GOOD Magazine “The GOOD 100” (Issue 017)

Of course, there were many nominees who fit that criteria. Those that made the cut were chosen—in an absurdly complex process of nomination, ranking, and voting—because they are going to be important to you right now, and in the coming months and years. Our list ranges from cities racing to become the most electric-vehicle friendly to gardeners illegally fertilizing with human waste, neighbors banding together to change the economics of solar power to scholars pressing for new approaches to international aid. Here are 100 (or so) ways to get inspired.