GOOD December Recent Highlights

12.06

Opening Party

12.08

Etsy.com hosted a DIY weekend and taught us how to screen print gift wrap and holiday cards, make pillows and place mats out of old plastic bags....
12.10

On Monday the folks at Planning for Good organized a great party with guest speakers from TreeHugger.org, Witness (www.witness.org) and the Children's Health Fund (www.childrenshealthfund.org).

12.11

We co-hosted a launch party for Purus Vodka (www.purusvodka.com), a new organic vodka that tastes great

and (incredibly) leaves you hangover free in the morning.

12.12

Climate Change from Art to Action. On Wednesday, Ben Jervey and Kelly Cox of the NRDC (www.nrdc.org) put together a lively discussion and launched their new initiative Speak Now, which uses online video blogs to urge congress to change American energy policies. The night also featured: The Melting: Art and Science on the Front lines of Climate Change, The Canary Project (http://canary-project.org) and Eve Mosher's High Water Line Project.

12.14

On Friday GOOD Magazine launched the Hope Equity Shuffleboard at the holiday party

12.15–12.16

And over the weekend Minh from Minnie Eat World stopped by (www.minnieeatworld.com) to make white chocolate peppermint popcorn for everyone. (Check back for recipes.) On Saturday, Head Count set up a voter registration station and strategized for their 2008 efforts. On Sunday, Parson's Make Your Own Instrument Class held a performance in the Openhouse Theater -- our first community curated event.

i'm CHATS

Over the last week we've also hosted a series of i'm chats and interviews with thought leaders in the fields of micro-finance, climate change, human rights, social entrepreneurship, publishing, marketing, and design. (check back for transcripts and details)

12.08 CHAT #1: i'm building human rights

With Andrew Woods (Harvard Law School), Craig Walzer (Harvard Law School & Kennedy School of Government) and Sameer Padania (WITNESS)

12.09 CHAT #2: i'm on the ground

In Vietnam with Nathalie Miller of Chi-Em (www.chi-em.org)

12.10 CHAT #3: i'm on campus

With Marina Kim (Ashoka), Scott Sherman and his Social Entreprenuership students (NYU) and Rebeca Hwang (Stanford Social Entrepreneurs' Challenge)

12.12 CHAT #4: i'm on the ground

In Bali with Will Bates of Step It Up

12.14 CHAT #5: i'm good

With Holiday Party Attendees including Liza Vadnai (Marketing Director, GOOD) & Alissa Walker (MediaBistro / Unbeige) and the GOOD team in LA -- including Zach Frechette (Editor-in-chief, GOOD)

12.15 CHAT #6: i'm building community

With Max Schorr (GOOD), Matt Stinchcomb (Etsy) and Ken Tanabe (Loving Day)

More to come this week including:

i'm on the ground: Argentina

i'm community playlists from:

KT Tunstall, Chris Funk of the Decemberists, DJ XXX (Alex from Spank

Rock, Chief Xcel (Blackalicious), Mago Bo, DJ Spooky, Ghislain Poirier

+ more

Garden in Transit's final stop, Global Goods Partners Marketplace,
and the Hope Equity Shuffleboard tournament.

As always, you can drop off clothes, cell phones, books, and ideas

every day from 11a-6p.