Your weekly GOOD infographic from Column Five Media:
“Citizens of countries that are unpopular on the global stage often face great challenges in traveling abroad. Check out this infographic of the countries whose residents have the least freedom to travel.”
This infographic is a collaboration between GOOD and Aaron Kuehn (@AaronKuehn)
Do you know how to prep your bike for a ride? Whether you’re a bike newbie and prefer to loop around the park or a longtime enthusiast who bikes across the city, it’s important that your bike’s parts function properly so that you stay safe and make the most of your ride. Here’s a pre-ride checklist to get you started on the right track. Once you’re set up, you may be inspired to get around by bike more often. Make sure you’re always prepared by downloading your own copy of the Pre-Ride Bicycle Checklist infographic here.
Join us for our Fix Your Street Challenge on the last Saturday of May. Click here to say you’ll Do It and be sure to share stories of transportation innovation all month.
Interactive Infographic: Can America Be Energy Independent?
Join us every Wednesday for the next two months, when we’ll be graphically exploring these questions and more with interactive infographics that go behind the issues. Today, we’re launching with one of key issues that underpins our environmental and economic future: energy independence.
Quick, can you name five small businesses in your neighborhood? If you’re like most Americans, you can probably think of even more than five. After all, small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms in America – that’s nearly 6 million companies. Small businesses (defined by the Small Business Association as companies with less than 500 employees) employ about half of all private sector workers. But aside from employing millions of Americans, studies show that many of us also think highly of these types of businesses and even have an emotional connection with them. Here’s what Americans have to say when it comes to small businesses.
This post is brought to you by GOOD, with support from UPS. We’ve teamed up to bring you the Small Business Collaborative, a series sharing stories about innovative small businesses that are changing business as usual for their communities and beyond. Learn how UPS is helping small businesses work better and more sustainably here.
Infographic: Health Food and Weight Loss Around the World
A global survey conducted by The Nielsen Company last year found that people from different countries and cultures generally agree on how to lose weight and what foods are the healthiest.
If you’ve watched Mad Men, you know that marketers used to do what they could to get your attention – using flashy campaigns to promote what they think you want. But with the prevalence of technology in our everyday lives, marketing tactics are changing to be smarter about understanding their customers.
Marketers are focusing on building tools to understand your habits, personalize your experience, and connect you with like minds. Learn about the innovative tools they use and take our survey to find out what kind of shopper you are.
Designed by our friends at Form + Function Produced by GOOD with support of IBM
It can’t be denied any longer: Sea levels are rising, major droughts are continuing, and record hot summers are being experienced al around the world. A recent study conducted by Yale University and George Mason University finds that for the first time since the research began in 2008, the majority of Americans believe that global warming is mostly a man-made phenomenon. And as sobering images of catastrophes make headlines, people are recognizing that the effects of their actions are not just an increasing danger to the world but a direct threat to themselves and their families.
In a nutshell, some real American Idols. The results range from presidential candidates to religious leaders, with an occasional entrepreneur or pop-culture icon in the mix. (Women in politics dominate the admiration ranks.)