Common Good Exchange // Project 7
Over the past few years, social entrepreneurship has elevated the standards for commerce and sustainability. With varying models, many social organizations base there work on a 1 for 1 model – selling goods and investing proceeds back into communities. Taking an amplified approach to the 1 for 1 model, our friends at Project 7 invest proceeds from each of its sold products into […]
Common Good Exchange // Non-Toxic Revolution
As part of our Fourth Estate Leadership Summit this August, we’re partnering with more than 40 top social brands to be part of our Common Good Exchange so that participants can interact and meet the people behind forward-thinking organizations. We’re excited to welcome the Keep a Breast Foundation’s Non-Toxic Revolution to the Summit. In 1999, the founder of the Keep […]
Common Good Urban Market // a new kind of block party
Last October, Warby Parker uprooted from it’s NYC headquarters and has since been touring across the nation bringing its eyewear products directly to the people in what may be the longest Class Trip ever. When we found out Warby’s yellow school bus would be rolling into San Diego in February, we knew we had to get involved. So, we combined […]
It’s not a hand out but a hand up
College life can be stressful. For thousands of young adults, the life of a student has become a balancing act of dealing with classes, internships, organizations, part-time (full-time) jobs, and a social life. Add in relationship/pet/car trouble and you could easily find yourself in a royal mess. Year Up, an organization operating out of 10 […]