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Back on the Train Gang By Michael Dukakis. Dukakis is a former governor of Massachusetts and served on Amtrak's board of directors. He thinks...
Tony Wilson, founder of Factory Records, waited more than three years for his headstone. It was worth the wait.
There is a definite green building movement here in the United States. Energy efficiency is leading this trend as companies find ways to cut back...
Mark Hexamer, a friend of GOOD, writes in to tell us about The Naked Table Project, a locally-oriented furniture making workshop in...
Every two years in Tarragona, Spain, people known as "castellers" gather in colorful clothing and compete to build the tallest possible human castle.
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Taylor Conroy has a new approach to education fundraising.
When we tear down buildings, we usually just scrap the lumber, metal, and brick. It's pretty wasteful. The Syracuse, New York-based D-Build is...
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood makes the case for building big and bothering Congress.
Google is looking to discover the best young scientists in the world, and is throwing a big global science fair to find them.
Let’s look back at a year of wild and wacky architectural achievements—from the super-size to the super-tall to the super-expensive.
High-tech manufacturing can give American companies an edge at home.
In Austin, GOOD's MacKenzie Fegan met an artist working on a series of ephemeral sculptures and an architect at the forefront of sustainable design.
Rick DeVos is an unlikely urban hero. A Grand Rapids native, he is a scion of the famous (and famously conservative) Rich DeVos, co-founder of...
Calling all photographers—amateur or professional. Most of us live in cities, and cities are full of buildings. They provide shelter; places to...
Japan's engineers deserve a big pat on the back.
New Hospital opens this week in Rural Rwanda.
With no internet service, protesters are getting messages of determination and desperation out to the world through voice to tweet tech. Listen here.
Apparently some 90,000 migratory birds die each year by crashing into buildings. But today, Treehugger reports on the Audobon Society's Lights...
Does the world like us? Do we care? Should we? James Surowiecki takes the pulse of the planet
The curious tradition of bad baby names, from Mann Pigg to Tu Morrow. One of many things I can thank my parents for is my name. “Mark” is...
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