Malaria in California

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• Design

  

  A Mural in East L.A. Paints History of Water in California

  A new mural recently completed in Boyle Heights is part of a global campaign to empower young people in the preservation of water.

  by Alissa Walker

• Education

  

  Year in Review 2010: California Set the Trends in Education

  The state that brought you Lauren Conrad, the Black Eyed Peas, and gangster rap goes hard with education reform, too.

  by Liz Dwyer

• Lifestyle

  

  The Song That Could End Malaria

  By pairing sophisticated on-the-ground operations with savvy marketing, Malaria No More is making a dent in Africa's malaria epidemic. On June...

  by Emily Anthes

• Environment

  

  Deforestation and Malaria: A Shared History

  A 2006 study showed that when Amazon rainforest is cleared, malaria-carrying mosquitoes bite nearby humans nearly 300 times more frequently...

  by GOOD, Mark Owens

• Lifestyle

  

  Score: Malaria Nets Reach Central African Republic

  Nothing But Nets reports good news about the spread of malaria nets in the Central African Republic

  by Ann Marie Gardner

• Education

  

  Students Design a Smartphone App That Diagnoses Malaria

  These grad students designed Lifelens, an app that lets you snap picture of a blood sample to determine if it's infected with malaria.

  by Liz Dwyer

• Education

  

  Students in California Take to the Freeways

  Last night in Oakland, over 150 people protesting education budget cuts were arrested. Sebastian Beretvas, a 12-year-old who attends a local ...

  by Lillian R. Mongeau

• News

  

  Carsharing Gets Easier in California

  California just got a new law that clears one of the big hurdles for convenient carsharing. It's easier than ever to rent your car to strangers.

  by GOOD

• News

  

  Oral Sex and Dictionaries: Not In California

  The paranoid style of American politics is at work again-this time in Riverside County, California, which recently banned Merriam-Webster's...

  by Amanda M. Fairbanks

• Environment

  

  Amazing Guerrilla Gardening in Southern California

  A little while ago we held a contest, Islands for Islands, that asked members of the GOOD community to spruce up traffic islands in their cities....

  by GOOD

• Culture

  

  Skateboarding in the Empty Pools of California's Recession

  The short film "Cannonball" artfully follows a group of skaters in search of newly empty pools behind foreclosed homes in and around the arid...

  by Patrick James

• News

  

  The Gay Marriage Ban Stands in California (for Now)

  Today the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the state's gay marriage ban. The ban was approved by 52.24 percent of voters last...

  by Andrew Price

• News

  

  California Puts LGBT People in the History Books

  California just passed a law mandating that schools teach LGBT history. Will this help the next generation dissolve homophobia?

  by Nona Willis Aronowitz

• Environment

  

  In California, Green Jobs Are Recession-Proof

  While California’s overall economy took a 7 percent hit, the green economy shrunk by only 3 percent.

  by Sarah Laskow

• Technology

  

  California Cooldown Strategy: Store Energy in Blocks of Ice

  From the rad department comes this great news for Southern California residents. Every summer in the region it gets unbearably hot, so everyone...

  by Patrick James

• Environment

  

  Update: Parents Continue Fight Against Toxic Dump in California

  A year ago, parents in the small farming community of Kettleman City, Calif., were shy and unquestioning. Many were dealing with the devastation...

  by Mother Nature Network

• Culture

  

  A High-Tech DIY Neighborhood in the Hills of Central California

  The directing team behind music videos for Björk and Grizzly Bear is building a town and farm from the ground up in the hills of central California.

  by Andrew Price

• News

  

  Southern California's First Separated Bike Lanes Open in Long Beach

  Long Beach is the first SoCal city to build protected bike lanes which will separate cyclists from cars. It's about time.

  by Alissa Walker

• Culture

  

  More People Now Collect Food Stamps Than Live in California and Colorado Combined

  Food stamp usage is up 14 percent from last year, with tens of millions of Americans using the service and costing the country $6 billion a month.

  by Cord Jefferson

• Environment

  

  Chart: Recycling Is Way, Way Up in California

  Last year 82 percent of bottles and cans sold in California were recycled. That's the highest level since 1992. Recycle Rex would be proud.

  by Andrew Price