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Video: This is Why We Need High-Speed Rail in the Northeast
High-speed rail isn't just an environment and energy solution. It also makes great economic and business sense. This video explains.
Environment
Global Village Construction Set: Open Source Design for a Modern, Off-Grid Community
A group of farmer-scientists are building a civilization from scratch in rural Missouri, and they invite anyone, anywhere to copy their plans.
Business
How Not to Save the World, or Why the LifeStraw Is a Stupid Idea
Kevin Starr of the Mulago Foundation gives an eye-opening talk, eviscerating several of the most darling ideas in economic development.
News
A Sprawl Fighting Fixit Guide
Galina Tachieva, author of The Sprawl Repair Manual, rethinks the suburbs-from empty big box retailers to bubble era McMansions.
Technology
Can Cell Phones Really Save the Planet?
Sort of. It's not the gadget that will make the difference-but what we do with it. The Center for American Progress' Bracken Hendricks explains.
Lifestyle
Join the Gates Foundation's MDG Photo Campaign
Participate in a photo project in which we each present our vision of a better global future.
Lifestyle
Lance Armstrong's New Cancer Fight Goes Global
The cyclist is extending his battle with the disease to developing countries-and he wants you with him.
Lifestyle
The New Girl Effect Video, Even Better Than the First?
A new Girl Effect video turns up the heat on development goals. Plus: Hillary Clinton makes a promise.
News
Op Ed: The Clue to Connecting the Dots in Women's Development
When it comes to the importance of women and girls in developing nations, we know what we need to do. Now it's just a matter of doing it.
Business
Millennium Development Goals: A Primer
So how are we doing on those ambitious Millennium Development Goals? It's a mixed bag.
Lifestyle
Watch the Gates Foundation's TEDx Talk on Monday
Melinda Gates and a great group of speakers will be streaming a live TEDx talk on Monday that you should definitely check out.
Education
Bringing Back the WPA (Because the Government Hasn't)
How we've taken the old Work Projects Administration and made it new again. I have to admit, when the stock market collapsed and America's...
The Community Board
Creative Public Consulting Firms: The key to development
A civic minded public integrating a diverse range of issues and interests with local and national governments is vital for progress. The...
The Community Board
Looking to Local Markets to Confront Poverty
Coffee Kids Announces 25 Projects to Improve Quality of Life in Latin America (Santa Fe, NM) – More than 25 million families around the world...
