Ashley Linnenbank has designed a refreshing new package design for milk.

Mitigating Climate Change is hot on the business agenda. What about Adapting to it? There’s been plenty coverage on the rise and detail of the American Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES and also called the US climate and energy bill), passed by the United States House of Representatives on June 26 and now facing the Senate with daunting prospects, with the objective of mitigating climate change and reducing our dependency on oil. But thus far very little coverage on the significance of climate impacts and the change and planning required for businesses, administrations and institutions – ‘climate adaptation’.

Two recent cover-stories in the weekly news magazines have counter arguments about innovation in the US. Business Week suggests that innovation is declining while Time says it’s booming…

The Character Project is a collection of portraits hoping to capture the diversity of subjects across the US.  The USA Network (who’s tagline is “Characters Welcome”) and the Aperture Foundation commissioned a group of eleven photographers to create “a celebration of the characters that make our country unique.”  Each photographer was encouraged to bring their unique style to each portrait and infuse their own professional eye with the character of their subjects.  The subjects range from a young football player and a homecoming queen to organic farmers in the Northwest and patrons of a quiet barbershop.  Photographers include legends like [...]