Staturday: Fewer New Jobs

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• Environment

  

  Good Green Jobs News for Your Friday Afternoon

  There's good news—economic and environmental—out there on the green jobs front.

  by Ben Jervey +

• Culture

  

  Is AOL Doing a Patch Job on Local News?

  Let's hope the local news of the future can avoid the fate of content mills.

  by Allison Arieff +

• Business

  

  New Farmers Markets Provide Health, Jobs Boost

  Going to a farmers market this weekend? Thanks! You're helping boost the American economy.

  by Tim Fernholz +

• Business

  

  Apple Needs a New Visionary: Which Innovator Should Succeed Steve Jobs?

  Apple quickly found a new CEO. But where will it find a new visionary?

  by Tim Fernholz +

• Business

  

  Will You Pledge to Create One New Job?

  The One Job for America campaign is asking all businesses to hire one new person, and spread the word. Will you help?

  by Alex Goldmark +

• Cities

  

  The GOOD 100: Fewer Streets

  Blockade Parade How closing streets can actually reduce traffic As the city of Vancouver prepared to convert a car lane on the busy Burrard...

  by GOOD +

• Technology

  

  The Upside of That Blackberry Outage: Fewer Car Crashes

  It turns out some people benefited greatly from BlackBerry's wide-scale service outage: Drivers in the Middle East.

  by Cord Jefferson +

• GOOD Blog

  

  Scarier Job Chart: There Are Really Very Few Jobs

  I don't mean to be a downer or a fear monger, but this chart is simply scary, especially compared to what the already scary job chart showed...

  by Morgan Clendaniel 1

• Culture

  

  Scary: There Are Now Five Job Seekers for Every Job Opening

  Maybe job seekers would be more motivated if there were actually, y'know, jobs.

  by Cord Jefferson +

• Environment

  

  Why Do Fewer Americans Care About Climate Change?

  Days after China announced the country's turn to an "open attitude" toward causes of climate change, Yale University released a survey...

  by Alicia Capetillo +

• Business

  

  Americans Own Fewer TVs ... Because We're Poorer

  What do the rural poor and urban youth have in common? No TV. It's a good thing to see TV's ascendancy wane, but the reasons are depressing.

  by Alex Goldmark +

• Business

  

  Scary Jobs Chart: There Are No Jobs

  Many economic signs indicate that the recession is starting to improve. We ostensibly got another one today: The government released numbers...

  by Morgan Clendaniel 3

• Culture

  

  Justin Bieber Will Be a Man Before America's Jobs Return

  A study from the Brookings Institution anticipates more than a decade of jobs struggling before we return to pre-recession levels.

  by Cord Jefferson +

• Environment

  

  The Scarier You Make Global Warming Sound, the Fewer People Believe It

  Roland Emmerich take note: Armageddon scenarios only turn people into climate change deniers.

  by Andrew Price +

• Lifestyle

  

  Americans Eat Less Red Meat (and Fewer Vegetables Too)

  It's a perennial best-seller. The United States of statistics charts the rise and fall of everything from organic farming to distracted driving.

  by Peter Smith +

• Business

  

  How to Turn the Job You Have Into the Job You Want

  Expecting someone to have dreamed up your ideal job is like expecting someone to read your mind.

  by GOOD +

• News

  

  Staturday: Electronic Voting

  The 2009 Honolulu Neighborhood Board elections were the first in the country to be entirely digital. You could only vote online or by phone. Did...

  by GOOD +

• Business

  

  Staturday: Food and Gas

  A $1 national increase in the price of gas results in a 10 percent decrease in national obesity rates.

  by GOOD +

• GOOD Blog

  

  Staturday: The Cost of Obesity

  by GOOD +

• Education

  

  Staturday: The Cost of College

  By Tiffany Huang  

  by GOOD 3