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Issue 017
The GOOD 100: Umair Haque
Dear Old People Who Run the World, My generation would like to break up with you. Every day, I see a widening gap in how you and we...
Business
Picture Show: Recycled Gasoline Stations
The photographs on the pages of Ed Ruscha's book Twentysix Gasoline Stations depict filling stations across the United States of America in...
Business
The GOOD 100: Cola Life
There aren't too many places in the world where you can't buy a Coke, and that includes some of the remotest parts of developing countries....
Business
The GOOD 100: Wal-Mart's Sustainability Push
The Big Blue-green Monster: Wal-Mart is pushing us toward sustainability more than you could ever imagine. In 2005, Wal-Mart was a piñata that...
News
The GOOD 100: Data.gov
Digital Democracy Numerous times since January, the Obama administration has found that making promises about governmental transparency is a...
Issue 017
The GOOD 100: KIPP Schools
A Case Study Fewer than one in five students in the nation's low-income areas will attend college. But at KIPP charter schools, the inverse is...
News
The GOOD 100: Gay Marriage
Going to the Chapel, Eventually This was a banner year for advocates of same-sex marriage. Although the state supreme court upheld last year's...
Cities
The GOOD 100: The People of Portland
Trailblazers We declare that the residents of the City of Roses are doing more than their fair share of innovation, because: 1) They live in...
Environment
The GOOD 100: One Block Off the Grid
All for Solar If you work with your neighbors, you can get solar panels at a bulk discount. Americans want solar panels-80 percent of us do,...
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...
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...
Environment
The GOOD 100: Cool Roofs
Paint your roof white. By Hashem Akbari As the threat of climate change becomes more pronounced, a number of scientists have proposed...
Business
The GOOD 100: Jill Kickul
MBA OK Business school isn't just for Wall Street hopefuls anymore. That is, if Jill Kickul has anything to say about...
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...
Cities
The GOOD 100: CreateHere
A Case Study You can't just will urban revitalization into happening, but if you can harness the potential of your city's creative individuals,...
Environment
The GOOD 100: Solar Electric Light Fund
Here's a conundrum: If solar power is still prohibitively expensive even in the richest nations on the planet, how will it ever spread to the...
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...
Issue 017
The GOOD 100: Harlem Children’s Zone
The Kids Are Alright: How the Harlem Children's Zone is closing the gap The Harlem Children's Zone is a collection of social and educational...
