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GOOD: Bikes to Rwanda

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Lugging huge bags of coffee through the unpaved hills of Rwanda to a processing plant was back-breaking work for the Karaba coffee co-op. In this original GOOD video see how a collaboration between Karaba and a Portland, Oregon, coffee roaster has solved that problem, boosted production, and given birth to a new non-profit.

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GOOD: Hippo Rollers
In rural Africa, women spend 26% of their time fetching water, often walking for miles with heavy buckets balanced on their heads. That's time that could be spent going to school, working outside the home, or teaching their children. The Hippo Water Roller eases the burden by allowing women to transport five times as much water with much less physical effort. In our latest LOOK video, we examine the impact of the rollers on one village in South Africa. LEARN MORE hipporoller.org

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GOOD: Rooftop Bees
With space at such a premium in Manhattan, New Yorkers are accustomed to thinking vertically when it comes to housing. Now bees are getting in on the action. David Graves, an urban beekeeper, tends his hives far above the bustle of New York on rooftops throughout the city. His buzzworthy honey gets rave reviews for its delicate sweetness and for the relief it offers allergy sufferers. But with Colony Collapse Disorder threatening his livelihood, we're left wondering what a world without honey bees would be like. Not so sweet.

03:56

Cool Hunting: Olaf Breuning
In honor of Swiss artist Olaf Breuning's inclusion in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, this video visits his Manhattan studio. In the midst of working on his two-part installation for the show, Olaf takes the time to explain his inspiration and thinking behind his mini army made of readymade objects and a recreation of a 1932 photograph. There's also plenty of examples of his other playfully absurd photographs, videos and sculptures as well as a few comments about how materials spark his creativity, pop culture and the differences of working out of a place of pleasure vs. struggle.

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GOOD: Advertising
What advertisers pay to catch your wandering eye. A GOOD Video feature.

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GOOD: Capital Cities
What's in a city's name? Beauty, peace, and prosperity. Just a reminder.

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GOOD: Bono: A Brief History
Bono has gone from consummate rock star to passionate advocate for change, gaining audience with the world's leaders and a reputation for being serious—and seriously informed—about African debt relief and the AIDS crisis.

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Harmony: Mini Wind Turbines
Our planet is a fragile ecosystem. To keep it in balance, we’ll have to figure out how to harness nature to generate clean, affordable energy. Mini Wind Turbines in San Francisco has one answer. Their turbines are cheap and practical, and can power lights or charge cell phones in villages that are off the grid.
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GOOD: Kinkajou Projector Brings Literacy to Mali
Teaching adults to read is a difficult enough task in and of itself, but in rural Mali, teachers also face classrooms without electricity and books weathered by the punishing desert climate. Enter the Kinkajou Projector, a fusion of high and low technology that makes teaching night literacy classes as easy as ABC. LEARN MORE Design That Matters

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GERES - Solar Greenhouses in India
GERES has worked with local NGOs in Ladakh to design a robust greenhouse that captures and retains the suns heat. They won an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy in 2009.

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One Planet Food
Food is now cheap in this country, but at what cost? If everyone in the world ate and lived as we do, we'd need the resources of three planets not one. Three young secret agents are briefed by "The Boss" to investigate the impact of food and farming on the environment. Their assignments take them to classified location where they discover facts about where our food actually comes from. They find out whether it is possible to opt for One Planet Food. Will our agents achieve their missions? You have 19 minutes to find out... he views expressed in the film reflect those of the Soil Association, the UK's leading environmental charity promoting sustainable, organic farming and championing human health.

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