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Fashion for the Future – As Old Becomes New, The New Becomes Old
It’s hard to think of an industry that relies more on the power of new-ness than fashion. Designers are expected to produce as much as six new collections every year. Just the thought…
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Good Gift Cards
This final good gift guide of the season is for all you forgetful procrastinators out there. Gift cards will never disappoint, but there’s no need to be as obvious as getting an Amazon…
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Good Gifts for Men
Men can either be really easy or super difficult to buy presents for. Our handpicked gift selections include good stuff like a badass backpack, sinful beard oil, cookwear for the rugged outdoorsman, a…
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Good Gifts for your BFF
When buying a gift for your best friend, go for things that make their everyday life just a little bit brighter. Our BFF gift guide includes cozy and conscious wardrobe staples, social reading…
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Good Gifts for the Wellness Warrior
Although the holidays are not a time when we tend to stick to our normal healthy routine, the rest of the year offers plenty of opportunity to make up for that. This gift…
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Good Gifts for Your (Lady) Love
This gift guide is for you men out there desperately wondering what to get that special lady in your life for the holidays. Our suggestions include beautifully handmade objects and wearables, lots of…
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Good Gifts for Foodies
Food is no longer just something we need three times a day to stay alive. It’s become a way of life, with an increasing number of people identifying themselves as foodies. In this…
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Richard Branson Tells Employees: Take as Much Vacation as You Want
If you want to get a European living in the US riled up about something, start discussing vacation time. Most American companies give their employees two weeks paid vacation every year. In that…
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A Tour of Moby’s LA Home, Where He Keeps 30,000 Bees
Musician, DJ and activist Moby takes us on a tour of his four-acre property atop the Hollywood Hills, which he shares with approximately 30,000 healthy, happy bees. Many of the foods we eat…
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Homeboy Industries – Jobs, Hope & Transformation for LA’s Former Gang Members
Since 1988, Homeboy Industries has provided job training and counseling to thousands of former gang members, giving them a rare opportunity to change their lives. The organization was started by Father Greg Boyle…
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Vivienne Westwood – Designer, Climate Activist, Fashion Icon
Upon entering the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s wildly popular exhibit Punk: Chaos to Couture, visitors were greeted by spiky-haired mannequins wearing outfits designed by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren alongside couture designer pieces…
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Startup Stories: Factory45, an Accelerator Program for Made in the USA
The most successful entrepreneurs out there create because they simply cannot help themselves, and few stop at just one idea. Shannon Whitehead got her start in 2010 when she co-founded {r}evolution apparel, a…
Gift Guide: Good Gifts for Men
In our first Goodlifer Gift Guide for Men, we look to the mountains for inspiration. We have rounded up a selection from some of our favorite companies; some old friends and some new…
Summer Rayne Oakes Takes Us On a Journey Through Life, Loss & Hope
Using personal storytelling and stirring imagery, eXtinction is an environmental short film that highlights ten of our most pressing environmental issues. These things are happening now, within our lifetime. To highlight this fact,…
Pantone’s Color of the Year, 2013, is Emerald – But How ‘Green’ is That?
Yesterday, Pantone announced their selection for color of the year, 2013: Pantone 17-5641 Emerald, a lively, radiant, lush green. While 2012’s Color of the Year, Pantone 17-1463 Tangerine Tango, was a spirited, reddish…
Goodlifer’s Guide to Costa Rica
Costa Rica has emerged as the prime eco-tourism destination in Central America, much due to the country’s extensive system of national parks and nature reserves. In Costa Rica you can find both the…
H&M Aims to Raise Sustainability Profile with New Men’s Line for Urban Cyclists
Mass-market retailers’ appetite for design collaborations seems to have no end in sight. After releasing much-hyped collections in collaboration with fashion-world darlings like Maison Martin Margiela and Anna Dello Russo, H&M is now…
The Artificial Leaf – Turning Sunlight & Water Into Energy
If plants can use nothing but sunlight as their energy source, why couldn’t we use a similar process to power the world? That’s the question chemist and MIT professor Dan Nocera asked himself…
Gift Guide: Good Gifts From A to Z, Part 2
As part 2 of our A to Z gift guide we continue our celebration of handcrafted goodness, artisan collaborations, wild(er) publications, and environmental art projects that propose new models for urban renewal. Giving…
Chivas Skin Care – Artisanal Goat Milk Products From a Sustainable Family Farm
On their farm in Fillmore, about an hour north of Los Angeles, mother-and-daughter team Donna and Lauren Johanson use fresh goat milk to craft artisan soaps that have garnered near cult-status. Chivas Skin…
Gift Guide: Made in Australia
In the lead-up to the holiday season, we are cleaning the barbeques, ordering seafood and readying ourselves for the celebration of family, friends and the good life. Born and raised in Chicago and…
Good Stuff: Jewel Tones & Complex Patterns
As nights grow longer and darker, keep things bright by dressing in rich jewel tones of red and blue. Add some fun and playfulness by rocking complex yet wearable patterns — there is…












