Archive for the 'Socially Conscious News' Category


Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

John Mackey on Conscious Capitalism
As we were browsing you tube for socially conscious resources we came across an inspiring interview with John Mackey, Whole Foods CEO, talking about the role of business in society and its responsibility to the community where they live and work. He believes, as we do, that governments world-wide do [...]


Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Project H Starts Studio H
Project H Starts Studio H Project H Design is a nonprofit team of designers and builders working locally to improve the quality of life for the socially overlooked. Their long-term initiatives focus on using design to improve public education experiences, spaces, and curricula in the US.
In doing so Project H is [...]


Monday, January 11th, 2010

Fabio Sergio: Design Thinking and The Future
Fabio Sergio, creative director at frog design beautifully communicates how design thinking is at the heart of the design profession. During his presentation at LIFT09 in Geneva. Sergio describes that it is this kind of thinking that shapes cultures and goes beyond usage or consumption.

Fabio Sergio “Design Thinking and [...]


Saturday, December 26th, 2009

Green Marketing Tips: Developing A Design and Marketing Team
Many people have asked us to advise their company or organization regarding things to do and not to do with their Green Marketing efforts. We have decided to offer some direction to our blog viewers on the key elements on how to get started with their [...]


Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Poverty and War
On this Veterans Day Thinkhaus is asking what is the best way to prevent our men and women in the armed forces from going into harms way? They go into situations that are sometimes unmanageable and always difficult.

NURU founder and CEO Jake Harriman attended the U.S. Naval Academy and served over 7 years [...]


Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

O’Neill’s Article Gets Published in rvanews.com

John O’Neill, President and Design Director of Thinkhaus, recently had an article published in rvanews.com. O’Neill wrote a spotlight feature regarding the Urban Farmhouse, a start-up cafe in Richmond, Virginia with a socially conscious mission.
Read more here


Friday, November 6th, 2009

An interesting approach to talking about racism


Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

10 Tactics for Turning Information Into Action
On Saturday, the 25th of October Thinkhaus saw a great post from a follow socially conscious design blog, osocio.org, spotlighting an information Activism Camp by Tactical Technology Collective. The web site for the camp can be viewed at infoactivismcamp.tacticaltech.org.
Tactical Technology Collective explains, “Information Activism is an approach which helps [...]


Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

O’Neill Selected To Top 40 Under 40
John O’Neill, President and Design Director of Thinkhaus, was selected to the 2009 Style Weekly’s Top 40 Under 40 class as one of the areas young professionals that are making a difference in Richmond, Virginia.

Click here for details


Monday, September 28th, 2009

Obama Poster Causes Controversy in Richmond
NAACP Comments Monday and plans protest.