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Slideshow: Buy These Things and Support Relief Efforts in Japan
We know you don't need any material goods as incentive to give, but here are some good people offering proceeds from sales to relief efforts in Japan.
Environment
Heroes: Hear the Voice of the Heroic Young Woman Who Saved Thousands of Lives
A young woman on the Miyagi Coast gave her life to save thousands of others.
Environment
Overload: Catastrophe in Japan, and More
Nuclear fallout in Japan and American disinterest in climate change in today's daily roundup of what we're reading at GOOD Environment HQ.
Environment
A Chart to Better Understand Radiation Levels and Their Effects on People [Updated]
Keep this chart close at hand while reading reports on the levels of radiation spreading from the ruined Fukushima reactor in Japan.
Environment
Heroes: Japanese Emergency Workers Risk Lives to Warn Others of Coming Tsunami
A few stories of heroism and bravery emerge from the rubble.
Environment
A Visual Assessment of Damage at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Look at these satellite images of the Fukushima nuclear reactors before and after the earthquake, tsunami, and explosions.
Environment
Nuclear Meltdown Explained, and Everything Else You Need to Know About the Situation at Fukushima [Updated]
The basics behind a nuclear meltdown, and answers to other earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster FAQs.
Education
How Prepared Are California's Schools for an Earthquake?
When the "Big One" hits, what happened in Japan could happen in the Golden State. The Great California ShakeOut is helping schools prepare.
News
"People Could Die": GOP Budget Cuts Would Shrink Spending on Tsunami Warning Systems
Proposed budget cuts would shrink funds for tsunami warning systems, like the one that alerted Hawaiians ten minutes after the Japanese quake.
Culture
More Earthquakes to Come in Japan
The huge 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan was actually an aftershock—and is likely to be followed by more large aftershocks in the coming weeks.
News
Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan: How to Help [Updated]
Here's what you can do, right now, to help with disaster response and relief efforts in Japan.
Business
Earthquake in Japan: Help Google and Ushahidi Rescue Trapped Citizens and Reunite Families
Here's how you can help find missing people, or let the world know someone is safe through Google and Ushahidi's crisis maps.
Environment
Images of Haiti Today: Recovery and a National Addiction to Wood Fuel
A glimpse into how deforestation and poor infrastructure have left Haiti still recovering from a natural disaster one year later.
News
Haiti One Year Later: Are We Any Better Prepared?
To check in on the reconstruction progress in Haiti, we sat down with scholar and architect Matt Jelacic, an expert in sustainable housing solutions.
News
Haiti Quake Recovery One Year Later: Six Things You Can Do
There's no shortage of NGOs working on the island nation, but the situation there remain dire and the recovery has "barely begun" according to Oxfam.
The Community Board
Inspiring Action in Haiti
Here in Haiti, at the frontline of a quiet crisis, we continue to meet leaders, young and old, who bring creativity and influence to the common...
The Community Board
Where There is Crisis, There is HOPE, Project HOPE CEO Blogs from Haiti
Port au Prince, Haiti July 28 As sleep lifted me from my fog this morning and the aircraft carrying our team descended into Port au Prince,...
Education
UNICEF Reboots Education in Haiti Using School-in-a-box Kits
Upwards of 40 percent of the infrastructure devoted to education in Haiti was destroyed in the January earthquake. According to the island...
