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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Apple’s Brand Is at Stake as Customers Demand Better Labor Practices
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Bad Girl: Does M.I.A. Live Up to Her Revolutionary Claims?
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Want to Raise Young Leaders? Don't Hand Out Rewards So Easily
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San Francisco Will Pioneer Electric Bike Sharing
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women's Health for All
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Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?
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What Would a Post-SOPA Internet Look Like?
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A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris' Poorest
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Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Steal It: An Urban Planning Award for Cities That Copy
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Apple’s Brand Is at Stake as Customers Demand Better Labor Practices
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It's Time for Some Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education
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Bad Girl: Does M.I.A. Live Up to Her Revolutionary Claims?
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Our addiction to mobile devices doesn't have to be an enormous energy suck. A new line of chargers intends to fight the perils of "vampire energy."
The Belkin Conserve Socket Power Timer automatically shuts off power-even standby power-to electronics.

When Matt Taibbi described Goldman Sachs as a "vampire squid," he created a monster of a word for corporate bloodsuckers.
Check out this video for a wide range of energy efficiency tips from Energy Secretary Steven Chu.

From The GOOD Guide to Saving Energy

From The GOOD Guide to Saving Energy

The first in our series of Energy Meetup ideas: Gather some friends and remind yourselves what energy is in the first place.

From The GOOD Guide to Saving Energy
The internets were abuzz yesterday with the news that Obama is ready to name the physicist Steven Chu as his new energy secretary. Chu (seen...

With the full picture, the problems (wasted energy) and the potential solutions (more renewable energy) become more clear.

All those "wasteful" energy programs currently threatened by the House GOP are but a tiny thread compared to military and health spending.

In this issue we celebrate the people taking on the energy challenges of the 21st century.
Designers have turned a bed, a shower and a rocking chair into micro-power plants for your home.

What to watch for in energy and environmental policy as the 112th Congress convenes.
Popular Science, in their popular scientist way, makes a great map of the world's alternative energy. Apparently, every single person in the city...
More good news for England, where the money is worth twice as much as ours. Soon, British residents will be able to get, free of charge, meters...
In my earlier post on the tiny amount of renewable energy we're using today, I mentioned the potential of "distributed energy." The idea behind...
Icelanders have always seemed to us to have an especially close relationship with the natural environment. See Sigur Ros' concert documentary or...
You've probably heard about our outdated energy grid and the need to create a new, "smart" one. Here's what the problem-and a possible...
A few utility companies have been trying pilot programs that show customers how their energy use compares with their that of their neighbors. It...
