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• GOOD Blog

  

  Boxing Day Roundup

  I always had a wall calendar hanging in my room as a little kid. (Spoiled, I know.) So each year, on the day after Christmas, I'd catch a glimpse...

  by Patrick James +

• Environment

  

  Bottled Water Companies' "Tap Water Isn't Safe" Campaign

  Looks like the bottled-water-as-accessory-of-the-evil thing has truly taken off (that, or the recession is making more people take to the tap)....

  by Siobhan O'Connor 1

• Environment

  

  Junk In The Mail Box

  The folks at Freedom Blog crunch the numbers on junk mail and come up with some disturbing revelations. For one, each year, about 17 million trees...

  by Anonymous +

• Design

  

  Adult Soap Box Derby

  Before there was NASCAR, there was box car. Soap box derbies, at the peak of their popularity in the 1950s, provided all-American kids with an...

  by MacKenzie Fegan, Dave Nardone, Colin Brown, Zach Dundas, MacKenzie Fegan, Lindsay Utz, Labour, Morgan Currie, Dean Fleischer-Camp, Audio Dregs Recordings, Nate Goodman +

• Technology

  

  How the Bloom Box Works

  The Bloom Box-a fuel cell hyped as being able to deliver cheap, emissions-free energy-debuted last week to much fanfare. But the report we...

  by Morgan Clendaniel +

• Environment

  

  Mycologist's So-Called Life Box

  The resourceful mycologist (that's a fungi-studier) Paul Stamets has made cardboard packaging that can be planted and will grow into trees. It's...

  by Andrew Price 4

• Lifestyle

  

  Fancy Bottled Water Recommendations from a Water Sommelier

  Enjoying bottled water is not as new a trend as many believe. In the Roman Empire, earthen jars filled with naturally carbonated water from...

  by Michael Mascha +

• Design

  

  The Humble Pizza Box: Masterfully Redesigned

  Green Box's design breaks down into four plates and a smaller, fridge-friendly box for leftovers.

  by Patrick James 14

• Culture

  

  Blissmobox Presents: A GOOD-Curated Box of Goodies

  Want to see our underwear? Now’s your chance.

  by GOOD +

• Technology

  

  Top-secret Zero-emission Bloom Box Revealed (Kind of)

  There have been rumblings for some time about a mysterious little box that could change the energy world forever. Finally, last night, the...

  by Siobhan O'Connor +

• Culture

  

  Intermission: Sun Boxes Solar-Powered Sound Environment

  Craig Colorusso's "Sun Boxes" (video preview after the jump) is an installation of 20 speakers powered by solar panels to create a naturally...

  by Patrick James 2

• Culture

  

  Think Inside the Box: What Time Capsules Reveal About Right Now

  From our winter issue, GOOD 025: The Next Big Thing

  by Matt Novak, Liz Mamont +

• Cities

  

  Outside the Box: Artists Stage 30 "Planter Interventions" Across Toronto

  Toronto's crumbling planter boxes have gotten a lot more interesting, thanks to Sean Martindale and a small army of artists and gardeners.

  by Andrew Price +

• Business

  

  Question Box: Bringing the Power of the Internet to People Without Computers

  Rose Shuman is bringing the life-saving value of a fast Google-type search to even the most remote parts of the globe.

  by Alex Goldmark +

• Cities

  

  Recycled Wood Planting Box Returträträdgårdlåda

  This is the sixth post in The Back Garden Project, one GOOD community member's effort to turn a neglected corner of the city into a thriving...

  by Gordon Douglas 2

• Environment

  

  Portland's Green Bike Boxes: Clever Solution or False Sense of Safety?

  After a series of bike-auto accidents, including several deaths, the city of Portland, Oregon, took action, installing 14 green bike boxes at city...

  by Alicia Capetillo 1

• Lifestyle

  

  Watch Your Mouth: Tapping the Source of Carbonated Water

  A refreshing look into the peculiar origins of the carbon dioxide bubbles in our drinks.

  by Peter Smith +

• Environment

  

  EPA: No More Rocket Fuel Chemical in Tap Water

  At long last, the EPA has decided to limit the amount of perchlorate, a component of rocket fuel, in our drinking water.

  by Ben Jervey +

• Lifestyle

  

  Add Radioactive Water to Pennsyltucky's "Fracking" Problem

  One of the hazards of hydraulic fracturing could be a toxic food and water supply—and not just in the epicenter of the natural gas boom.

  by Peter Smith +

• Lifestyle

  

  Bubbles Aren’t All Bad. Case in Point: Bubbly Tap Water

  The financial bubble. The housing bubble. And now for a refreshingly different bubbly for the new year—free bubbly tap water.

  by Peter Smith +