http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:00:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2011/12/game-tasks-players-with-surviving-poverty-future-of-gaming.html Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:35:25 +0000 Spent is an online game that places participants in impoverished conditions and asks them to make critical life decisions with access to limited personal finances.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/11/record-number-of-americans-live-in-poverty-headlines.html Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:30:55 +0000 New data reveals that nearly 16% of the country's population is among the poor, thanks to rises in healthcare, among other costs. ]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/09/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-american-middle-class.html Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:31:26 +0000 The heart of our political malaise is that the middle class, so long a powerhouse of US prosperity, is being crushed as never before.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/05/one-third-of-worlds-food-goes-to-waste-headlines.html Thu, 12 May 2011 21:11:09 +0000 Consumers in rich nations waste a combined 222 million tons a year, according to the report. That's almost as much as all the food produced in sub-Saharan Africa.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/04/world-bank-chief-warns-on-food-threat.html Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:18:05 +0000 Soaring prices have created a ‘toxic brew of real pain contributing to social unrest’, says Robert Zoellick, urging action by the Group of 20 as 44m people are said to have have fallen into extreme poverty.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/02/pop-culture-meets-civic-pride-detroit-needs-a-statue-of-robocop.html Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:08:51 +0000 Based on a single tweet, an unusual crowdsourced Kickstarter project comes together.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2011/01/how-the-facebook-generation-keeps-people-poor.html Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:44:36 +0000 Tackling inequality and poverty is set back when the middle-classes in poor countries aspire to overseas living standards]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/06/ending-world-hunger-one-grilled-cheese-sandwich-at-a-time.html Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:26:22 +0000 Non-profit uses a favorite comfort food to try and effect change in the world.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/11/nuru-combats-violence-by-building-self-sustaining-communities.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:02:33 +0000 Nuru helps train communities to build and maintain local infrastructures.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/viral-web-campaign-to-help-the-homeless.html Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:20:04 +0000 A father and son team looking to gain media attention for their new marketing website have created a viral campaign which attempts to raise donations and awareness for the homeless.  When marketer Kevin Dolan found himself out of a job, Dolan and his son Sean set out to create a marketing company on their own.  Enter pimpthisbum.com, a viral campaign that the Dolans hoped would rapidly attract new clients and media interest.  Since launching their website in February, 2009 Pimp This Bum has received over half a million hits.  The site follows the life of Tim Edwards, a homeless manRead more...]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/ads-targeting-food-waste-in-brazil.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:21:47 +0000 According to the Akatu Institute for Conscious Consumption, one third of all that is consumed in Brazil goes straight to the trash. This means that 39,000 tons of food are thrown away everyday. In the meantime, a reported 14 million Brazilians are starving. In order to combat this waste of food, and various other issues directly related to it, the Akatu Institute has launched a campaign to promote conscious consumption. To encourage real change, the campaign focuses on what affects consumers more directly: their pockets. Using a non-aggressive tone, the campaign not only explains how consumption affects the planet butRead more...]]>