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Your Mission: Change Agent 001

If someone asked me what I wanted to do in five years, I would say, “I have no clue.” That’s because I’ve switched roles every year for the past three years. My current boss probably has the 10-month mark on her calendar as ...READ»

Green Business: Plastic Potion No. 9

Recycling should be the easy way to get people involved in helping the environment. Too bad the businesses behind it are blowing it.READ»

Gimme an F!

- Washington spends $16,698 per student, the second highest in the country after Boston, yet: - In 2007, 61% of D.C.'s fourth graders scored below basic level in reading, and 51% below basic in math. - Of America's 100 largest ...READ»

To Grow Your Firm, Put the Brakes on Bad Habits

Learn how using Behavior Change Groups can make a lasting impact on recognizing, and quelling, many of the bad habits that damage employee morale and workplace productivity. READ»

The New Guy

The way you manage the first weeks with a new employee can boost someone's entire career. And if you're the new guy, there's no better time to make new relationships and start your career off in the right direction. READ»

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Can Carbon Credits Slow Global Warming?

Legal limits on greenhouse-gas emissions are coming fast, with a $1 trillion carbon market emerging. At the core: A cadre of young, idealistic Yale forestry grads. But will carbon offsets do anything to slow global warming?READ»

Vinod Khosla's Green Ventures

Most of Vinod Khosla's environmental startups are efforts to reduce our dependence on petroleum -- both by making better use of oil and by finding other sources of liquid fuel. The rest address solar and geothermal power and ...READ»

A Devilish Green Angel5

The King of Green Investing

Vinod Khosla is pouring his own millions into science experiments to counter global warming -- and to prove he's the smartest guy in the Valley. READ»

I'm Bad I'm Slick5

Van Jones: "I'm Bad! I'm Slick!"

Oakland activist Van Jones is on a mission to bring green-collar jobs to the urban poor. His mightiest weapon: His mouth.READ»

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All In A Days Work

The answer to greening business might just be working less.READ»

Judge the Nudge5

Judge the Nudge

1. Paper Route USA Today became the nation's largest daily newspaper by getting inertia on its side. Twenty-two percent of its average daily circulation of 2.3 million readers comes from getting its paper distributed in ...READ»

When the Giving Gets Tough5

When the Giving Gets Tough

A nonprofit startup set itself up as a watchdog -- then showed how easy it is to lose your own credibility.READ»

Ode To A Burrito5

Ode To A Burrito

The ingredients that make Chipotle the hottest fast-food chain on the planet. READ»

Hjálmar Árnason

Hotbed

A trip to the steaming, bubbling badlands of Iceland proves one thing: There is hope for hydrogen.READ»

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A Club is Reborn

Kelli Delaney Creative Director Members Only A onetime stylist who helped start celeb-mad US Weekly, Kelli Delaney relaunched Members Only last fall. "Members Only was known for menswear, but we started with womenswear ...READ»

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Heroic Checklist

Why you should learn to love checking boxes.READ»

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Eureka?

Alan Trounson, the new president of California's stem-cell agency, talks about the science, the opposition, and his qualms about working with embryos.READ»

Top Jobs 2008: A Guide to Layoff Survival

FastCompany.com offers you a guide to layoff survival and the job search. From the practical to the philosophical, get expert tips on how to survive the fall, and get back in the game. READ»

Green House

Paint the House Green

Three ways a presidential candidate can use dollars and cents to win the climate issue.READ»

Is Bacteria Fuel the Next Big Thing?

While LS9’s research seems promising, bacteria fuel will have some competition to become the fuel of the future. Here’s a look at how it compares with three other major players among alternative fuels. READ»

Robert Walsh and Steve del Cardayré

Fueling The Future

The oil well of tomorrow may be in a California lab full of genetically modified, diesel-spewing bacteria.READ»

Lab Results May Vary

Bell Labs has the history, and Google--where engineers devote 20% of their time to personal projects--has the buzz. But other models of corporate innovation are also showing results.READ»

Duncan Watts

Is the Tipping Point Toast?

Marketers spend a billion dollars a year targeting influentials. Duncan Watts says they're wasting their money.READ»

How to Get the Job of Your Dreams

It's a feat few people ever accomplish. Here are some suggestions from those who have -- a designer, a professional video gamer, a stand-up comedian, a musical producer/performer, and an adventure columnist. READ»

The Architecture of Hope

Former senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, passionate advocate of cities, outlines a plan for galvanizing New York, beginning with the rehabilitation of Penn Station.READ»

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