ARTICLES

“‘We Matter’ Tippens’ post in InvadeNOLA in memory of BP Disaster and tattooing 2 year anniversary memorial event at Grand Isle”
- InvadeNOLA

“The Lovebirds got a shout-out in Daily Candy’s weekend guide!”
- Daily Candy

“Thank you to Mighty Goods for Featuring the Birdies!” – Mighty Goods

“The L3C: A Low-Profit LLC Can Potentially Bridge The Gap for Social Entrepreneurs,” by Andrew Legrand (Matter is 1 of the first 8 in LA)”
- Silicon Bayou News

“Invader Guide to Shopping Local,” Dec/Jan Issue page 76″
- InvadeNOLA

“Taking a Bird in Hand”
- Blog Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi

“Wish List: Sustainable Gifts” See BirdProject on Slide 6!
- GOOD Magazine

“GOOD Cheer, Our Holiday Wish List: Gifts for Wearing”
- GOOD Magazine

“Twice as Nice: Cool Stuff, Giving Gifts”
- Times Picayune & nola.com

“Renegade Gifts for the Host”
- American Craft Magazine

“Good Giving guide”, page 33 in print & “Gifts for Natural Beauties” online
- Whole Living Magazine

“A decorative soap with a story and a mission”
- Times Picayune Wish Section & nola.com

“Social change, not profit, is goal of growing number of New Orleans businesses”
- Times Picayune

“Bird Project Soaps to help the coast”
- Go NOLA

“Newsletter 42: Introducing 5 New trends, happenings or products, linked to the 5 senses”
- Flux Trends Newsletter, NZ

“BirdProject : Restore the Gulf Habitat Bird by Bird”
- Mixing Reality

“Renegade Craft Fair Report”
- TimeOut Chicago

“Kickstarting Tippy & the Birds: Can a bird-shaped soap help the Gulf Coast’s oil disaster recovery efforts? What the heck is an L3C?”
- For Real Wired by Stephanie Darden of FDG {Creative}

“SENO Fellows Sheaux Fresh & Matter L3C using crowdfunding for their startups.”
- SiliconBayou News

“The ‘House’ Of The Future Is Open And Adjustable”
- PSFK

“10 N.O. startups focused on social issues to get big boost from professionals”
- New Orleans City Business

“BirdProject’s Bird-Shaped Soaps Remind us Gulf spill isn’t over”
- Ecouterre

“Symbolic soaps raise funds for oil-spill cleanup operation”
- Springwise

“5 Smart Buys for your eco-shopping list”
- Casa Sugar

Currents, page 13, April 2011 Issue
- Coastal Living

“Chirp! BirdProject helps fund Gulf Coast Recovery Efforts”
- MTV Act

“Changespotting, Birds for the Bath”
- New Zealand Herald

“Wash your hands, Clean the Gulf”
- TBD

“The future is really, really well designed”
- Kickstarter Blog

“Oil Spill Volunteer Update, Tippy Tippens”
- Audubon Magazine Blog

“A Volunteer Army”
- Audubon Magazine

BirdProject, 5 star review
- about.com

“The BirdProject: Healing ruffled feathers by design”
- The Huffington Post

“BirdProject, a Thank you gift that gives back”
- Vegan Weddings

“BirdProject: Restore the Gulf Bird by Bird”
- Mixing Reality

BirdProject Soap
- Invade Nola

“Low profit a new option for Social Entrepreneurs in LA”
- New Orleans City Business

“Wash, wash, wash your hands to reveal the ceramic bird inside”
- Design Crush

“BirdProject: Biodiesel glycerin soaps for BP Oil Spill Cleanup”
- I am the trend

“BirdProject: Handmade Soaps to benefit the Birds”
- Lost at E Minor

ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS

Our new edition the Lovebirds will be representin’ at Model Citizens Pop-Up Shop: May 19-21 for ICFF! 52 Mercer in Soho, Open daily from 10 am – 7 pm with an opening night reception May 19, 5 – 8pm. <3 <3 <3
- Soho, NYC

Ready to Renegade! Excited to head to Austin, Texas this weekend May 19, 20 at the Palmer Center, can’t wait to see you, we will be at booth 19, right near the entrance!
- Austin, Texas

Night Market on St. Claude this Saturday – May 19! Birdies are honored to be part of this awesome market! ps – Nola’s night market was just written up in details Magazine as 1 of the top 5 in the U.S. – what what!
- New Orleans, Louisiana

