Frontier Project • CSR • Engage Thinking

What we’re looking at.

Seeing the Light

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The L Prize is offering a cool $10 million prize for the first competitor to build a low-energy LED light that also successfully meet a plethora of stringent rules. So far Philips has entered and is looking good–will someone else steal the prize?

September 24, 2009

Unplug that charger

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A little change can make a big difference.

September 20, 2009

Finding the right place to market to consumers

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More and more products these days are being packaged and sold in cartons, mostly made from a company called Tetra Pak. In an effort to educate consumers that cartons can be sexy, the company has sought out and teamed up with different organizations and events that target the most effective audience. Fashion anyone?

September 15, 2009

Hostel for the Homeless

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Here’s an idea: take homeless people in London and instead of letting them live in dark, miserable places, put them in a brightly lit and well furnished hostel, complete with garden plots and the education to give them the confidence to get back out on their own. But with a $6 million dollar price tag, it might be hard for other cities to follow suit.

September 10, 2009

Drive for Energy

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The DOE has given Solar Roadways a $100,000  grant to create the nation’s first solar-powered road. If implemented, one mile stretch can take 500 homes off the grid, and our nation’s dependency away from fossil fuels. With it’s top layer being made of glass, should we tread lightly?

August 28, 2009

Chalk Circle of Influence

August 21, 2009

Private made public

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A wildly successful program that not everyone qualifies for + a new way of getting your brand name out in the public eye = breaking through the clutter.

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August 14, 2009

Does it come in Green?

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Use sparingly.

August 4, 2009

Socialmediapath

Not sure why the F-bombs add anything to great material. But well worth a read.

August 3, 2009

Simply Aware

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Raising awareness doesn’t need to be complicated.

August 2, 2009