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Business
The GOOD 100: Building Trains in Detroit
Back on the Train Gang By Michael Dukakis. Dukakis is a former governor of Massachusetts and served on Amtrak's board of directors. He thinks...
News
The GOOD 100: Cash for Clunkers
In July, America's "Cash for Clunkers" program became a front-page news story. Championed by environmental groups, progressive think tanks,...
Business
The GOOD 100: Big Brands Bet on Electric
Leading the Charge A fleet of electric vehicles may seem like a remote reality right now, but if the corporate world is betting right, it is...
Design
The GOOD 100: Bikes
We Want to Ride Our Bicycles… Bikes have been around for about a century and a half, and they're still awesome....
Business
The GOOD 100: Electric Cars
Tesla As evidenced by the flashy concept renderings all over the internet, every established car company out there, from Ford to Rolls-Royce,...
News
The GOOD 100: Ray Lahood
The Hottest Thing on Wheels (or Rails) As the new transportation secretary, Ray LaHood has been tasked with remaking our transportation...
News
The GOOD 100: Ending the War on Drugs
Finding a Better Way to Fight It's pretty much unanimous, at this point: The war on drugs has sucked us all down with it. Each year it accounts...
Lifestyle
The GOOD 100: Cowpooling
Share Your Meat with All Your Friends Because buying in bulk is always better by Tamar Adler Adler is the director of the Bay Area...
Cities
The GOOD 100: Fewer Streets
Blockade Parade How closing streets can actually reduce traffic As the city of Vancouver prepared to convert a car lane on the busy Burrard...
News
The GOOD 100: The Great Electric Vehicle Race
Portland vs. San Francisco Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco seem locked in an ongoing battle to become the left coast's left-most city. To...
Environment
The GOOD 100: Alex Steffen and Worldchanging
The Bright Green Hope Alex Steffen, the CEO and executive editor of the website Worldchanging, is pushing the boundaries of environmental...
Design
The GOOD 100: PINC Conference
A Conference Within Reach In the words of one attendee, PINC is "like TED, without the politics." The acronym stands for People, Ideas, Nature,...
News
The GOOD 100: Tehran Bureau
A Case Study This past summer, as Iran was gripped by street protests and violent government crackdowns, the reporting in the U.S. media left...
Design
The GOOD 100: Creative Freedom in Corporate Media
The Grey Lady Lets Her Hair Down Old-media companies are no longer the cultural gatekeepers they once were. Shrinking production costs and...
Design
The GOOD 100: Giant Gundam
Gun-damn The city of Tokyo has embraced the spirit of cultural adventurousness. Their contribution: a 60-foot tall Gundam statue, based on the...
Business
The GOOD 100: The Oil Drum
Crude Blogging We're running out of oil, but search for the phrase "peak oil" on the websites of 31 major U.S. newspapers, and you'll get a...
Design
The GOOD 100: Infinite Summer
A Better Book Club Your favorite cat video might have 11 million views on YouTube, but the chances that the person you meet at a party has also...
Design
The GOOD 100: IDEO Social Impact
When a well-intentioned initiative lacks the compelling storytelling needed to get its message out there, its chances of success-or of getting...
