Environment
Where Will Hunger Strike?
A look at countries whose food supplies are imperiled-and others on the precipice. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization...
Business
Group Discounts on Solar Power
A company that makes going "off the grid" easier and more affordable. Solar energy can be intimidating to even the most environmentally minded...
Environment
A Glimpse Into Our Carbon-filled Future
It's 2009 and the concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is 387 parts per million. According to NASA climate scientist James...
Road Map to Harmony
Finding India's Missing Teachers
By researching India's poorly staffed schools, this MIT group figured out how to fix them. A teacher-less classroom is an all-too-familiar...
Environment
A Sustainable Living Laboratory
A model community that offers a template for sustainable living. Sixty-five miles north of Phoenix, Arizona, on a hillside dotted with cypress...
Road Map to Harmony
Is the Doctor In?
Health providers are essential to preventing deaths from childbirth and disease. But "health providers" can refer to anything from nurses to...
News
Hatching a Plan to Save the Planet
He's got the plan for how we can share our resources instead of plundering them. Lester Brown-head of the Earth Policy Institute and, for...
Business
Cropping Hunger and Climate Change
Reengineering staples to grow in harsh conditions, feed the masses, and saving the planet. Sometime in the next decade, farmers in poor...
Business
Fighting Overfishing with Sustainable Seafood
Seafood purveyors who offer up only sustainable fish species.In 1994, Henry and Lisa Lovejoy smelled something fishy when they saw juvenile tuna...
News
What Is it Good For?
Sharing is part of coexisting-and that means fairly distributing land and resources, but also respecting rights and freedoms. Armed conflicts...
Road Map to Harmony
GOOD.IS/Ecosystem: The Road Map to Harmony
In the complex web of our world, each part of the system affects all the others. Today, multiple areas need improvement. Luckily, there are...
Environment
Deforestation and Malaria: A Shared History
A 2006 study showed that when Amazon rainforest is cleared, malaria-carrying mosquitoes bite nearby humans nearly 300 times more frequently...
Road Map to Harmony
Serving Brain Food for Lunch
Giving up your lunch hour to read with kids could create a new generation of bookworms. According to a 2007 Department of Education study, only...
Road Map to Harmony
Road Map to Harmony: The Variables
For our Road Map to Harmony project, we've examined the world from nine different perspectives: ENERGY 13 percent of the world's energy...
News
Is Education the Great Equalizer?
When girls aren't well-represented in school, does the gender gap trickle into adulthood? Equal access to education for girls and boys...
Road Map to Harmony
Spinning a Faster Web
A technology that is speeding up the developing world's internet connections. Internet connections in the developing world are getting a boost...
News
Concentrating on Carbon Dioxide
Organizing around one goal: reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. How low can you go? That's the question environmentalists will be asking...
Road Map to Harmony
Searching the Web for Pandemics
Using search terms to track emerging influenza pandemics. When a handful of engineers can track the daily online searches of tens of millions...
