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Amidst ‘Noise and Haste,’ Searching for Healing
Posted on July 17, 2015 Leave a Comment
Amidst ‘Noise and Haste,’ Searching for Healing.
An Open Letter to Memories Pizza
Posted on April 14, 2015 Leave a Comment
Let’s rewrite the ending of the Memories Pizza saga, shall we? I know what you’re thinking: “Will, why are you being nice to folks who openly showed discrimination to people just like you?” Because we should ALL be talking to each other, even those we don’t agree with. My independent nature isn’t just a streak—it makes me […]
Not Just ‘Pizza for Good’—#PizzaforAll
Posted on April 3, 2015 Leave a Comment
There are many things in this life that bring us together. Music is one, pizza another. Baseball sometimes. Oh and also, puppies. Dividing lines in America, though, are still brightly lit and sometimes they surprise even this jaded New Yorker. Take for example the recent dustup over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Depending on whom you […]
Leonard Nimoy, aka Mister Spock (1931 – 2015)
Posted on February 27, 2015 Leave a Comment
As a kid I would pretend I was asleep… but instead I’d turn on my teeny B&W TV to watch episodes of Star Trek—and Spock was a big reason why. “Trek” is one of the last science-fiction series and franchises to actually tell stories, and meaningful ones, that still resonate today. Nimoy was also a celebrated and accomplished […]
2014’s December to Remember
Posted on January 3, 2015 Leave a Comment
When ARTvision Atlanta debuted in December in 2011 as a stand-alone event, it meant that Pizza for Good, art sales and general fund-raising stretched out the entire month. And in 2014, we had many exciting milestones and happy syncronicities of which we’re very proud. 1 Dec. 2014 We started the month as we’ve always done, commemorating World AIDS […]
[VIDEO] Happy Thanksgiving from Will & ‘Pizza for Good’
Posted on November 25, 2014 Leave a Comment
As we enter the 2014 holiday home-stretch, just a quick note to let you know how much I appreciate the followers of the Pizza for Good book blog… past, present and future! Here are a few pieces of video candy for you to enjoy in the days leading up to Thanksgiving: “There’s a joy in reaching […]
5 Super-easy Ways to Grow Food at Home
Posted on July 2, 2014 Leave a Comment
A better and more sustainable food system is attainable! For ideas, check out this piece on Sustainable America‘s website.
Why Compost? Fully 1/3 of Global Food is Wasted
Posted on July 1, 2014 Leave a Comment
The BBC has a great series looking in to the issue of global food waste. From the “Horizons” blurb: From farm to fork, around a third of all the food we produce worldwide is wasted. This accounts for 1.3 billion tonnes each year, according to the UN Environment Programme and FAO. This costs the global […]
WATCH: Two Do-gooder Updates From Ethan Brown & Sara Benincasa
Posted on June 24, 2014 Leave a Comment
Two quick video updates for you! Ethan Brown is our first – he’s the fabulously successful “mathemagician” profiled in the pages of Pizza for Good. Now attending Andover, he’s carving out opportunities to appear at schools, libraries and conferences—and has created a video in support of that effort: “People are finally getting excited about math […]
What’s the Best Road to Healthy & Happy? Be a Volunteer
Posted on June 8, 2014 Leave a Comment
You read it right: volunteering is good for the ticker. And, from personal experience, it’s good for your soul as well. A new study by the UnitedHealth Group, the Optimum Institute, and Mashable found that folks who gave of their time saw positive effects on their health. To wit: • 94% of survey respondents said that volunteering improved their […]
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