Emily Davidow

Waltz of the Polypeptides – Mara G. Haseltine The inspiration for “Waltz of the Polypeptides” comes from one of the smallest muses on the planet, a subject so tiny it can only be seen with an electron microscope. It is a subcellular organelle called a ribosome. Within each cell, ribosomes produce the (tags: art polypeptides [...]

DOPPLR Yay, I’ve wanted this for a long time. Dopplr lets you share your travel plans with trusted individuals and reminds you of friends who are coming your way, live in the cities you’re visiting or traveling to the same places as you. Very elegantly implemen (tags: mobile travel web2.0 social community) Winged Sandals: Storytime [...]

Project Prom – rally for your right to health – Teens for Safe Cosmetics Great project! Teens for Safe Cosmetics stage rally on Union Square SF to make statement about our right to health and seek a ban on toxic chemicals, learn about and sample greener alternatives. (tags: women health teens cosmetics toxic chemicals personalcare)

How To Green Your Electronics (TreeHugger) How to select tech, use it wisely and what to do with it when its useful life is over. (tags: green environment energy electronics Howto efficiency power) URTH.TV currently hosting be-in 15 on biomimicry, selfdescribed as “he social network for people who value consciousness, vibrant living and a sustainable [...]

George of DiPaola Turkey Farms explains the benefits of local, free-range, humanely raised, antibiotic free turkeys to Cosmo at the Abingdon Square Greenmarket in New York City. Photo by Emily Davidow.[all the juicy stuff will soon be pasted in here.

Give a little bit… When you feel a warm glow from giving, that’s because your brain is warm and glowing.Xigi.net uncovers research and FMRI’s that show how giving activates the same brain centers as sex, drugs, food and greed. (tags: brain consciousness giving altruism philanthropy drugs greed sex pleasure food fMRI imaging warm glowing) MOO [...]

Emily Chang on Women 2.0 Entrepreneurship Impressed by Girls’ Middle School Entrepreneural course helping 7th grade girls conceive of ideas, write a biz plan and pitch to vcs business that are both profitable and philanthropic. (tags: women web2.0 entrepreneurship business startup innovation philanthropy) Women don’t click with Internet videos – Yahoo! News Interesting stats — [...]

Two of my favorite conferences just upped the ante in online offerings. PopTech!

Julianne Swartz Intriguing installation artist. love “how deep is your…” (tags: art artist installation audio video mixedmedia humor whimsy thoughtprovoking) Xipto – Pass it On. Clever social mobile advertising idea: You select messages delivered to callers when your phone rings and collect $ or donate to favorite cause. (tags: advertising marketing social viral mobile endorsement)

Great Turtle Race Cheer on eleven leatherback turtles as they sprint from playa grande, costa rica to their feeding grounds near the galapagos islands. (tags: leatherback turtles seaturtles conservation costarica galapagosislands)

rufus wainwright at satalla Originally uploaded by this is emily. Easter Sunday’s NYT explores the Unsettling History of That Joyous Hallelujah, revealing that Handel’s Messiah tune actually celebrates the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple as divine retribution against the Jews rather than the birth or resurrection of Jesus. I’m just relieved it’s not [...]

Core77 – 1000 Words: A Manifesto for Sustainability in Design (tags: design sustainability green writing manifesto) “Incantations for Muggles: The Role of Ubiquitous Web 2.0 Technologies in Everyday Life” (tags: social theory community socialsoftware web2.0 magic relationships technology communication) MoMA Goes Green MoMA using packaging made from intriguing terraskin by chameleon packaging – mineral based [...]

Debbie Millman interviews Maira Kalman for Design Matters.