I’m sure you’ve all seen the ads for Gap’s Product Red Campaign. Through this campaign, Gap, Apple, American Express and other companies offer products under the Red brand and give part of the profits to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The campaign uses a model similar to that used by Ethos… Continue reading Corporations Exploiting The Concept Of Socially Responsible Business?
Month: October 2006
OneBrick and ProductRed
I found this review of philanthrophic websites via digg.com. I’ve blogged about most of the sites but two I have not covered are OneBrick: One Brick is a commitment-free nonprofit volunteer organization pointing you quickly to what needs to get done and who needs your help. Sign up on your terms to bypass the tedium… Continue reading OneBrick and ProductRed
Google To Install Record Number of Solar Panels At Its Headquarters
Search giant Google will begin constructing the nation’s largest solar electricity system on its Mountain View campus, the company said today. The system will have a total capacity of 1.6 megawattas, which is enough to power 1,000 homes in the US. The solar panels sound pretty complex. Energy Innovations, a company out of Pasadena, is… Continue reading Google To Install Record Number of Solar Panels At Its Headquarters
Microfinance Pioneer Receives Nobel Peace Prize
Adding more traction to the microfinance space, Bangladeshi banker and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus has won the Nobel Peace Prize. He intends to use the prize money to set up a food company and a hospital in Bangladesh. “Lasting peace cannot be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out… Continue reading Microfinance Pioneer Receives Nobel Peace Prize
Libya Orders 1.2 Million Computers From OLPC
Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that the government of Libya has agreed to order 1.2 million computers from Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project. “When I met with Qaddafi, it had all the mystique and trimmings expected: middle of the desert, in a tent, 50 degrees C. etc.,†Mr. Negroponte,… Continue reading Libya Orders 1.2 Million Computers From OLPC
Intel Unveils ClassmatePC- Rival To One Laptop Per Child
Intel recently unveiled the ClassmatePC, a budget laptop computer that’s been in the works ever since Craig Barrett called the OLCP laptop (akfa. $100 Laptop) a toy. The two camps have differing opinions on what aspects of computing are most relevant to students in underdeveloped countries. Intel argues for affordability and compatibility with mainstream software.… Continue reading Intel Unveils ClassmatePC- Rival To One Laptop Per Child