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Why I Nominated Erika Karp for the GOOD 100

Erika told me she was out to transform the all-powerful capital markets so that they would correctly value sustainability, thereby reorienting capitalism to a higher purpose. Whoa.

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Why I Nominated Ben Nabors for the GOOD 100

Says Nabors: “Through a character that’s so sensitive to the unseen, we get an opportunity to look at the subtle forces at play in people’s lives and choices.” Nabors could be talking about himself.

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Why I Nominated Jeremy Jones for the GOOD100

Jones started the nonprofit Protect Our Winters in 2007 to unite the winter sports community around combating climate change. Unlike other environmental groups, POW makes advocacy feel personal.

Lily Cole's Mission to End Money

A supermodel aims to free us from commodity culture.

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Why I Nominated Rob & Chelsea McFarland for the GOOD 100

Illustration by Lauren Tamaki   I first met Rob McFarland while working at a tech startup in Venice, Calif. One day, not long after our...

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Why I Nominated Chris Emdin for the GOOD 100

I first learned of Christopher Emdin after stumbling upon the Twitter hashtag #HipHopEd, which he co-created....

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Why I Nominated Josefine Campbell for the GOOD 100

Illustration by Lauren Tamaki   Scandinavian-made products have long been icons of design. New Nordic food has captured the world’s...

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Introducing the 2014 GOOD 100, by Gap CMO Seth Farbman

We all want to make a mark. That's why we are here: on the GOOD community and on the planet. There's nothing more human than a deep desire to...

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Why I Nominated Ron Finley for the GOOD 100

Illustration by Lauren Tamaki Ron Finley, a.k.a. the “gangster gardener,” has a renegade approach to counteracting obesity and fast-food...

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Azure Created Her Own Happiness

Finding herself uninspired at her HR job, 31-year-old Azure Antoinette from NYC, knew that there had to be more to life. So, when she witnessed...

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What I Learned in 2013: “Going out on a Limb and Doing Whatever It Takes”

My biggest lesson of 2013 is that you really can “create your own luck”.

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What I Learned in 2013: “Moments of Awe Make Us Better People”

…regular incidences of awe, not only provided a kind of necessary catharsis, but also left subjects as fundamentally better people.

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What I Learned in 2013: “Mortality is My Diagnosis”

I stopped writing my bucket list and started living it.

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GOOD 100: Meet Leni Zumas, Putting the Human Condition on Paper

Leni Zumas is an author and professor who, through her short stories and novel, paints a darkly humorous picture of the human condition. Author of the

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GOOD 100: Meet Chris Ying, Creating Delicious Reads and Visual Feasts

Chris Ying is the creator of the quarterly food journal Lucky Peach. A collaboration between McSweeney’s and chef David Chang, this delicious read