Stuff We Found Today - 12.4.08

Food Stuff

• Green Gingerbread House Smackdown: HOK Enters the Fray - (post from TreeHugger) Now if only our real house could be as green as these.
  

Home Stuff

• Light My Cool Green Fire - (post from EcoSalon) Oooooh...gorgeous modern eco-friendly fireplaces.
• Thermal Leak Detector Saves Up to 20 Percent In Energy Costs - (post from CleanTechnica) At only 40 bucks a pop, not a bad investment.
• Mark Koehler's IJburg House Porves That Square is Cool - (post from Inhabitat) A cool house, that is.
  

Tech & Science Stuff

• Solar car completes 1st ever round-the-word trip - (post from Yahoo! News)
• Yes...This Car Just Beat the Tesla Roadster in a Race - (post from EcoGeek) The little EV that could.
• 70 MPH Electric Airplane costs $0.70 to Charge - (post from EcoGeek)
• Tokyo Train Station Testing Power-Generating Floor - (post from CleanTechnica)
• America's Addiction Fuels Desire For Coffee Ground Biodiesel - (post from Gas 2.0) Considering the number of people who go to Starbucks and other coffee places, this is what we call a sustainable alternative fuel source.
• Holland Puts a New Spin on Old Technology ot Combat Climate Change - (post from EcoWordly)
  

Work & Business Stuff

• Furnishing Your Green Home Office - (post from Green Living Ideas)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Northern Lights: Amazing Aurora Borealis Photography - (post from EarthFirst) Beautiful...would love to someday see this in real life.
• Gay Penguin Couple Ostracized for Stealing Eggs, Replacing Them with Stones - (post from EarthFirst) This is for real! Looks like they just wanted kids of their own.
• Lethal Ocean Noise - (post from GreenMuze)
  

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Jack Johnson And Other Celebs Donat Shoes To Save America Beaches - (post from Ecorazzi) Here's your chance to grab a pair of pre-owned celebrity shoes...and help out the Surfrider Foundation (one of our favorite orgs).
• The Art of Invisibility - (post from Environmental Graffiti) Okay - you HAVE to take a look at this photos.
• GoToGreenLA.com's top green event picks 12/5 - 12/11 - (post from green LA girl) For those of you in Los Angeles...
• Ecco Ultra Lounge: Hollywood's new eco-friendly nightclub - (post from green LA girl) Eco-clubbing in LA...oh, how we miss LA LA land.
• 4 Big local shopping events in L.A. - (post from green LA girl)
• Project H Gifting For Good Party in NY Tomorrow! - (post from Inhabitat) For those of you in the Big Apple...
  

Website Stuff

• This is Reality - New campaign against the greenwashed notion of clean coal. See their new ad.

International Stuff

• United Nations Climate change Conference - Ongoing Reports from Poznan - (post from Global Warming is Real) Some video updates of the conference.
• Venice Under Water: Deepest Flood in 22 Years - (post from EcoScraps) Thanks global warming.
  

Political & Social Stuff

• The Green Quote: Al Gore On Carbon Txes, Clean Coal and More - (post from Ecorazzi)

Gift-Giving & Holiday Stuff

• Leash We Can Do: Green Holiday Gifts for Dogs and Cats - (post from Green & Clean MOM)
• Stocking Stuffer - (post from showtheLOVE) Recycled toothbrushes for kids.