Life follows Light
Bungoma, Kenya — The availability and quantity of light can have a major impact on family dynamics. Can the scarcity of light give more quality of life?
Bungoma, Kenya — The availability and quantity of light can have a major impact on family dynamics. Can the scarcity of light give more quality of life?
Cape Town, South Africa — For most teabags, skinny-dipping is the pinnacle of their existence. But for some, there is a life after tea time. Particularly those that make it to Original T Bag Designs, where they find a new existence in the hands of Hout Bay artisans. Bringing art and prosperity to previously disadvantaged residents of South Africa’s Hout Bay, each bag is uniquely hand-crafted into a new creation – stationary, cushion covers, table decor. Read on…
Within the Tianzifang arts district of Shanghai is a little shop called SHOKAY. SHOKAY is a luxury boutique and social enterprise specializing in yak cashmere fashion to bring economic growth to traditional herding communities in Tibet and Western China through design, supply chain and education…
A few years ago, I met Bonita Lim, head of Brown Rice Designs and the inspiration behind the NuoMi Shanghai label, through a friend’s introduction. Founded in 2006, NuoMi set out to help others through sustainable, eco-friendly, stylish fashion. At the time I was with TOMS Shoes, and eagerly exploring China’s teen fashion market.
Some amazing expeditions begin with a dream and inspiration. My journey began in jest. Three years into my job, I had managed to build a very successful business from scratch within a major mobile tech company and was knee-deep in starting up my second. It had been a transformational ride from boot-strap social entrepreneur to corporate manager jet-setting Asia and Europe in the name of product and profit.