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...biscuits," says Golding. "There was a failure to appreciate that we were at the élite end of the hard-core surf market." The brand hadn't moved with the times, persisting with oversized clothes and huge graphics long after a sharper look became de rigueur. Its youth appeal dipped when kids spotted Mambo tees and shorts on the middle-aged, then plunged in 2006 when Gazal shifted Mambo stock from surf shops to department stores. From those '90s peaks of $40 million, in 2007 Mambo turned over $10 million...
Members of Harvard’s Environmental Action Committee collected pledges from young voters who promised to prioritize climate change issues in the upcoming presidential election, as part of the national Power Vote campaign that seeks to mobilize one million youth voters to support green goals...
...first step and tried.” At the Queen’s Head Pub, students and community members distributed information about tangible contributions that students could make to poverty relief, including selling locally made beads and going on service trips to Africa. The rally was sponsored by the Youth Alliance For Leadership and Development in Africa at Harvard and the Millennium Campus Network—an organization composed of students at Harvard, the Berklee College of Music, Brandeis, Boston University, MIT, and Tufts. Since MCN was founded last fall, the organization has hosted a conference attended by over...
...partisan effort that promises to tangible results in the fight to protect our planet. Power Vote’s goal to elevate environmental issues in the upcoming election, to be achieved by mobilizing young voters, is naturally a positive one. And the methods to be used are even better. Youth volunteers both on and off college campuses across the country are reaching out to their peers, outlining Power Vote’s platform and asking those who agree with it to vote for green candidates and sign a pledge to environmental goals. A million of these pledges will be delivered...
...They are also clearly amused by the unintended results of design practices and, as Nichols says, how “little kids figure out an alternative use for all these things built for adults.” They see the interaction between a city and its youth as a vital part of skateboarding.“[Skateboarding] is so accessible; it’s interesting, it’s fun, you’re travelling. You get out of your neighbourhood as a skater. You have a reason to go 5 miles away,” Nichols says.This interaction between...