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A Place in the Sun: 5 DIY Projects for Summer Lounging
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Welcome to Make It By Monday, GOOD's weekly DIY feature in which we curate, demystify, and add our own tips for craft projects from around the web (and our apartments). This week: Get set for the sun with these DIY lounging solutions. Take a seat: These DIY projects will help you swing, lounge, and recline into [...]
In New Orleans, Net-Zero Energy Homes Go on the Market
Friday, May 18th, 2012
After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans more than five years ago, the nonprofit Global Green USA started working to help the city build back in a greener way. In 2006, the organization held an open design competition, asking designers to come up with a single-family home that used net-zero energy. The hope was the design [...]
Debunking ‘Green Living’: Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
Friday, May 18th, 2012
When I first heard that the Union of Concerned Scientists was creating a research-based guide to green living, I was ecstatic. How brilliant, I thought, to finally have the answer to the question of which of the seemingly infinite "green" actions make the most difference. Should I obsess about turning the lights off before I [...]
Infographic: Understanding Social Enterprise
Friday, May 18th, 2012
This post is in partnership with FedEx Social enterprises operate all over the world and they are a growing sector in the United States. While there is no singular definition in the U.S., most social enterprises operate in the open marketplace and integrate a social or environmental mission into their bottom line. At GOOD, we [...]
Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Perhaps it's a sign you and your friends have "made it" when no one quibbles about who owes what when the check arrives after dinner out. But in this economic climate, who can blame diners on a budget for picking apart the check drink by drink to pay exactly what they owe? The problem is [...]
TED’s Taboo: What’s Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Visit the website for TED, the conference for creative techies and do-gooding hipsters that vaulted the 18-minute lecture into an art form, and you’ll find speakers discussing everything from “Sculpting Waves in Wood and Time” to “Building U.S.-China relations … by Banjo.” What you won’t find is a recent TED talk by Michael Hanauer, a [...]
In a Majority-Minority Nation, Numbers Aren’t Everything
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Beginning at some point in the next 40 years or so, there will be no ethnic or racial majority in America, and according to the Census, that process already is well under way. For the first time, white births are outnumbered by minority births in the United States: From July 2010 to July 2011, whites [...]
Facebook Doesn’t Need Your Money; Invest in Africa Instead
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Today, Facebook will launch the largest initial public offering in history. Over the course of a few minutes, an eager public will invest $16 billion in Facebook’s 3,000-odd employees. Here in Nairobi, Kenya, where I live, the eye-popping figures produce passive astonishment: A single company will absorb the rough equivalent of half a year’s GDP [...]
Juilliard Brings Online Music Education to the Masses
Friday, May 18th, 2012
As school music programs dwindle under severe budget cuts, a generation of kids is growing up without music education. If they can't afford private lessons, students can always head to YouTube to learn how to play the piano, but the quality of the instruction is hit-or-miss. Now The Juilliard School, the nation’s most prestigious college [...]
Sleep Better: 4 Ways to Manipulate Your Melatonin Levels #30DaysofGOOD
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Things are easier said than done, or so the old adage goes, and we couldn't agree more. That's why we do The GOOD 30-Day Challenge (#30DaysofGOOD), a monthly attempt to live better. Our challenge for May? Sleep better. If you've already set a sleep schedule, optimized your bedroom, and tried some of the sleep apps [...]
A Place in the Sun: 5 DIY Projects for Summer Lounging
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Welcome to Make It By Monday, GOOD's weekly DIY feature in which we curate, demystify, and add our own tips for craft projects from around the web (and our apartments). This week: Get set for the sun with these DIY lounging solutions. Take a seat: These DIY projects will help you swing, lounge, and recline into [...]
In New Orleans, Net-Zero Energy Homes Go on the Market
Friday, May 18th, 2012
After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans more than five years ago, the nonprofit Global Green USA started working to help the city build back in a greener way. In 2006, the organization held an open design competition, asking designers to come up with a single-family home that used net-zero energy. The hope was the design [...]
Debunking ‘Green Living’: Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
Friday, May 18th, 2012
When I first heard that the Union of Concerned Scientists was creating a research-based guide to green living, I was ecstatic. How brilliant, I thought, to finally have the answer to the question of which of the seemingly infinite "green" actions make the most difference. Should I obsess about turning the lights off before I [...]
Infographic: Understanding Social Enterprise
Friday, May 18th, 2012
This post is in partnership with FedEx Social enterprises operate all over the world and they are a growing sector in the United States. While there is no singular definition in the U.S., most social enterprises operate in the open marketplace and integrate a social or environmental mission into their bottom line. At GOOD, we [...]
Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Perhaps it's a sign you and your friends have "made it" when no one quibbles about who owes what when the check arrives after dinner out. But in this economic climate, who can blame diners on a budget for picking apart the check drink by drink to pay exactly what they owe? The problem is [...]
TED’s Taboo: What’s Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Visit the website for TED, the conference for creative techies and do-gooding hipsters that vaulted the 18-minute lecture into an art form, and you’ll find speakers discussing everything from “Sculpting Waves in Wood and Time” to “Building U.S.-China relations … by Banjo.” What you won’t find is a recent TED talk by Michael Hanauer, a [...]
Treat and Improve Seborrheic Dermatitis Skin Condition
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Seborrheic dermatitis is a condition of the skin. It mainly affects the scalp and can easily be confused with dandruff. In fact, stubborn dandruff generally is seborrheic dermatitis. Many very young babies have it, and parents refer to it as cradle cap. You can also have seborrheic dermatitis nose, face, the chest, the back and [...]
Make Friends With Your Perfectionism
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Perfectionism can be a frustrating little pest. Wanting everything in our lives to be perfect is the quickest way to cultivate feelings of “I’m not good enough” down every corner we turn. Perfectionism can block us from being productive, intuitive, creative, and authentic. It can keep us from celebrating our progress. Perfectionism can also keep [...]
Legs
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Michelle Letendre Leg day, a painful one as my hamstrings are still very sore, so only quad dominant exercises. Lunges115×5135×5145×5155×5165×5 For time40 HB Back Squats – 1858:13 R-Band Pistol Squats – black band, 3×5 per leg That one really hurt, the lunges took more out of my legs than I had predicted, but the timed [...]
Upper Body
Friday, May 18th, 2012
My hamstrings have not been this sore in a long time, the deads have made it horrible to try and pick up anything close to the ground, sooo upper body today. DB Bench Press65sx875sx880sx685sx690sx4 Chest Supported Row120×10150×8170×6190×6200×5 Alternate SetsDips – 15, 12, 12, 10Neutral Grip Pullups – 10, 9, 7, 7 Ab Rollouts – 3×10 [...]
