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A bilumi workshop is when a bunch of folks get together in the same room and add their opinions and research to the knowledge of our whole community. The workshop goal is decided by the host. (more…)
Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel of Harvard Business School are taking a closer look at how environmental practices change when companies are publicly rated for their performance.
Here’s what I took from their paper: (more…)
Have you noticed how much information is now available on our main site about chocolate? Sure, there are gaps, but we now have data on everything from Kosher scores to labor practices. Many people shared their research with our community to get us this far. Here are three of them. (more…)
“‘This year’s class reveals an empowered group of consumers. From their purchasing decisions and media consumption to their pull at the polls, this college consumer is clearly in control and showing their strength in numbers.’
College students demonstrate strong commitment towards the brands they feel are contributing positively (more…)
This is what the MIT Entrepreneurs club looks like from the perspective of a guest presenter.
ThoughtAndMemory.org’s user generated educational content is freely available (so is our open source Community Information Platform). By signing the Capetown Declaration we have joined a global community of educators and organizations in support of this movement. Go team!
A study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project suggests that teenage girls are more frequent bloggers, web page designers, and online social network contributers than their male counterparts.
The number of female students who go on to take college level computer science classes is still remarkably low. A study by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School “suggests that girls’ online practices tend to be about their desire to express themselves”. [Photo and story from The New York Times, February 21, 2008. P. E1]
Remember Alice? Alice is a new computer science curricular tool that teaches computer programming fundamentals through 3D story design. It is testing very well with female students (and its really fun to use!)