The Interesting and the Inspiring

This page is about the – excuse my stating the obvious – interesting, and sometimes inspiring, discoveries I make as I go along.

It features organizations; people; social experiments (such as the Washington Post exercise when they had a famous violinist play in a Washington D.C. metro subway); advertising campaigns; etc.

• Conserve – A recycling and waste management NGO in Delhi

More about Conserve at -
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/from-bags-to-riches-the-recycling-project-which-starts-in-indias-rubbish-tips-522321.html

https://globotrends.pbwiki.com/Recycling-plastic-bags-into-fashion-accessories

• Development Alternatives Group – a non-profit that works to create sustainable livelihoods

• Drishti Foundation – Providing ICT-based solutions to rural India

• Stree Mukti Sanghatana – a women’s upliftment NGO that does some amazing work with rag pickers

• A famous classical musician plays in a metro subway and garners no attention

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html

• A most unusual ad campaign

http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/07/europe/07london.php

• The magic makers of Italy