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• Culture

  How Is Your Generation Different From Previous Generations? The Community Answers

  by Hillary Newman

• Cities

  

  GOOD Design Daily: Tell the National Building Museum About Your Home

  The museum is embarking upon a massive initiative to explore the intersection of technology and design in the urban environment.

  by Alissa Walker

• Culture

  What Generation Do You Belong to, and How Is It Different from Other Generations?

  by GOOD

• Environment

  

  Can Custom Solar Design Be User-Friendly?

  An online service allows people to easily design their own solar system for free and figure out how much energy they'll be able to produce.

  by Zak Stone

• Environment

  

  In Argentina, Plastic Waste Becomes Home Sweet Home

  In the past we've seen some inventive minds find ways to repurpose plastic waste, including everything from a plastic quilt to an elaborate...

  by Alicia Capetillo

• Environment

  

  Home, Efficient Home: Europe Mandates Energy Grades for Houses

  You wouldn't buy a car without knowing what kind of gas mileage it gets. But when it comes to homes, we don't pay as much attention to energy...

  by Andrew Price

• Business

  

  Hollender Speaks (Part 2): On What's Next for Seventh Generation

  Ousted founder Jeffrey Hollender explains how to tell if the company he created is sticking to his original values—and a company response.

  by Alex Goldmark

• Environment

  

  Making Solar Sexy: SMIT's Amazingly Versatile and Attractive Solar Panels

  The SMIT team's new Tensile Solar Structures are lightweight, modular energy-generating systems, inspired by fabric architecture.

  by Ben Jervey

• Environment

  

  Cheaper Solar Panels Are Causing a Solar Boom

  As prices for solar panels have dropped, more companies and utilities in the United States have decided to invest in solar.

  by Sarah Laskow

• Environment

  

  Solar Mosaic: Bring Solar to Your Community for Just $100

  The new Solar Mosaic program in Oakland lets residents buy $100 shares of solar panel installations on the roofs of local schools and nonprofits.

  by Ben Jervey

• Lifestyle

  

  Teach a Man to Make Drugs: Pharmaceutical Companies Invest in African Generic Drug Plant

  An $80 million investment in Africa producing generic drugs will make treatment more widely available.

  by Ann Marie Gardner

• Business

  

  Seventh Generation Snags Burt's Bees CEO to Replace Founder

  Seventh Generation was shaken when it fired its founder. Will the new CEO live up to the company's core values?

  by Alex Goldmark

• Business

  

  Hollender Speaks (Part 1): On Why He Was Fired from Seventh Generation

  After months of silence, Jeffrey Hollender discusses his sudden, emotional ouster from the company he built into a model of corporate responsibility.

  by Alex Goldmark

• Design

  

  A Charge In the Bedroom: This New Bed Lets You Generate Energy On the Mattress

  Designers have turned a bed, a shower and a rocking chair into micro-power plants for your home.

  by Green Futures

• GOOD Blog

  

  The Blank Generation

  As members of the key 18-34 demographic bracket, we're used to getting our way. Advertisers love us, companies court our support, it's all coming...

  by Anonymous

• Business

  

  General Electricville

  A graphic to help make sense of General Electric's size and scope.

  by GOOD

• Culture

  

  The Most Generous People of 2009

  Slate has just released its annual Slate 60 list, its annual list of those who gave the most money to philanthropic causes in the last year. The...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• Design

  

  The Next Generation of Microfinance

  design mind on GOOD is a series exploring the power of design by the editors of design mind magazine. In the United States and other western...

  by Chris Sallquist

• News

  

  The Obama Generation Takes the Helm

  An introduction to GOOD's State of the Planet 2009 issue by Jeffrey Sachs Barack Obama will come to office in the midst of the deepest economic...

  by Jeffrey Sachs

• Education

  

  Infographic: The Next Generation of Scientists

  Our latest infographic shows how STEM fields stack up in overall growth, and how they break down between men and women.

  by GOOD, Hyperakt