http://www.apesphere.com Primates for progress Fri, 14 May 2010 04:52:41 GMT en /images/apesphere_logo_rss.gif http://www.apesphere.com Fri, 14 May 2010 04:52:41 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2207/2010/05/14/New_Face_of_U-S-_Foreclosures_ndash_The_Unemployed People http://www.apesphere.com/story/2207/2010/05/14/New_Face_of_U-S-_Foreclosures_ndash_The_Unemployed Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:42:21 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2201/2010/03/16/Time_to_get_personal_about_the_financial_crisis People http://www.apesphere.com/story/2201/2010/03/16/Time_to_get_personal_about_the_financial_crisis A little update on what I have been up to and what happens now... ]]> Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:56:36 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2157/2010/01/11/Activist_aims_to_fly_around_the_world_on_solar_power People http://www.apesphere.com/story/2157/2010/01/11/Activist_aims_to_fly_around_the_world_on_solar_power Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:13:41 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2061/2009/12/06/Destroyed_US_town_a_model_of_eco-living_as_it_rebuilds People http://www.apesphere.com/story/2061/2009/12/06/Destroyed_US_town_a_model_of_eco-living_as_it_rebuilds Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:30:41 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/2037/2009/10/15/Jim_Rogers_Why_a_coal_guy_is_turning_green People http://www.apesphere.com/story/2037/2009/10/15/Jim_Rogers_Why_a_coal_guy_is_turning_green Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:37:26 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1763/2009/09/15/INDIA_Activist_stirs_up_tribe_to_oppose_to_steel_plant People http://www.apesphere.com/story/1763/2009/09/15/INDIA_Activist_stirs_up_tribe_to_oppose_to_steel_plant Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:12:29 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1748/2009/09/14/The_bravest_man_Irsquove_ever_met_-_again People http://www.apesphere.com/story/1748/2009/09/14/The_bravest_man_Irsquove_ever_met_-_again Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:56:03 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1666/2009/09/10/A_few_good_people_in_a_year_gone_bad People http://www.apesphere.com/story/1666/2009/09/10/A_few_good_people_in_a_year_gone_bad Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:32:03 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1583/2009/09/04/Pfizer_Whistleblower_Tells_His_Bextra_Story People http://www.apesphere.com/story/1583/2009/09/04/Pfizer_Whistleblower_Tells_His_Bextra_Story Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:14:22 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1547/2009/09/03/Pfizer_whistle-blowers_drug_fear People http://www.apesphere.com/story/1547/2009/09/03/Pfizer_whistle-blowers_drug_fear Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:49:39 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1417/2009/08/27/Profile_Mehmood_Khan_ex-Unilever_innovation_head People http://www.apesphere.com/story/1417/2009/08/27/Profile_Mehmood_Khan_ex-Unilever_innovation_head Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:50:29 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1251/2009/06/03/Profile_Kalpona_Akter_Bangladeshi_labor_activist People http://www.apesphere.com/story/1251/2009/06/03/Profile_Kalpona_Akter_Bangladeshi_labor_activist A great profile from the Womens Feature Service about Kalpona Akter, the head of the Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity (BCWS). ]]> Wed, 06 May 2009 11:04:17 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/1114/2009/05/06/A_great_story_of_finding_the_job_for_the_whole_you People http://www.apesphere.com/story/1114/2009/05/06/A_great_story_of_finding_the_job_for_the_whole_you Its an unusual story to find in the WSJ, but a good one. The well-paid Goldman Sachs trader who found his way back to Vermont and a CSR role. ]]> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:48:44 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/986/2009/04/12/Conscientious_mailman_saves_a_life People http://www.apesphere.com/story/986/2009/04/12/Conscientious_mailman_saves_a_life Courtney Spaude, a letter carrier in Madison Wisconsin, saved the life of an elderly woman on his route last week ]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:10:58 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/820/2009/03/21/The_Pope_condemns_actions_of_corporations_in_Africa People http://www.apesphere.com/story/820/2009/03/21/The_Pope_condemns_actions_of_corporations_in_Africa In a draft document circulated to African bishops, Pope Benedict XVI denounces multinationals for invading Africa and "defiling God's creation". ]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:24:26 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/691/2009/03/16/MUST_WATCH_Jon_Stewart_takes_on_corrupt_financial_news People http://www.apesphere.com/story/691/2009/03/16/MUST_WATCH_Jon_Stewart_takes_on_corrupt_financial_news For our readers everywhere who haven't been inundated with this story: I must insist you watch Jon Stewart's Daily Show evisceration, er, interview ]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:36:23 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/655/2009/03/11/Politicianrock_star_Peter_Garrett_returns_to_stage People http://www.apesphere.com/story/655/2009/03/11/Politicianrock_star_Peter_Garrett_returns_to_stage Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:09:58 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/638/2009/03/10/Mandelsons_green-custard-throwing_nemesis People http://www.apesphere.com/story/638/2009/03/10/Mandelsons_green-custard-throwing_nemesis Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:37:25 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/435/2009/02/17/Author_of_Chinas_Silent_Spring_shakes_up_polluters People http://www.apesphere.com/story/435/2009/02/17/Author_of_Chinas_Silent_Spring_shakes_up_polluters Meet Ma Jun, one of China's foremost environmental crusaders. ]]> Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:47:31 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/382/2009/02/11/Whos_paying_the_tab_Even_in_Hollywood_a_question- People http://www.apesphere.com/story/382/2009/02/11/Whos_paying_the_tab_Even_in_Hollywood_a_question- Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:22:47 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/379/2009/02/11/Meet_Dr-_Silver_Designer_of_Specs_for_the_Rest People http://www.apesphere.com/story/379/2009/02/11/Meet_Dr-_Silver_Designer_of_Specs_for_the_Rest One of the myriad stumbling blocks people in developing countries face in their quest for self-sufficiency is a simple lack of eyeglasses. ]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:11:05 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/269/2009/02/02/LTEC_Four_old_words_take_on_new_significance People http://www.apesphere.com/story/269/2009/02/02/LTEC_Four_old_words_take_on_new_significance "Let them eat cake", though not in fact the cynical uttering of a French royal, has become shorthand for a privileged indifference to suffering. ]]> Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:35:49 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/180/2009/01/24/Hall_of_Shame_John_Thain People http://www.apesphere.com/story/180/2009/01/24/Hall_of_Shame_John_Thain Congratulations to John Thain, former Merrill Lynch CEO and APEsphere's first Hall of Shame honoree. ]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:21:52 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/157/2009/01/22/Meet_Emily_Cummins_22-year-old_inventor People http://www.apesphere.com/story/157/2009/01/22/Meet_Emily_Cummins_22-year-old_inventor Emily Cummins might be called an inventor for "the rest." ]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:37:10 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/72/2009/01/19/No_Impact_Man_at_Sundance People http://www.apesphere.com/story/72/2009/01/19/No_Impact_Man_at_Sundance "No Impact Man" premieres at Sundance. ]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:38:20 GMT http://www.apesphere.com/story/64/2009/01/19/Twinterview_with_Hudson_River_plane_crash_photographer People http://www.apesphere.com/story/64/2009/01/19/Twinterview_with_Hudson_River_plane_crash_photographer The man who made twitter relevant? Pose interview questions to Hudson River plane crash citizen journalist Janis Krums. Full interview will follow mi ]]>