The Water Issue - GOOD Magazine

Ocean Motion

Not all hydroelectric power has to come from dams. Today, about 20 percent of the world’s power is hydroelectric. Nearly all of that...

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Wave Goodbye

Matt McClain, a veteran surfer and environmentalist, looks back at his first love. I was initially drawn to the ocean by the lure of waves. My...

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Hope Floats

The legendary scientist Sylvia Earle explains why we need to take care of the ocean that takes care of us. Perplexed, I drove back and forth...

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Freight Escapes

Hopping a freighter to travel the world isn’t just the stuff of fiction. Freighter World Cruises offers sea travel, the old-fashioned way. You...

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Ship in a Bottle

Don’t treat it like trash, and plastic becomes a lot more interesting. In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl and a crew of five men crossed the Pacific...

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Eureka!

Don’t call him a treasure hunter.Greg Stemm heads Odyssey Marine Exploration, one of the most successful shipwreck-exploration companies in the...

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Depth Charge

Don Walsh has been deeper in the ocean than any other living person. He explains how shallow our oceanic knowledge really is.In the late 1950s,...

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The Evolution of the Squirt Gun

A visual history of the water gun, by Jason Polan. Click here for the full size image. For more content from GOOD's Water issue, click the...

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Lost City

Atlantis never sank—it just became Cuba. The fabled city of Atlantis was first mentioned by Plato in two of his dialogues, the Timaeus and the...

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Nothing Dune

In the book, futuristic suits let people live in the desert—but would they really work? As you might guess, Frank Herbert’s seminal...

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Red Tide

What we can learn from water on Mars The question of whether there is water on the red planet has kept scientists curious for decades. James W....

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Take Us To Your Water

If we ever find aliens, they’ll be thirsty. We all know that people need water to live, but the universe is a big place, which raises...

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Big Fish Eat The Little Fish

A guide to the best and worst choices for fish consumption.Any sardine will tell you that all fish were not created equal. Of course, they’re...

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To-go Bag

One water transportation technology that doesn't float (yet) From the Roman aqueducts to modern-day pipelines, bulk water transportation hasn’t...

by Andrew Price

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This Is A Turn Off

The GOOD Guide to Reducing Your Water Use. We use more water than we need. Here’s how to reduce your water footprint to fewer than 75 gallons...

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Good Guide to Reducing Your Water Use, Part 3: Kitchen

3A: Do’s and Don’ts for Kitchen-Water Conservation Some basic guidelines to live and wash by. Compared to bathrooms and your garden,...

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Good Guide to Reducing Your Water Use, Part 2: Outdoors

2A: Lose the Lawn, Water Hogs Potential water savings: up to 150 gallons per day, per household. There are much better ways to decorate or...

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Water Flowing Underground

Robert Bisson spent three decades scouring the globe for oil, gas, minerals, and water. Of those four resources, it’s water that he sees as...

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Magazine Departments

Growing numbers of farmers, chefs, and consumers have been waging a gastronomic revolt. What we eat says everything about us, so don't think of your food as a commodity, think of it as a statement. Let's eat.

Change is Good ()

GOOD Magazine is about moving things forward, and we're here to celebrate progress wherever we see it come to life. This is the emerging sensibility in our world and that gets us fired up.

Design Solutions ()

In this issue you'll discover that design is a tool with vast utility. There are problems everywhere. It's time to design solutions.

Features ()

A diverse group of sharp and fun pieces that delve into culturally relevant issues and stories of the moment through investigative, photo, and new journalism.

For the People ()

This issue is about how our government works, how it works for us, and the people who work for it. Our government is for the people, but it is also by the people, and we salute the men and women who spend their days in service of our country.

GOOD Business ()

At a time when Wall Street is buckling, the environment is eroding, and America is preparing for a historic election, we will ask: What is the nature of business? What is the role of commerce? What models can combine authenticity and effectiveness?

