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Cities
On the Potential Glory of 20-minute Neighborhoods
Grist just linked to a Fast Company interview with Portland, Oregon Mayor Sam Adams. The money quote has to do with his vision of a city with...
Culture
Park Fighting in Portland: "Less Talking, More Stabbing"
We are entering the prime season for public park recreation: Across the nation, people are oiling their Frisbees and tightening up their cornhole...
News
The End of the Automobile Era?
Norman Garrick thinks so. At Planetizen, he says that two recent events signal a societal shift in the way we look at cars, least in cities: On...
Cities
The Sound of Six Refugee Populations
In our new series, The [Un]Observed on GOOD, we partner with the The [Un]Observed, a radio magazine that brings you candid conversations and...
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...
Education
Inspiring Young Music Makers in Portland
Charles Lewis admits that pretty much everyone in his Master's program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government advised him not to start a...
Cities
Portland's Enviable Tool Libraries
Well, Portland does it again. It's now the first city to have three tool libraries. A tool library, for those who are new to the idea, is exactly...
Design
Good City Design: The Bike-Friendly, Anti-Homeowner Edition
Meet Rick Potestio: Portland architect and loudmouth. He's apparently a veritable celebrity in his hometown-he's been called one of the design...
Environment
Portland's Green Bike Boxes: Clever Solution or False Sense of Safety?
After a series of bike-auto accidents, including several deaths, the city of Portland, Oregon, took action, installing 14 green bike boxes at city...
Environment
Pushing the Limits
In Oregon, radical antisprawl laws aim to save the state's bucolic paradises. But with land-hungry suburbs on the prowl, can these goats be...
First meeting for the "Create, Don't Hate" billboard project
Seven designers/design studios connected with seven youth in a speed-dating session to getting to know each other, fast. Five (or so) minutes per...
The Community Board
re:active billboard project with Design Ignites Change
re:activekicked off our billboard design project with Design Ignites Change here in Portland, OR on Saturday. We are very excited to use the...
News
The GOOD 100: The Great Electric Vehicle Race
Portland vs. San Francisco Portland, Oregon, and San Francisco seem locked in an ongoing battle to become the left coast's left-most city. To...
Cities
Transparency: Biking to Work
nThe battle over which North American city is the best for biking is fierce and- most likely-unresolvable. Our latest Transparency will tell...
Cities
The GOOD 100: The People of Portland
Trailblazers We declare that the residents of the City of Roses are doing more than their fair share of innovation, because: 1) They live in...
Design
The Best Commuter Bike Ever
Portland is holding an event called Oregon Manifest at the moment. It's a six-week series of events celebrating "the art, craft and community of...
Design
Show Opening: You Are What You Eat
Our friend Mark Menjivar, creator of one of our most popular Picture Shows, "You Are What You Eat," continues to take his work on the road. On...
The Community Board
Child Sex-trade in Portland? A citywide effort to put an end to a growing problem
Portland is often placed on a pedestal as the environmentally-conscious, socially-aware modern American city. In many ways, the city lives up to...