A lucky Bird will win a Lovebird as part of this fundraiser at Studio in the Woods, Saturday May 12 – check out Forest-ival!
- New Orleans, Louisiana

Excited to be part of this Earth Day event, The Live Earth Expo by The Building Block! Saturday, April 21 at the Healing Center in the Marigny, come and see us!
- New Orleans, Louisiana

Get inked [temporarily] in honor of the 2nd anniversary of the BP Oil Disaster. Trio of temporary tattoos to choose from and raise your glass in memoriam at Grand Isle Seafood & Raw Bar, 5.30 – 7. Event with unawkward, an exciting new startup part of Launchpad’s Ignition Accelerator.’
- New Orleans, Louisiana

First annual Craft Mafia Art market in the Voodoo Garden at the House of Blues! 11-6 Saturday April 14
- New Orleans, Louisiana

What a pleasure to have been part of the speaker panel for AIGA New Orleans’ ADVANCE event – in amazing company with Robbie Vitrano, Justin Shiels, Ron Domingue, and Denise Gallagher.
- New Orleans, Louisiana

Thrilled to be part of the White House Forum during Entrepreneur Week – excited to hear of Social Entrepreneurship initiatives being promoted at the capitol.
- New Orleans, Louisiana

Honored to have been mentioned in David Kappos’ keynote speech during Entrepreneur Week for our philanthropic efforts building social change!
- New Orleans, Louisiana

Matter is EXCITED and honored to be one of 19 most promising Startups in the BIG IDEA event *March 16, 4pm* for New Orleans Entrepreneur Week. We will be competing for the AMAZING opportunity to win 100K!! Get your ticket & more details here.
- New Orleans, Louisiana

Re-live the inspiring evening at Tulane or see them for the first time, TEDxTU! All of the talks are now online, including Matter’s founder, Tippy Tippens’ talk, ‘Obsessing over the things that Matter
- New Orleans, Louisiana

BirdProject at the NY Gift Fair at the Model Citizens booth! Come & see us, Jan. 29 – Feb. 3 at the Javits Center
- New York, New York

Matter is now a community parter with Tulane’s Center for Public Service & offering internships for 2012! More info + Apply here.
- New Orleans, Louisiana

Birdies in NOLA’s Green Light District! Come out to this Green Holiday event – we will be at Spruce from 5 – 9 pm, Dec. 8!
- New Orleans, Louisiana

BirdProject featured on the Martha Stewart Show as part of Whole Living’s Green Gift Guide Recommendations!
- The Hallmark Channel

Birdies are part of The Art of Giving at the Ogden! Admission to the museum is free, 6 – 8 pm Dec. 2, 2011
- New Orleans, Louisiana

BirdProject on Good Morning New Orleans, Channel 26 WGNO for the Art of Giving at the Ogden!
- New Orleans, Louisiana

Matter Founder, Tippy Tippens, TEDxTU speaker on November 3, 2011
- New Orleans, Louisiana

BirdProject at Voodoo, find us at Gulf Restoration Network’s tent!
- City Park, Nola

SENO in the News! “New Orleans social entrepreneurs make both social and economic impact” nola.com

On the host committee for GRN’s Fall Fundraiser at Susan Spicer’s Mondo!
- New Orleans, Louisiana

“Arts for Art’s Sake” BirdMaking at the Occassional Wife!
- New Orleans, Louisiana

BirdProject at the First Annual Street Fare Derby
- New Orleans, Louisiana

“Best Project via Dirty Laundry at Chicago’s Renegade Craft Fair”
- Chicago, Illinois

“9th Annual Renegade Craft Fair”
- Chicago, Illinois

Matter Founder, Tippy Tippens teaching a Skillshare class on Crowdfunding in NOLA!
- New Orleans, Louisiana

Speaker on Social Innovation Panel at Secondline Conference!
- New Orleans, Louisiana

BirdProject part of Model Citizens NYC 2011! This year’s exhibition at the Chelsea Art Museum for Design Week + ICFF
- New York, New York

Interview with Haworth Business Students for SENO

Matter L3C is a 2011 SENO Fellow in their New Ventures Accelerator Program!!
- New Orleans, Louisiana

BirdProject heads to Austin for its first Renegade!
- Austin, Texas

BirdProject at The Front, Group Show – 3.12.2011
- New Orleans, Louisiana

4 MBA’s from DePaul University help BirdProject while visiting New Orleans
- New Orleans, Louisiana

BirdProject can be found on Gulf Restoration Network’s Fundraiser Page!

BirdProject met it’s Fundraising for Startup on Kickstarter!