Inspiring

April 12, 2019

Bullied 13-Year-Old Called “Trash Girl” Receives Inspiring Award from UK Prime Minister

  View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Keep Britain Tidy (@keepbritaintidy) on Mar 6, 2018 at 11:52pm PST Last year, we learned about Nadia Sparkes, a preteen with a penchant for picking up litter. Because of her habit of collecting garbage on her way to school, kids in her hometown of Hellesdon, England, gave her an unfortunate nickname: “Trash Girl.

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April 5, 2019

Interview: People Wear Inner Thoughts on Their Skin for Mental Health Awareness

In a powerful new portrait series, photographer Charlie Clift aims to spark a conversation about mental health. Let’s Talk asks ordinary people who have suffered from mental health issues to open themselves up and share what goes on inside their minds. Their words are then transformed into artistic hand lettering across their skin by artist Kate Forrester, allowing their inner thoughts to come out in Clift’s moving portraits.

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March 23, 2019

Creative Billboards Cleverly Encourage People to Use Less Water

How do you encourage people to use less water? This was a quandary that Denver Water hired the creative agency Sukle to help solve. For over a decade, they came up with clever advertising campaigns that inspired the citizens of Mile High City to be mindful of the amount of water they use. At the start of their campaign, they had a ten-year goal of reducing water consumption by 22%.

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Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.