Throwing Wood on the Fire

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• Environment

  

  Let's Stop Throwing Energy Away

  We can save more energy than Canada uses in a year with better appliances and insulation. So what's the holdup? We waste a massive amount of...

  by Ben Jervey

• Lifestyle

  

  Kentucky Throws Statewide Bike Bash

  On Sunday, June 13, the people of Lexington, Kentucky, gathered at the Blue Grass Airport to bike, walk, and run on the new 4,000 foot runway....

  by Sasha Jones

• Technology

  

  Intermission: Photography You Can Throw

  Watch the coolest camera still in development as it's thrown high up in the air.

  by Nina Lincoff

• GOOD Events

  

  826 NYC to Throw Best Event of All Time

  Our friends at 826 NYC know their way around a compelling fundraiser. This year's "Revenge of the Book Eaters" will take place on Tuesday,...

  by Patrick James

• News

  

  GOOD Event: We're Throwing a (Fun) Fundraiser for CicLAvia

  CicLAvia has scheduled three more dates in 2011! Help them open L.A. streets by coming to a party co-hosted by GOOD LA.

  by Alissa Walker

• News

  

  Utah Student Throws Federal Land Auction into Total Chaos

  The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (whose stated mission is to "to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the public lands for the use...

  by Andrew Price

• Business

  

  Mark Cuban Is Throwing Gobs of Money at Anyone Who Wants Some

  Mark "407th richest man in the world" Cuban has a plan to jump-start our flagging economy, and it doesn't involve Tim Geithner or $838 billion. It...

  by Zach Frechette

• Culture

  

  Naming the Tiger Woods Syndrome

  The naming of sexual excess-from satyromaniac to hypersexual disorder. Though he's still an amateur by the standards of Wilt Chamberlain, who...

  by Mark Peters

• Issue 011

  

  GOOD Q&A: John Wood

  John Wood, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Room to Read, left Microsoft to change the world by building libraries in developing regions.

  by GOOD

• GOOD Blog

  

  GOOD Q&A: John Wood

  In 1998, John Wood was a dedicated Microsoft executive who needed a vacation. That year, while trekking through Nepal, he encountered a village ...

  by Patrick James

• Business

  

  Shwood: Hipster Sunglasses Made of Wood

  Shwood makes hip sunglasses out of wood to celebrate the inherent uniqueness in natural materials. Every pair is a little different.

  by Alex Goldmark

• Environment

  

  It Looks Like the Supreme Court Is Going to Throw Out the Biggest Climate Change Case Ever

  This morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what is quite possibly the biggest global warming-related case in the Court's history....

  by Ben Jervey

• Business

  

  Is Genetically Modified Wood Worth the Risk?

  Two big paper companies are pushing to bring fast-growing genetically-modified Australian Eucalyptus trees to the southeastern United States. The...

  by Andrew Price

• Culture

  

  Tiger Woods Returns to Golf (and That's the News)

  As you probably heard, this week Wikileaks published a disturbing video of American soldiers accidentally (and recklessly) killing civilians and a...

  by Andrew Price

• Business

  

  WeWood: Precision Watches Made from Reclaimed Wood

  Founded in Italy and based in Los Angeles, WeWood is selling these attractive Miyota watches-made from reclaimed wood-for $119.

  by GOOD

• Environment

  

  Scientists Say: Wood Makes the Real Lovely Bones

  It used to be that if you suffered a serious bone injury (or bone loss), a doctor would replace or augment a portion of your skeleton with metal....

  by Patrick James

• Cities

  

  Recycled Wood Planting Box Returträträdgårdlåda

  This is the sixth post in The Back Garden Project, one GOOD community member's effort to turn a neglected corner of the city into a thriving...

  by Gordon Douglas

• Environment

  

  Images of Haiti Today: Recovery and a National Addiction to Wood Fuel

  A glimpse into how deforestation and poor infrastructure have left Haiti still recovering from a natural disaster one year later.

  by William Wheeler

• Environment

  

  Pig Fire

  Check out an amazing Flickr slideshow of a pig slaughter house after it burned down, as they cart away the pig carcasses. Maybe not for the faint...

  by Anonymous

• News

  

  Blackwater Under Fire

  Blackwater USA, the private security firm with contracts and operations in Iraq, is in big trouble these days. They're under investigation for a...

  by Andrew Price