Jan 5, 09

Team Happenings

Worldchanging Nominated for the Webby's Best Magazine 2007 Award

We are delighted to be nominated for a Webby Award ("the Oscars of the Internet") for Best Magazine of 2007.

At the Webby People's Voice page, you can voice your own opinion about who's the best on the Net. It's a quick process, it's a worldwide democratic web; please take a minute to vote! Each one counts.


Letter from Stockholm: 2010 is Sweden's

Alex Steffen, 26 Oct 08

If you want to know where the worldchanging action will be in the summer of 2010, look north. Stockholm already rumbles as one of the global epicenters of bright green innovation. It's a small city -- only about two...


Letter from Stavanger: Barack Obama Is Alive and Well

Alex Steffen, 23 Oct 08

10/21/08: I was drinking a ten dollar coffee in the Copenhagen airport when I heard that Barack Obama had been assassinated. I was just off the overnight from Seattle, heavily sleep-deprived and disoriented, with a couple hours to wait...


Thank You for A Great First Five Years!

Alex Steffen, 1 Oct 08

Today's our fifth birthday. It's an exciting time, with tons of change. For the last five years, Worldchanging has been the leader in solutions-based journalism about sustainability and social innovation. Our approach has incorporated elements of a blog, a magazine...


Meet the New Worldchanging Team Members

WorldChanging Team, 1 Oct 08

The Worldchanging Team-at-Large is enormous. Scores of writers from around the world share their work and research here on a regular basis; respected institutions on the leading edge of sustainability and social innovation are our allies; and our active network...


Worldchanging and The American Future

Alex Steffen, 1 Oct 08

Here at Worldchanging, solutions are our business. We've spent the last five years exploring the world's most innovative ideas for addressing the planet's most pressing problems. Today's our birthday, so we thought we'd take this chance to let you...


Alex Steffen on the Leonard Lopate Show

Sarah Kuck, 9 Jul 08

On Tuesday, Leonard Lopate of WNYC interviewed Worldchanging Executive Editor Alex Steffen about the "stickiness" of environmental trends. Leonard wanted to know why environmental trends -- like bringing your own canvas bag to the store -- catch on in some...


Edward Burtynsky honored with Ideas for Life Award

WorldChanging Team, 21 May 08

The Canadian Environmental Awards 2008 has chosen to recognize the photographic prowess of Worldchanging Board Member Ed Burtynsky with their Ideas for Life Award. This award is given for outstanding efforts that increase environmental awareness or the conservation, restoration or...


Jer's Environmental Facts Label Gains Buzz

Sarah Kuck, 2 May 08

CNET.com and Package Design Magazine have recently covered Worldchanging contributing editor Jer Faludi’s ideas for Environmental Fact Labels, saying that they may indeed be the future of green labeling From designer clothing to processed food, we use labels to tell...


Green Computing Interview

Alex Steffen, 11 Mar 08

There's a long interview with Jer about green computing over on IT Conversations: As more companies examine the issue of environmentally friendly products, it is not surprising that the concept of green computing would grow in importance. IT professionals are...


A Brighter Shade of Green

Alex Steffen, 9 Mar 08

The WIE magazine piece we mentioned before, A Brighter Shade of Green: Rebooting Environmentalism for the 21st Century, is now online. It's worth a read: "Another world is possible,” goes the popular slogan of the World Social Forum, a yearly...