Year: 2017

The Prince’s Trust partners with Innovate UK to launch #IdeasMeanBusiness

Stuart Mitchell

The Prince’s Trust has partnered with Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to not only find the next generation of UK innovators, but also provide them with much-needed support, advice and funding. As part of the #IdeasMeanBusiness campaign, the organisations want to support 18-30 year olds from a wide range of backgrounds, who are simply looking to take their ideas to the next level. The initiative will enable applicants to quickly receive advice, guidance and the chance to get access to funding to help to turn their ideas into reality. The very…

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Ben & Jerry’s Joins Effort To Tackle Poverty And Racism

Stuart Mitchell

Ben & Jerry‘s co-founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield took the stage at the Howard Theater last night with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis to announce the ice cream makers’ support of the Poor People’s Campaign. A portion of the proceeds from Ben & Jerry’s new One Sweet World limited batch flavor will benefit the campaign’s efforts to promote economic and racial justice. After the announcement, Aloe Blacc, Maxwell, Sweet Honey in the Rock, JPeriod, Yara Allen, Gina Belafonte and Van Jones headlined the…

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“Re(store) It”: Green America Launches Campaign On World Soil Day To Save The Earth … Literally

Stuart Mitchell

Green America have launched the Re(store) It campaign to educate the public and U.S. corporations about the benefits of regenerative agriculture, an approach to farming which uses methods that rejuvenate the soil and trap greenhouse gases. The campaign will educate consumers about the importance of regenerative agriculture and offer ways to support it. “We are in a farming crisis and we can no longer continue with our current industrialized, chemical-intensive system of agriculture,” said Anna Meyer, the food campaigns director at Green America. “If we want to sustain farming for…

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DoSomething.org and truth® Partner With Actor Dexter Darden for #MyBigRegret

Stuart Mitchell

Planking. Spending too many hours playing video games. Watching an entire season of Game of Thrones in one sitting. There will always be regrets. But making a decision that could cause 320,000 deaths by 2050? That might be the biggest one yet. In 2011, the FDA had an opportunity to ban menthols, but due to a “lack of research,” they never did. Despite the FDA’s own scientific review concluding that menthol cigarettes pose a public health risk above that seen with non-menthol cigarettes, menthols still have not been banned. Promoted…

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USA Nordic Women’s Ski Jumper and Olympic Hopeful, Abby Ringquist, Sets out to Help Other “Girls On the Rise” Fund Their Dreams

Stuart Mitchell

World Cup Ski Jumper and member of USA Nordic, Abby Ringquist is paying it forward by teaming up with non-profit 1,000 Dreams Fund (“1DF”) to become the face of their new national fundraising campaign, #FundGirlsOntheRise. Abby is the perfect spokeswoman for this campaign, being the ultimate “Girl On the Rise” but also knowing the hardships young women face today in striving for their dreams. Despite being an elite athlete, until recently Abby and her Teammates were self funding their travel and expenses to compete on the World Cup and Olympic…

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