A Short: The Apology Line

The Apology Line, a short film by James Lees is "a short documentary about the 'apology' line where people can anonymously call and confess to absolutly anything over the phone... The apologies are uncomfortably honest, sometimes funny, occasionally shocking, but always facinating." What would you apologize for?... Jeremy, I'm sorry I still have one of your clamps.

REnt you Room to designer

Interesting idea that I am not sure how I feel about yet, but i am curious, if people would feel more comfortable renting out a room to someone who said they were a designer vs someone on couch surfing? or feel more comfortable is someone was giving some money?

linely posters

Chikuno Cube

The Chikuo cube, is made with ultra fine bambo powder charcoal   and sucks up the orders in your  fridge.  

Library lending out more than books.

I was inspired at the library the other day, When I found out a lot of Vermont libraries rent out more than just books, they are renting gardening equipment, tents, portable stoves, snow shoes, fishing rods, etc.  Which I think makes a lot of sense, and kept me thinking what items, we store all the time and use only one and twice a year.   Does everyone, use there bike everyday, what if you let other people use it when you were not? 

Mattias Klum : National Geographic Speaker Series

I'm seeing Mattias Klum, a photographer for National Geographic, speak about the destruction of Borneo's rainforest. "Klum's expose of rampant logging and the burgeoning oil palm plantations is a call for all of us to examine the roles we play, often unknowling, in the demis of one of nature's last Edens." - National Geographic Speaker Series (check to see if they have events near you).

Kiva: microlending

I'm funding farmers in Cambodia who want to buy cattle. "Empower another human's livelihood by lending money to people in the developing world to further their business plans... In about three and a half years, Kiva has funded 145,000 plus impoverished entrepreneurs with more than $60 million... two loans are made every minute."
- Eric Rumble, Adbusters