Stuff We Found Today - 12.10.08

Food Stuff

• Eat Junior Bacon Cheeseburger now, pay for heart attack later - (post from green LA girl) "Today, nonprofit The Cancer Project released a study naming the five “value menu” items to avoid at fast food joints (via latimes.com)."

Home Stuff

• Rescue, Reuse, Redecorate! - (post from ecofabulous) Furnish Green in New York rescues used furniture, refurbishes them in an eco-friendly manner, and then resells them.
• VIDEO: A tour of the Eco-Friendly Transulcent M-Cube Home - (post from Inhabitat) We love prefabs!
• 5 Things You Should Always Buy Green - (post from showtheLOVE)
• 63 Potentially Hazardous "Air Purifiers" - (post from TheDailyGreen) If you're planning on buying one, check this list first.
  

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Free Organic Cotton Tank Top from TeesForChange.com - Get a free women’s organic cotton tank top ($28 value) with any purchase of $50 or more at www.TeesForChange.com through December 31, 2008. To redeem this offer, you need to have $50 or more worth of items in your shopping cart and then, in the comments box at checkout, write in the tank top and size you want.
• Eco-ga'nik's Organic Cotton Motorcycle Jacket - (post from showtheLOVE) ...and we LOVE it.
  

Tech & Science Stuff

• Los Angeles Seeks to Add 1.3 Gigawatts of Solar Power by 2020 - (post from CleanTechnica)
• HP to USe Green Batteries in Notebook Computers - (post from CleanTechnica)
• 22 Teams. One Automotive X Prize - (post from TheDailyGreen)
  

Work & Business Stuff

• Best steps for office greening? - (post from Ecopreneurist)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Crews Still Working to Clean Santa Barbara Oil Spill - (post from EcoLocalizer) This is really cause for concern considering the spill happened in 1969!!
• Smogtown: The Lung-Burning History of Pollution in Los Angeles - (book) "...a well-documented, highly engaging, and widely relevant account of southern California’s battle with “the beast,” as the authors lovingly refer to smog." Read Sustainablog's review.
• 15 of the World's Most Exotic and Amazing Trees - (post from WebEcoist)
  

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• 5 Green Nightclubs Where You Can Party the Night Away - (post from TreeHugger)
• The Simpsons Address Bee Colony Collapse Disorder - (post from Ecorazzi)
• The Orchestra Made of Ice - (post from Environmental Graffiti)
  

Website Stuff

• Surfrider Foundation Facebook App - Hey all you Facebook using ocean lovers, check this out! A fun way to help out one of our favorite environmental organizations.
  

International Stuff

• Updates from Poznan Poland United Nations Climate Change Conference - Day Eight - (post from Global Warming is Real) Video update.
• Netherlands Train Station Feature World's first Energy-Generating Revolving Door - (post from CleanTechnica) So...can we do this in New York or any other city with a massive train/subway system?
• China Starts Building Its Larget Ever Solar Power Project - (post from CleanTechnica) We know they still have a long way to go on the environmental front, but hey, they seem to be trying now.
• EU Sets Landmark Renewables Target of 20% by 2020 - (post from Red, Green and Blue)
  

Political & Social Stuff

• Our Coasts Are At Risk - (petition) Join us in signing this petition from the Surfrider Foundation that's posted on Facebook. Let's make sure we don't destroy our amazing oceans with off-shore oil drilling.
• If Detroit can't make electric real, why not enlist Uncle Sam? - (post from CNET News)
• Your Chance to Give President-elect Obama Policy Advice - (post from Red, Green and Blue) "...project called On Day One, which seeks to assemble the top user-submitted policy proposals for the next president and help set the agenda for our new fearless leader."
• A Federal Investment Bank For Renewable Energy - (post from CleanTechnica)
  

Gift-Giving & Holiday Stuff

• 5 Awesome Virtual Green Gifts - (post from Ecopreneurist)
• Gift of (green) Music - (post from showtheLOVE)
  

Other Random Cool Stuff

• On the Urban Homestead, Chickens are Pets - (post from EarthFirst) And you get free eggs.
• Florida Biz Wants to Recycle Your Used Sex Toys - (post from EcoLocalizer) Now here's an ingenius little business.