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  1. Of the 350B lbs. of food produced in America each yr., we throw away a gut-wrenching 98B lbs., 98% of which ends up in landfills.
  2. Adam Starr (@Starrtled) talks to the chefs of America's least wasteful restaurant: http://su.pr/6nAY7z
  3. If you guessed public school lunch, you'd be right, according to this disturbing story in USA Today: http://bit.ly/4xgX6P
  4. .@BrianBeutler on why progressives should stop mocking the far right and focus on passing legislation: http://su.pr/1l8VnW #politics
  5. Pop quiz: Which dining facility serves lower quality meat, Jack in the Box or your local public school's cafeteria?
  6. Today's gift of GOOD goes to Erik Jorgensen (@all_amerikan) of @20causes20days. He was nominated by @teeco71
  7. Q: Is the cost of college preventing you from going back to school?
  8. In partnership w/ IBM's @smarterplanet play this game and learn how technology can reduce blackout times: http://su.pr/7dvip3 #electricity
  9. New report confirms the obvious: Students drop out because college is expensive: http://su.pr/1uCQkK #edu #tuition
  10. GOOD + Pepsi = $20M grant-giving initiative in 2010: http://bit.ly/5Kk5qa
  11. @mhandy1 Our sources are listed at the bottom of each infographic / @good love your visualizations do you guys list source material?
  12. Over 2.3M Americans (about 1% of the pop.) are currently in jail. It costs taxpayers about $23k a yr. to house & feed one prisoner.
  13. Our Picture Show this week documents the day-to-day challenges of former prisoners. Photos by Yusuf Sayman: http://su.pr/1AaTCb
  14. Today's gift of GOOD goes to @jarred_. He was nominated by GOOD for his awesome contributions to our community.
  15. www.youarewhereyoueat.com is a site to find farms, farmers' markets, and foodboxes near you. (via @bearekay)
  16. We're honored to be on @PasteMagazine's 20 Best Magazines of the Decade list: http://bit.ly/5SWYCF
  17. Q: Where do you purchase your produce?
  18. For the 29th anniv. of John's assassination, Yoko has translated their famous "War Is Over" poster into 47 languages: http://su.pr/2Cjrt3
  19. Ask world leaders at #cop15 a climate change question directly at: www.youtube.com/cop15
  20. Responses to our #cop15 question from @chrisdowsett @alikira @thewowisnow @dlaufenberg @davidwakeman @mwittig +more: http://su.pr/8Lgt2r