friend Zoe has just set up quite a brilliant thing: This Because. This Because is a website containing a carefully curated collection of products that are made resourcefully and help people live generously. It gives you a selection of products that aren’t just self-serving, products that benefit others in the process – be… Continue reading This Because
23 Posters
In the count down to Earth Hour, Do The Green Thing (quite possibly the most brilliant environment charity of all-time) is releasing a new poster everyday. Falling in line with Do The Green Thing’s mission of creativity vs. climate change, they’ve rallied together world class creatives and asked them to contribute a poster to the campaign. So… Continue reading 23 Posters
Bicycles Made from Old Cars
Rather that rot in a junkyard, these guys are turning old cars into bicycles. What an amazingly appropriate upcycle. A highly polluting vehicle to a zero-emissions one. Lovely stuff.
Future Women in Tech
This is a letter by a woman (@bitchwhocodes) to her niece is filled with both frustration and hope. As I was reading it, I couldn’t help but replace the word ‘female developer’ to lots of other male dominated vocations: Footballer; Engineer; Pilot; Supreme Court Judge. And the message is still the same. Male or female,… Continue reading Future Women in Tech