GOOD
This week in GOOD's community blog, our own Kyla Fullenwider links to a totally charming illustrated history of democracy, from de Tocqueville to student government in the Bronx, by Maria Kalman. Democracy in America isn't perfect-we've got the influence of dynastic power and our fair share of flawed leaders-but at least we're not beheaded with impunity for dissent.
1
A Geodesic Dome Promises Fish from the Sky
2
Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
3
TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
4
Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
5
Companies Value Internships, So Why Don't They Hire Interns?
1
Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
2
Infographic: Understanding Social Enterprise
3
Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
4
TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
5
Is it Time to 'Occupy Teach For America'?
This week in GOOD's community blog, willcoley points us to Internet for Everyone, a campaign to get internet access to those on the disconnected...
This week in GOOD's community blog, marijane reviews Barbara Kingslover's latest book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: "The Kingsolver's tested the...
This week in GOOD's community blog, reader waynejsmith proposes a new social business that would allow people to automatically donate tiny sums of...
The partnership between Pantone and design students assigned a color to each of eight social issues.
Democracy in Dakar, a new film from the hip-hop label Nomadic Wax, looks at hip-hop in Senegal and in Senegalese politics. From Ethan Zuckerman's...
Buried in some news reports of the recent Iran kerfuffle was this interesting tidbit: the U.S. Department of State told the folks at Twitter not...
The Island President follows now-ousted Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed fighting for the future of his nation.
In all the excitement over the World Cup, the media publicized one side of South Africa—new stadiums, $6 billion worth of government spending,...
UPDATE 11:10 Copenhagen time: Obama reached a pretty worthless (my take) "political agreement" with China, India, South Africa, and Brazil. Pretty...
Lisa Hernandez opened the Long Beach Center for Creative Reuse with one simple guiding principal: one man's trash is another's treasure.
Reinventing the Outdoors Contest: Learn about the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust
Big political news from last night: Senator Joe Lieberman lost the Connecticut Democratic primary to upstart Ned Lamont. Whether the race is a...
Steve Mumford, an artist embedded with the U.S. Army, is recreating daily life in Iraq through art.
Publicolor replaces drab, institutional school paint jobs with bright colors.
A crop of current videogames is exploring new chromatic possibilities. "Seek the strongest color effect possible. The content is of no...
Videogame insiders discuss a lack of diversity in the industry-and what to do about it. Last week in Las Vegas, I led a panel at the DICE Summit....
At the Social Design Network, designers and activists are invited to address social issues through competitive design.
