Happy Valentine's Day [Infographic]
Well folks, it's that time of year we either love, hate or simply choose to ignore. Fact of the matter is; the world is consuming A LOT today and this interesting infographic, curated by the OnlineMBA.com team, below »
What Are Brands To A 5 Year Old?
I would like to say that that there is a very important underlying message to the video above, but I really don't think there is. It says more about the parents and family of the adorable 5 year old girl than American society as a whole. Her recognition of brands »
Image of the Week: Unseen India
In Pondicherry, an old French colonial city in Tamil Nadu, this man took us around the city on his bike. In Thanjavur, we went to the daily market, which was filled with strong smells and vibrant colours. I asked this woman to pose for me as I thought she »
Success and The Single Mom
Most recently, I wrote a piece about one woman's personal experience working to get herself out of poverty, as well as enabling others to do the same. Through my research, I've come to wonder what makes women so resilient, so courageous, and so driven to succeed, and »
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And The Oscar Goes To...
[/caption] Quite possibly the five most famous words in all of film, said over and over, yet never loses its impact. Earlier this week the Academy announced the nominees for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. Hollywood's most prestigious night (Sorry Golden »
Food for Thought: Toxic Nutrition?
You are What You Eat. Previous Food for Thought: To Whom is Our Beauty Beholden? In January 2012, Environmental chemist Brian P. Jackson, and his research team at Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program found »
The World’s Most Sustainable Restaurants and Cafes
As entrepreneurs look for new ways to stand out in the highly competitive food services industry, more and more restaurants are adopting eco-friendly business models. By adapting more environmentally sustainable »
Beauty and The Wedge
Previous Ecovore: Ice Dunes for a winter’s Hike When huddling beneath a blanket and watching “Treasure Island” or “Gilligan’s Island,” have you ever wondered where they were filmed? These, and several other seaside cinematic »
The Ethics of Bioart Explored
This week, Urban Times and GV Art kicked off the fourth, and final, in the Trauma series in their momentous collaboration set to explore the tale of scientific traumas via art. The focus: The Ethics of Bioart. Hosted by GV Art at their gallery in Marylebone, London, we »
A New Word on Gay Marriage
Marriage, so the religious folk will tell us, is a holy union between a man and a woman as sanctified by a religious institution and thus under the auspices of the divine; a same sex couple cannot get married because a marriage is between two people of opposite sexes »
If Only These Walls Could Talk: Urban History and Toronto’s Murmur Project
At the corner of Spadina and St. Andrew in Toronto’s Chinatown, a large yellow building sits at the intersection. Red lettering proclaims it to be the Bright Pearl »
Walk Off the Earth – An Interview
Last week we took a look at that massively viral cover of Gotye and Kimbra‘s smash hit “Somebody That I Used to Know” by brilliant Canadian indie band, Walk Off The Earth, where the synchronised novelty »