
Officially my favorite blog post of Earth Day: NRDC's Smart Growth expert Kaid Benfield puts everything into good perspective. Here's a tease (after the jump), but honestly, click through for full effect.





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A superb new teaser for One Day on Earth, a cinematic time capsule of the entire planet, shot in every country in the world on October 10, 2010.

Oh, Kamchatka Project, how do I envy thee? This just-completed kayak expedition, based out of Hood River, Oregon, ventured deep into Russia’s...

NASA pointed a weather satellite at the Americas for one last look at 2010 as Earth completes another celestial rotation.

Why your favorite crafty design blog is probably written by a Mormon
Geo-tagged video footage of October 10, 2010, shot by thousands of cameras in every country in the world, now organized into a global video map.

Don't expect hydrogen vehicles to generate the same excitement as EVs. The charging infrastructure just isn't there.

We're just days away from One Day on Earth, when people in every country in the world will record footage of the human experience. Here's a new video.

Why "best cities" lists are kind of the worst

The Women Bloggers Deliver contest is offering an all expense paid trip to Kenya to report on development work and health aid.

There are 2.3 million people living in America with no car and without a supermarket within a one-mile radius. Where do they live?

How much chicken, bok choy, or cabbage could someone living on the poverty line in China buy? Check out Stefen Chow's photographs.

Peter Meehan has beef with grass-fed beef. In a recent blog post, he argues that all this pretension might be deadening the local food movement.
An overview of the EPA's latest Superfund sites, including an oil spill in New York City, a dry cleaners in Florida, and a mysterious storm drain.
How an influential group of citizen journalists and bloggers are keeping New Orleans honest. This article originally appeared in GOOD Issue 020:...
In all the excitement over the World Cup, the media publicized one side of South Africa—new stadiums, $6 billion worth of government spending,...
That's an ear implant. It's getting seeded with cartilage cells at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which is "part a...
When you’re bequeathed several vintage gumball machines, the gift comes with a mandate to do something creative. But what? That was the dilemma...

Here's the gloriously "unexciting" process of switching out an electric battery at Better Places first commercial swap station.
Better Place (which we've covered here before) is an electric car company with an interesting model. To solve the infamous "range problem"—the...