- March 20, 2008 • 10:26 pm PDT
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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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As we become more and more aware that we may be using water at an unsustainable pace, the idea of water footprints-the amount of water an...
2A: Lose the Lawn, Water Hogs Potential water savings: up to 150 gallons per day, per household. There are much better ways to decorate or...
As you can see from this video (after the jump), some 21,000 women gathered today in Kolakkudipatti village, India, to commemorate World Water...
In its heyday, London's Hornsey Baths (pictured), served some 120 daily visitors. That, however, was more than half a century ago; over time,...
If you're looking for a way to better understand your water use/shame yourself into using less, check out this Waterpebble device: The device...
From the people who brought you "The Story of Stuff" comes "The Story of Bottled Water." Have a look at the preview after the jump. Looks...
A graphical exploration of the world's precious water resources and their use.
In the GOOD 100 Issue we covered the "Cash for Grass" programs that have been sprouting up in some western cities. They offer homeowners cash...
Situated between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, the Aral Sea was once the world's fourth largest freshwater lake. It is now 10 percent of its former...
Get Off the Grass The lush green lawn has long been a symbol of the American suburban ideal. But water resources are stretched thin these days,...
A few weeks ago we issued a call for designs for the GOOD Earth Day Klean Kanteen bottle. We were flooded with amazing submissions. In the end we...
Britain announced today its creation of the world's largest marine reserve, a move that will protect the Indian Ocean's Chagos Islands and the...
It looks like Los Angeles may soon require that people capture rainwater and do something responsible with it, rather than letting it go to waste.
Scientists at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, have created "revolutionary" compact water-treatment units.
Michelle Park and Manny Garcia explain their award-winning campaign to teach Southern Californians to use less water in our miniseries Rethink...
The penny is getting a new back. I'm into it. It has a sort of retro comic book feel, which is totally appropriate for a coin that's just a...
The Economist has an interesting chart showing a handful of cities, ranked according to the latest cost of living data. New York provides the...
A new survey by the advertising and marketing firm Ogilvy & Mather suggests we might be: Among the study's key findings is that "having it all"...
Tata Group, the Indian company behind the tiny, super-cheap Nano car, has just announced it will be selling a low-cost water filter. The Tata...
The AQUS System is a simple way to capture the water from your sink's drain, do some basic filtering, and then run it into your toilet.