Guide to Buckminster Fuller ()

Floating cities, flying cars, and Spaceship Earth—Buckminster Fuller figured out how to save the planet 50 years ago. Stephanie Smith tells us why his legacy is more relevant than ever.

Guide to Shadowy Organizations ()

Freemasons, Bilderberg, Skull and Bones—what do they actually do? Matt Schwartz peels back the curtains of the world's top secret societies.

High Tech / Low Tech ()

Sometimes, the best technology has to offer is a speedy processor. Other times, ones and zeroes are less effective than a hammer. Everything we need lies in the vast spectrum between high tech and low tech.

I (Heart) America ()

"I Heart America." Depending upon your perspective (or perhaps your zip code), that's either an ironic statement, full of doubt and self-loathing, or it's an earnestly patriotic one, imbued with the certainty of American infallibility. Neither perspective satisfies us.

Look ()

A bold visual tour of creative ideas around the world.

Marketplace ()

Information on our consumer culture.

Picture Show ()

In which we bring you compelling pictures of interesting things.

Plan B ()

Plan A is overrated. This issue is about the merits, excitement, quirkiness, and danger of pursuits that go in the opposite direction of what is expected.

Portraits ()

A collection of people doing things that matter.

Projects ()

An experiment in large-scale, open source creativity.

Provocations ()

Essays to stimulate thought and action.

Q & A ()

Smile ()

State of the Planet ()

A special report on what's happening on Earth in 2009 and beyond.

Statement ()

A visual interpretation of the issue theme. Each issue, GOOD asks an artist or group to set the tone for the magazine with a visual interpretation of the issue theme.

Stimuli ()

A collection of essays on the newest trends in culture.

The China Issue ()

If the United States is the last superpower of the imperialist era, then China is rapidly becoming the first of the information age. Our countries are inexorably linked, so let's learn about our Eastern neighbor.

The Education Issue ()

In our fear about what will happen if every child doesn’t know the quadratic formula by heart, we’ve created a far more damning problem: We’ve taken all the fun out of learning.

The GOOD 100 ()

A collection of the most important, exciting, and innovative people, ideas, and projects making our world better.

The GOOD Guide to COP15 ()

What is the COP15, who's invited, and can it really stave off climate change? GOOD explores the most important meeting in history.

The GOOD Guide to Culture Jamming ()

Sometimes confronting problems straight on can simply be too daunting. Why not find another way? That's the basic premise behind culture jamming; finding a simpler, more insidious method of changing the world.

The GOOD Guide to North Korea ()

Take a tour of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with Paul French, one of the few outsiders to visit the reclusive country.

The GOOD Guide to Prefab ()

For nearly a century, architectural visionaries have been predicting that some day, people everywhere would live happily in prefabricated homes. It hasn’t happened yet, but they’re on to something.

The GOOD Guide to The Midterm Elections ()

We know midterm are elections are boring, or at least sound boring. OK, they're boring. But this year there's a chance something big and exciting may happen.

The Media Issue ()

We love the possibility and the potential of media — that it can communicate to the world, break down barriers, open doors, and maybe even change things for the better.

The Recession Issue ()

Recessions might feel all doomy and gloomy, but they're also times of great innovation. Here's a few tips to help you make it through.

The Slow Issue ()

Perspectives on a smarter, better, and slower future.

The Transportation Issue ()

Reinventing Our Wheels: Visionary ideas for the coming transportation revolution.

The Travel Issue ()

Vacations are nice, but they’re not the same thing as traveling: wandering through marketplaces, sampling food of indeterminate origin, and, most important, meeting new people.

The Water Issue ()

We Suck at This: How to make the most of the water we have (it’s all we get).

Transparency ()

A graphical exploration of the data that surrounds us.

Why Vote? ()

Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." We say, "How about you just vote?" Here are 1,565 reasons to get to the polls.

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State of the Planet ()

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The GOOD Guide to COP15 ()

The GOOD Guide to Culture Jamming ()

The GOOD Guide to North Korea ()

The GOOD Guide to Prefab ()

The GOOD Guide to The Midterm Elections ()

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