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• Environment

  

  What We Fail to Get About Greenhouse Gases

  A new inventory of the Portland metropolitan area shows that the bulk of the region's greenhouse gases come from the production of stuff, not...

  by Andrew Price +

• GOOD Blog

  

  America's Motto: We Are Too Big to Fail

  That's my favorite entry in the second annual Freakonomics* six-word new American motto contest. It captures our hubris, as well as a...

  by Zach Frechette +

• News

  

  People Are Awesome: Connecticut Lotto Winners Immediately Give Away $1 Million to Vets

  A team of wealthy money managers who won a Powerball jackpot has already started giving millions away.

  by Cord Jefferson +

• Business

  

  We Have a Cool Million More Millionaires in America

  According to a recent Spectrum Group study, there are 7.8 million millionaire households in America as of 2009, up from a paltry 6.7 million...

  by Patrick James +

• Environment

  

  How Clean Energy Projects on Public Land Will Power 3 Million Homes

  The Obama administration is speeding up clean energy development, but must balance the interests of conservationists and developers.

  by Sarah Laskow +

• Education

  

  Texas to Layoff 100,000 Teachers While Giving Millions to Formula One Racing

  The Lone Star State plans to fund a race track instead of schools. Really.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• Business

  

  GOOD Partners with Pepsi to Give Away $20 Million in Grants to Fund Great Ideas

  We here at GOOD are thrilled to announce our involvement in an amazing new venture with Pepsi. The Pepsi Refresh Project...

  by GOOD 1

• Business

  

  House of the Rising Sun: In New Orleans, Solar Power Gives Poor Families a Boost

  “It’s expensive to be poor, and nowhere is that truer than in energy."

  by Brentin Mock +

• Cities

  

  We're Spending $836 Million to Clean up Old General Motors Plants

  With the decline and eventual bankruptcy of General Motors, America was left with a lot of empty manufacturing plants, warehouses, and office...

  by Andrew Price 1

• Environment

  

  Google's Newest Clean Energy Project: Solar Leasing

  Google backs you up on everything else in life; why not let them help you save a little on your electricity bill as well?

  by Sarah Laskow

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• Environment

  

  Where Should We Build Utility-Scale Solar Power Plants?

  It's accepted fact that solar projects will continue to multiply, but it's unclear where they'll all be built.

  by Sarah Laskow

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• Environment

  

  Sahara Solar Breeder Project Aims to Power Half the World by 2050

  The Sahara Desert has two things in abundance: sun and sand. What if they could be used symbiotically to eventually provide half the world's energy?

  by Ben Jervey +

• Education

  

  Help Students Fold One Million Origami Cranes and Raise $1 Million for Japan

  Here's how to help a grassroots student effort to fold one million paper cranes and raise $1,000,000 for Japanese relief efforts.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• Environment

  

  We Shouldn't Care That a Couple of Rich Suburbanites Don't Like Solar Panels on Their Street

  The New York Times created a buzz by creating a controversy about a popular solar program in New Jersey. Ignore it.

  by Ben Jervey +

• Environment

  

  Should We Follow the Dutch and Give Land Back to the Flooding Mississippi River?

  Rather than battle rivers with expensive dikes and levees and canals, the Dutch give them more room to flow freely. Maybe we could learn from them.

  by Ben Jervey +

• Culture

  

  We Spent Half a Million Dollars to Fly Planes Over the Super Bowl

  The Navy spent almost $500,000 in taxpayer money to fly jets over this year's Super Bowl. It only took them three seconds.

  by Cord Jefferson +

• Education

  

  Project: What Should We Do with Abandoned School Buildings?

  For our latest project, we want you to create a plan to repurpose empty school buildings for the public good.

  by Liz Dwyer +

• Business

  

  Project: Design Your Dream Job and We'll Help Make It Happen

  Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children's Zone, offers advice on finding your dream job. Tell us about yours, and we'll help make it happen.

  by Alex Goldmark +

• Lifestyle

  

  Project: How Do We Get Doctors to Wash Their Hands?

  Medical professionals are always forgetting to wash up before dealing with patients. How would you remind them?

  by Cord Jefferson +

• Environment

  

  Inside the 2,000 Watt Society

  According to a cabal of Swiss energy experts, we can't save the planet with alternative energy. What we need to do is stop using the technology we...

  by Danielle Pergament +