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Environment
The GOOD Guide to COP15: Now What?
Even if you flew to Copenhagen, they probably wouldn't let you in to the conference. But don't despair: You don't have to be a delegate to...
Environment
The GOOD Guide to COP15: The Fire this Time: Copenhagen and the War for the Future
That which is unsustainable cannot go on. Unsustainable things that are propped up too long snap and collapse suddenly. Our way of life is...
Environment
The GOOD Guide to COP15: Dispatches from the Future, Today
The conference is still a few months away, but we asked several activists to predict what they will be talking about after the conference...
Environment
COP15: The Issues
What's on the table at Copenhagen? End Goal The long-term goals of preserving a habitable planet will effectively be boiled down to a...
Environment
The GOOD Guide to COP15: The Treaty
The Copenhagen Climate Treaty is a proposal for what an ideal vision of a COP15 agreement might look like. The treaty was drafted by...
Environment
The GOOD Guide to COP15: The Players
When the United Nations holds its international get-togethers, countries are traditionally sorted into five regional groups: African states,...
Environment
The GOOD Guide to COP15: A Primer
Copenhagen, ho! There's a famous Danish proverb that roughly translates to, "He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning." So, lest you...
News
The GOOD Guide to COP15: An Introduction
The Most Important Meeting in History In 1997, delegates from all over the world met in Japan to create a worldwide framework for reducing...
Issue 017
AYM ’09: Moldova's “Twitter Revolution”
Interviews from the Alliance of Youth Movements summit: Natalia Morari. On the 6th of April of this year, 15,000 Moldovans rallied in the...
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...
