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Slow Down

Slow Down

The Slow Issue: An Introduction More …

Pushing the Limits

Pushing the Limits

Can Oregon's radical antisprawl laws save the farm? More …

If You Build It, They Will Walk

If You Build It, They Will Walk

Re-engineering slowness back into building design. More …

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Project 010: Show Your Sole

project-010-show-your-sole For Project 010 we asked you to submit a Project idea. Our first contribution comes from Laura Johnston. She writes: "Shoes can be a fabulous creative expression of oneself. No two pairs are alike. And that becomes even more true when you look past the obvious, and get to the bottom part—the sole. The sole says a lot...
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Project 010: Nature Make Your Yard

project-010-nature-make-your-yard For Project 010 we asked you to propose a GOOD Project. Georgia Seamans sent in this contribution. She would challenge people to create a landscape design that works with nature, rather than against it. She writes: I propose "Nature Make Your Yard" (or balcony or community garden or sidewalk strip). The project can be a...
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Project 010: No Bleed Aesthetic

project-010-no-bleed-aesthetic For Project 010 we solicited your Project ideas. Professor Malu Roldan wrote us with this one: I'd like to propose a project that invites submissions of page layouts for printed material that avoid bleeds and other elements that require high ink usage. I've been trying to promote sustainable printing in the university where I work and one...
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Project 010: Bunny-Friendly Graphic Design

project-010-bunny-friendly-graphic-design For Project 010: The Project Project, we asked you to create a GOOD Project. A submission from Malu Roldan, called No Bleed Aesthetic, that challenged contributors to create environmentally-friendly graphic design techniques and layouts, garnered its own response. Dylan Royal happened to do (pretty incredible) thesis work on just that subject....
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Project 010: Less Power to the People

project-010-less-power-to-the-people The long-term savings from using an energy-efficient appliance can more than pay for its higher up-front cost. But if you can't afford the initial investment for an Energy Star refrigerator, you may get stuck with one that's dirtier and, in the end, more expensive. It's a problem. Bill Farren sent us this solution for Project...
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Project 010: The Project Project

project_010_the_project_project The goal of the GOOD Project is to involve our readers in the creative process—the idea being that our relationship to you isn’t just a one-way street; we all comprise the membership of this community. For our first nine projects, we’ve pretty much handed you a set of instructions. So this time around, we’d like to put you in...
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Meet More Expats

meet-more-expats It’s easy to feel outnumbered in a country of 1 billion people, especially for non-natives. But more and more foreigners are finding ways to make China feel like home. We profiled seven of them in Issue 010. Here are five more. David Ben Kay age 53 Where did you move from? I moved to Beijing from Hong...
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Measuring the Senate

measuring_the_senate GOOD and Catalogtree look at the statistics behind the Senate's activity (or inactivity) over the last 20 years. View Measuring the Senate Transparency
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The Cost of Nation Re(Building)

the_cost_of_nation_rebuilding GOOD and Catalogtree look at the value of U.S. government contracts awarded in Iraq and Afghanistan. View The Cost of Nation (Re)Building Transparency
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GOOD Q&A: Kelly Cox

good_qa_kelly_cox Kelly Cox is an integrated marketing specialist for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Here, she offers her thoughts on the NRDC, the necessity of sound policy, and what inspires her to go to work each day.What does a $20 donation do for the NRDC?With a $20 GOOD subscription, you’re adding your voice, in a sense, to our 1.2 million...
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