Category: interdisciplinaryinnovation
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The Simple Questions To Leverage The Power Of Art In Disaster Recovery
“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.”-Pablo Picasso Even before disaster recovery, philosophers have contemplated beauty- in both nature and art- evaluating the purpose behind it. However, in the…
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5 Simple Lessons from Statistics to Drive Informed Decision-Making
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” Theodore Roosevelt Intro Decision-making based on data is one of the most universally demanded skills of our time. Every day, we face the…
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5 Secrets from Ecology So You Can Meaningfully Contribute to Conservation Efforts
“Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It’s about doing more good.” — Jochen Zeitz In a world faced with saddening rates of deforestation, coral reef acidification, and more, it is easy to lose hope that any single individual could meaningfully contribute to conservation efforts. This, however, is one of the tragic misconceptions of…
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5 Lessons from Journalism on How to Uncover Social Inequities
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” – Angela Davis One of the greatest tragedies of modern journalism is the fact that the most pressing social inequities do not get the most attention. It’s true that what counts as the “most pressing” social inequities…
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9 Lessons from Economics on Driving Social Innovation
By Sofia Perez “The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.” – John Maynard Keynes Intro There is an unspoken paradox in the world of social innovation: a simultaneous awareness that “money makes the world go round”, but that it is also…
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Unlock Eco-Friendly Innovations: 4 Powerful Lessons from Engine History
By Sofia Perez “It had never gotten old for him, flying. Never gone boring. Every engine start was a new adventure, guiding the spirit of a lovely machine back into life; every takeoff blending his spirit with its own to do what’s never been done in history, to lift away from the ground and fly.”…
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Waste Solutions Are Born From Revolutionary Art & Engineering
Understanding how art could provide solutions to waste started with Toni Hamel. First, a painting of a woman hosing a giant pine-scented car freshener in the place of a real pine tree. Then, a family of three watching intently as the wet paint on their wall dries. Finally, a woman hanging geese in the sky…
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3 Tips To Boost Creative Problem-Solving With Free Education
By Sofia Perez One of the most crucial aspects of problem-solving is a concept in Zen Buddhism called the “beginner’s mindset”, which refers to the attitude of viewing life with an open mind, entering every situation without expectations or preconceived notions. As is outlined in this Forbes article from June 2023, this concept is not…
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3 Powerful Philosophy Secrets To Unlock Innovative Problem-Solving Now
By Sofia Perez Philosophy gets a bad rap for its pretentious, abstract, and often-hypocritical way of viewing the world. It’s the unmarried man prescribing celibacy, the wealthy European aristocrat championing communism. In a world of economic hardship and social injustice, those who have the privilege to contemplate abstract theories from centuries past are in the…
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Urban Planning + Gender Studies: Pioneering Equality in the City
“The city is an organized memory, and in history women are the forgotten.” – Hannah Arendt Overview Introduction Imagine a city where the walks home at night feel unsafe and the bathrooms are crowded or inaccessible. Chances are, you don’t have to leave this to your imagination. As it turns out, men and women experience…