Tag: Jobs
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Coolest Data Center Job Can Be Found At The South Pole!
If you think data center jobs are boring, think again! The IceCube Observatory's data center on Antarctica is an amazing opportunity for adventurous geeks.
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Breadfruit Trees are 'Trees That Feed' and Create Jobs in Jamaica
Breadfruit trees planted by Trees That Feed Foundation are creating food systems and jobs in Jamaica.
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How to Apply for the 'Best Internship on Earth,' in the Outdoors
Leave the office behind. Sierra Club is offering a wild summer ride. It even pays real money.
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Protesters Confront Apple Over Foxconn Conditions
On the same day that protesters delivered petitions for better working conditions at Apple suppliers to Apple stores, hackers breached Foxconn security.
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Do Lectures 2011 - The Importance of Independence
Over the past few weeks we've been sharing the amazing ideas and themes that emerged from the Do Lectures 2011. This year's inspiring talks are now being launched online in
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Do Lectures 2011 - The People's Take Over
Yesterday for our third post in the Do Lectures 2011 series we encouraged you to Start Where You Live. You never know quite how far you will travel. In the
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Do Lectures 2011 - Start Where You Live
So far in our Do Lectures 2011 series we've talked about the fact that Things Are Not Just The Way They Are, we always need to ask difficult questions and challenge the
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Do Lectures 2011 - What Can You Uniquely Do?
Yesterday I introduced the Do Lectures 2011 with a flash of party glitter from Steve Edge and the statement, Things are not just the way they are. This first emerging
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Do Lectures 2011 - 5 Lessons on How to Love Life & Improve the World Around You
There is a man dressed in a silver lamé suit jumping about with extraordinary energy in a wind blown field in West Wales. His name is Steve Edge and his motto in life is:
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Why Towns With Good Transit Options Are Recovering Faster From the Recession
Cities and towns with good public-transit options offer more convenience for residents and are, of course, more environmentally friendly places to live. Now it
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Sold to the Highest Bidder: 3 Used Space Ships
Last week there were used battleships for sale on e-bay, this week we've got used space shuttles. But not going as cheaply as the warships and not being turned into pots and pans either.
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IKEA Confuses Shoppers, Encourages Clutter, and Exploits Workers
It has been a hard week for IKEA in both the mainstream print and the internet media. There are many things to love about the company that made good modern design affordable and desirable, but I have often complained of what I call
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Do Lectures Launch Snazzy New HTML 5 Site + Stellar Speaker Line Up for 2011
It's a double dose of exciting news from the Do Lectures camp today. In true double-barreled doing style they are launching their new super snazzy HTML 5 website to the world this afternoon, plus the speaker line up for Do 2011. The new site is
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Jessica Jackley on Empowering the World's Entrepreneurs (Podcast)
Jessica Jackley co-founded Kiva.org back in 2005. Since then, nearly half a million people have used the micro-lending platform to offer money to fellow citizens, almost none of whom will ever meet offline. Jackley's passion is in empowering
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Hundreds of Indian Workers Trafficked to the U.S. for Defense Subcontractor Signal International
After Hurricane Katrina, Signal International lost a lot of its workforce. To fill in the newly missing spots, it had a recruiter to import workers from India: workers who were told they'd come to America for a great job and
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Top Tips for Attracting Green Investors
The recession has been tough for many. But given the news that ethical consumerism bucked the economic downturn, and that clean tech companies are seeing massive job growth, now might just be the time for green-minded entrepreneurs to realize their
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Renewables Sector Sees Massive Jobs Growth
We've seen reports before that switching to renewables could create 2.7 million jobs, and might create a whole new wave of green-collar employment, but it's only now that nations around the
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Sex in the Environmental Movement is Everywhere, According to Undercover Cops
The news story in the UK of the undercover cop who was posing as an environmentalist for seven years is getting very sexy.
