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Lifestyle
The Vicious Cycle of Status Envy: Why We Buy Things We Can't Afford
Retail therapy may be a quick fix to boost our sense of status, but in the end, it kicks us when we're down.
Lifestyle
Americans Spend More in the Search for Happiness—And It's Not Working
“We end up after the recession at a higher spending rate than we were at previously because we feel like we have to make up for lost time.”
Education
Chicago Schools and Groupon Team Up to Help Needy Students
Have $12? Starting Tuesday, Chicago residents will be able to buy a Groupon daily deal that purchases school supplies for low income students.
Business
Infographic: Who's Winning, Walmart or Amazon?
Sure, Walmart is the biggest retailer on earth. But these stats suggest it won't be that way forever.
Education
Repurposing Abandoned Schools Project Winner: A Farm to Table Urban Food Center
Caroline Hadilaksono turns an abandoned school into an "all-in-one ecosystem" where people can grow, distribute, and enjoy good food. See her design.
Business
Remember What Malls Looked Like in 1989?
Check out that mullet in the food court. This photo project wants to show you what malls across the country looked like in the 1980s.
Culture
Actually, Whole Foods Isn't That Expensive
A new report from the Boston Globe argues that all that stuff about Whole Foods being too expensive is hooey.
Business
Transparency: Paying the Same Amount for Smaller Products
A recent investigation found that many of the everyday items you buy have been suspiciously shrinking, despite no similar reduction in cost.
Education
Austrian National Library: A Model for the 21st Century?
The stunning design for an extension of Austria's National Library is a 21st century learning space that's visually inspiring and multifunctional.
Culture
"Buy Local" Campaigns Actually Work Really Well
It turns out that reminding people to support their local independent businesses works very well. Repeat after us: "Think globally, buy locally."
Culture
SwipeGood Lets You Change the World by Buying Whatever You Want
A new service rounds up all your credit purchases to the nearest dollar and then donates that change to your favorite charity. You just have to shop.
News
GOOD Holiday Gift Guide 2010
Unique gift ideas, unusual holiday traditions, and some decidedly un-consumery things to make or experience in lieu of a trip to the mall.
Business
Just So You Know: Black Friday Is Not the Biggest Shopping Day of the Year
If you feel like you have to participate in the biggest shopping day of the year, just know that it is not, contrary to popular belief, Black Friday.
Business
Buy Nothing Day Is Here—Join a Whirlmart Near You to Celebrate
The 8th annual Buy Nothing Day is here with creative calls to supplant shopping trips with community, parades, and empty shopping cart meet-ups.
Environment
GOOD Instructions: How to Clean out Your Closet Responsibly
Very often, when we're given tips about cleaning up our lifestyles, it involves buying new stuff to replace the old, bad stuff. Obviously,...
Business
Exactly What Brooklyn Doesn't Need: a LEED Shopping Mall
A few months ago, the city of New York announced it would funnel 20 million Stimulus dollars into the construction of a shopping mall in downtown...
Culture
The Great American Apparel Diet
The Great American Apparel Diet (nothing to do with the American Apparel the apparel company) is "a group of women and two men who have decided to...
Lifestyle
Mapping America's Eating Habits
What state spends the most on fast food? Or drinks the most soda? Or eats its vegetables? Check out this fun set of maps from the Daily Yonder...
