No, Thanks: Six High Profile Award Renunciations

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• Lifestyle

  

  The Best Food Writing from the James Beard Awards

  Need something good to read? Check out these food-related longreads on bananas, omega-3s, and Los Angeles eats.

  by Peter Smith

• GOOD Blog

  

  SXSW Profiles

  Wired has compiled ten "Faces of SXSW: Geeks and Film Freaks," a representative smattering-including an actor, an engineer, a musician, a venture...

  by Daniel Riley

• Technology

  

  Crafting the Perfect Profile Picture

  The blog of the dating site OkCupid is crazy compelling. In this recent post they bring some serious statistical analysis to bear on the...

  by Andrew Price

• Education

  

  60 Minutes' Hopeful Profile of D.C.'s SEED School

  Last night, 60 Minutes profiled the first "urban, public boarding school" in the country: the SEED School of Washington, D.C. Like its previous...

  by Nikhil Swaminathan

• News

  

  Guangzhou, China, Wins Sustainable Transport Award

  Guangzhou's kick-ass bus system helped it win the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award. No American city was even in the running.

  by Alex Goldmark

• Technology

  

  Flowchart: Is It Time To Scale Back on Social Networking?

  ....or any of your other social networking accounts? Our flowchart has the answers!

  by Ann Friedman, Dylan C. Lathrop

• Lifestyle

  

  High Minded: The High Holidays

  Here’s how to walk that holiday tightrope even when you’re a little crooked.

  by Tess Lynch, Beth Hoeckel

• Business

  

  No Money, No Problems at Turin's Barter-based Marketplace

  In Turin, Italy, the Gifts Without Money-or, if you prefer, Regali Senza Moneta-initiative has transformed a marketplace into a money-free zone,...

  by Patrick James

• Lifestyle

  

  The GOOD "Go Vegetarian" Wrap-Up: No Meat, No Worries

  We've reached the end of our attempt to go vegetarian and vegan. Find out how we, and the GOOD community, did.

  by Cord Jefferson

• Technology

  

  No Screen? No Problem: A Look at the Projector-based Laptop

  The iPad better watch its back. According to an article on Motherboard, a U.K.-based company has developed the portable computer for the future: a...

  by Alicia Capetillo

• Education

  

  Education: Morning Roundup, No Visa, No School

  Morning Roundup: From The New York Times: Many New York Districts Say No Visa, No School Civil liberties advocates have unsuccessfully asked...

  by Amanda M. Fairbanks

• Culture

  

  Intermission: No Corkscrew, No Problem

  All you can say is 'wow.' Watch a drunk Frenchman open a bottle of wine—with a shoe.

  by Nina Lincoff

• Lifestyle

  

  High Minded: A Tasting Tour of the Munchies

  The munchies are an enigma best unpacked while sober.

  by Tess Lynch

• Design

  

  AIA Awards

  The AIA presented its awards for best architecture recently. Not surprisingly, they are all very impressive edifices, including the Clinton...

  by Anonymous

• GOOD Blog

  

  Congratulations On Your Award

  The big news from over the weekend is that we here at GOOD Magazine have been named Time Magazine's Person Of The Year. It says so right on the...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• GOOD Blog

  

  2006 Darwin Award

  The 2006 Darwin Award was awarded to two college students that climbed into a giant 8 ft. helium balloon for the ultimate gigglefest. Little did...

  by Rudy Adler

• GOOD Blog

  

  Nobel Awards Prized

  Two American men, Craig Mello and Andrew Fire have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2006 for their work on RNA Interference and their...

  by Anonymous

• Business

  

  Social Capitalism Awards

  Fast Company has released a list of 43 entrepreneurs who are changing the world, and five of our Choose Good partners are on the list.Read more...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• GOOD Blog

  

  Peabody Awards Announced

  Thirty-five recipients of George Foster Peabody Awards for broadcasting excellence in news and entertainment-administered by the University of...

  by Daniel Riley

• GOOD Blog

  

  GOOD For People's Design Award

  Around this time last year we told you about the Cooper-Hewitt People's Design Award. Back then we were just fawning design enthusiasts, smitten...

  by Andrew Price