By James Lane The 7th annual New York Comic Con officially opened yesterday at the Javits Center in Manhattan. This sold out annual event, which runs through Sunday, will feature some of the biggest talents in movies, TV, music, comic books and is even offering livestreaming for the countless fans that were not able...
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By Sonya Landau What do kombucha, chocolate and gin have in common?  They’re all being produced by local companies based in Brooklyn.  Little Duck Organics has put together Brooklyn Batched for local food and drink start-ups and small businesses to meet, mingle, network and munch.  The first of the planned monthly events was on...
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By James Lane On April 25, 2012 the total amount of student loan debt in the U.S. was expected to top 1 trillion dollars. Throughout the country the Occupy Student Debt Campaign conducted various direct actions to raise awareness about this crisis as part of a new movement to make education a right. In...
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By James Lane Last night police fired tear gas into a crowd of several hundred protesters backing the Occupy movement who unsuccessfully tried to retake an encampment outside Oakland City Hall that officers had cleared away more than 12 hours earlier. Police gave repeated warnings to protesters to disperse from the entrance to Frank...
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By James Lane Barnes & Noble, Preserve, MillionTreesNYC, thredUP, UncommonGoods and others join the Recyclebank Ecosystem to help empower millions to live more sustainable lifestyles Recyclebank, the company that rewards people for taking everyday green actions with discounts and deals from local and national businesses, today announced the launch of the Recyclebank Ecosystem, a...
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By James Lane Filmmaker Craig Rosebraugh Pursues Trail of Environmental Destruction, Illness and Death Perfectly Timed to Reflect the Voices of the Global Occupy Wall Street Movement What happens when an industry has too much power? “Greedy Lying Bastards” presents a searing indictment of the influence, deceit and corruption that defines the fossil fuel...
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By James Lane BlackBerry users across the world are losing confidence with their devices as an outage of email, messaging and Internet services on the phones spread to the U.S. and Canada and stretched into the third day for Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa. It was the biggest outage in years for BlackBerry...
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By James Lane Former Vice President shared perspectives on network effect in motivating behavior change on a mass scale Recyclebank, the company that rewards people for taking everyday green actions with discounts and deals from local and national businesses, today revealed remarks that Al Gore made on the global climate crisis at a private...
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By James Lane HP (NYSE: HPQ) yesterday announced that its board of directors has appointed Meg Whitman as president and chief executive officer. In addition, Ray Lane has moved from non-executive chairman to executive chairman of the board of directors, and the board intends to appoint a lead independent director promptly. These leadership appointments...
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By James Lane Greens urge public works programs to provide millions of jobs and help convert America to a secure green economy Responding to President Obama’s speech last Thursday night, the Green Party today called for a ‘Green New Deal’ to put Americans back to work while helping the US transition to a carbon-free...
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