Stuff We Found Today - 12.18.08

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Prince Charles Set To Launch New Herbal Remedies Line - (Ecorazzi) No...really.
• When Santa Turned Green - (children's book) "Here’s the premise. Global warming is wreaking some havoc at Santa’s workshop. It’s causing a leak in the roof..." Read Sustainablog's review.
  

Food Stuff

• Voluntary Harvesting: A socially conscious way of eliminating food waste - (Trend Central) There are places where you can donate your backyard fruit, and some will even come pick it for you - anyone with apple trees know how great that service can be.
• Smothering Things in Chocolate for the Holidays? - (TheDailyGreen) "Lean how to easily remove chocoalte stains with natural green cleaning."
  

Home Stuff

• EcoStore USA - Having started in New Zealand, these eco-friendly home care products are now available in the US. Read more about EcoStore. There's a 25% off sale going on through the end of the year!
• Verterra: Decidedly Non-Granola Compostable Plates - (Ecopreneurist) An eco-chic way to go disposable dinnerware.
  

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Save Your World Shampoo & Conditioner - (EcoStiletto) A wonderful earth-friendly shampoo that also helps to save the Amazonian rainforest. Plus, there's a 25% discount through Jan 15th.
• Melissa Joy Manning - Gorgeous jewlerly made from recycled metals and conflict-free stones. The designs have a definite bohemian vibe...we're diggin' the red-brown oval diamond ring. There's a 15% off discount from EcoStiletto.
• The Seven Best: Classic Red Lipsticks For the Perfect Pout - (Feelgood Style) These are natural and organic.
• Toasty Boys Organic Boxers - (Sustainable is Good) Okay...so, the name makes us giggle.
  

Tech & Science Stuff

• Mercedes Serves Up Three Flavors of BlueZero - (EcoGeek) This is pretty interesting. We wonder which version will end up being the most popular! We're leaning towards the all electric.
• Datacenters That Heat Swimming Pools, Residences, Hotels - (triplepundit) IBM and Intel have found a use for all the heat their datacetners produce.
• Designers Create Solar Power Generating Sunglasses - (CleanTechnica) Hmmm...wonder if these will ever achieve the cult status of over-sized frames.
• NASA's CO2 Hunter - (Do The Green Thing) "Early next year NASA will be launching a satellite that will hunt out exactly where CO2 is being emitted and absorbed at the Earth's surface."

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Foresting Degraded Land Could Meet Growing Global Energy Demand - (Global Warming is Real)
  

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Video: Watch Ben Affleck's New Congo Documentary - (Ecorazzi).
• Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith Give $1,000,000+ To Charity - (Ecorazzi)
• Scarlett Johansson Auctions Off Snotty Tissue For Charity - (Ecorazzi) Oh, the things some people are willing to buy off a celebrity!
• Bamboo Snowboards - (Smart2BeGreen) Be green on the slopes!
  

Website Stuff

• Green Coupon Codes - (showtheLOVE) For fashion and home stuff.
• Super Seltzer - (ecofabulous) The holiday cards on Seltzer are pretty funny.
  

International Stuff

• Crematorium to help heat Swedish town - (The Local) Yes, you read that right..."In a bid to increase energy efficiency, a town in western Sweden is planning to connect the local crematorium to its district heating system."
• Japan: Eco-Products 2008 - day 1 - (EcoWorldly)
  

Political & Social Stuff

• Tell Obama To End Mountaintop Removal - (EarthFirst)
• California officials launch 'Green Chemistry' initiative - (Los Angeles Times)
• NY Governor signs plastic recycling law - (The Queens Gazette)
• 100 days to a darker Earth Hour - (green LA girl) "World Wildlife Fund, the world’s largest conservation organization, is planning the world’s biggest lights-out on March 28, 2009 from 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm."

Gift-Giving & Holiday Stuff

• The Greening of the Blue and Silver - (EcoSalon) Some tips for greening Chanukah.
  

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Stick With What You Got: Step Inside the Upgrade Circle - (Do The Green Thing) Puts our have-to-have-it-now consumerism right in front of us. Time to break the circle.
  
• Stick With What You Got: MacBook Air Game - (Do The Green Thing) Try to click on the green "Buy it now" button.
• What Is Fair Trade? - (EcoSalon)
• Why Does the USA Lag the Rest of the World in Fuel Economy? - (EcoWorldly) Yeah, why? Is it because we've been raised on bigger & better??
• ECO-LABORATORY: Seattle's Exemplary Eco Community - (Inhabitat)
• Give An XO Laptop and get one for yourself this year - (Inhabitat) This is truly an amazing initiative. What a way to bring kids around the world together...now this is how you start to create peace and harmony among people.
• Car Sharing Competition: Hertz Chases Zipcar - (Gas 2.0) Wow, this could be huge for Hertz once it expands to more cities.