Stuff We Found This Weekend - 01.18.09

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Eco-Friendly Wooden Dollhouse - (Inhabitat) Your little one been asking you for a dollhouse. Check this one out from SmartGear - "comes complete with wind turbines, solar panels, bicycles, water catchment cisterns, recycling bins, and a cute family of eco-conscious dollies."
• Green Toys Inc - Recycled Toys Made in the USA - (Eco Child's Play)
• Solar Powered Toys - (GreenMuze)
  

Food Stuff

• Mom Made Foods - (FoodieTots) Line of organic frozen baby and toddler foods that are now available at Whole Foods and...SuperTarget (yes!).
• 10 Most Dangerous Foods - (Sprig) Some pretty interesting info here.
• Coke Sued for Fraudulent Claims and Deceptive Labeling of VitaminWater - (Eco Child's Play)
• Choice Cuts: Get a Guide to Sustainable Meat Buying - (Eat. Drink. Better) Let's face it, many of us trying to be green still like a little meat every once in a while.
• Fish and mercury: Jeremy Piven does the FDA's public education work - (green LA girl)
• Peace Coffee in Action - (Global Exchange Fair Trade) Video included in post.
• HAPPYFAMILY Giveaway - Organic Food for Kids and Babies - $50 Value - (FocusOrganic.com)
• Something fishy about the fish...oh, wait, it's mercury - (Enviroblog)
• From Cavity Care to Cold, Hard Case: 15 Things You Didn't Know About Chocolate - (EcoSalon)
  

Home Stuff

• Greenest Cleaning Products - (Eco Child's Play) There's even easy "recipes" to make your own green cleaning products.
• BPA, PVC and Phthalate Free Food Storage Containers - (The Soft Landing)
• The Helpful and Cool Clean Green Garmento: Be Fantastic ~ Use Less Plastic - (Feelgood Style) We think this is a great item for anyone who does a lot of drycleaning.
• Toss Those Harmful Dryer Sheets in the Trash - (Eco Child's Play)
• How To Choose Non-Toxic Paint and Wallpaper - (Eco Child's Play)
  

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Eco-friendly Inaugual - Ball Gowns from Garbage - (Great Green Goods) Just for fun...no we don't expect Michelle Obama to be sporting one of these.
  

Tech & Science Stuff

• Los Angeles, New York City to Get 500 MINI Es - (Gas 2.0) "The cars will be loaned to both customers and the cities for a full year."
• Toyota's Green Showing at the Detroit Auto Show - (EcoGeek) Part 2 of EcoGeek's video coverage.
  

Work & Business Stuff

• Gig List - Jan. 19 2009 - (Green Gigs) This weekend's list of job opportunities.
• Great Green Job of the Week: Paid Traing for Green Collar Jobs - (EarthFirst)
  

School, College & Student Stuff

• Hot Green Gear: The Naked Binder - (EarthFirst) Looking for some eco-friendly binders for the new semester?
  

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 7 Phenomenal Wonders of the Natural World - (WebEcoist) Some really cool pics of nature.
• Which Parts of the U.S. Will Be Hardest Hit by Global Warming? - (TheDailyGreen)
• Scientists Say 'Paint Roofs White to Tackel Global Warming' - (Planetsave)
• Global WArming LInked to Viral Epidemic in Europe - (EarthFirst)
  

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Wax On... - (showtheLOVE) There's now an Obama stature in Maddam Tussaud's Wax Museum...and it's a pretty darn good likeness!
• A Video Game That Plants Seeds Instead of Bombs - (Eco Child's Play) Not that we're advocating kids spend hours playing video games, but at least with this game they'll be learning about the environment while having a little fun.
• Jimmy Fallon Taking "Late Night" In A Green Direction - (Ecorazzi)
• The Making of a Green Mom - Brook Shields - (Healthy Child Healthy World)
  

Website Stuff

• Celeb Storytellers - (Eco Child's Play) A website where celebrities narrarate children's stories.
  

Political & Social Stuff

• Stephen Chu On Global Warming In His Own Words: Tipping POints, Adaptation, Feedback Loops and Other Candor - (TheDailyGreen) "Obama's Energy Secretary pick explains in a video message the science behind global warming."
• Study: Alcohol Sin Taxes Work - (TheDailyGreen) "Should we have more eco-sin taxes?"
• Hansen's Grim Warning to Obama: You Have Only 4 Years Left to Save the Earth - (Red, Green and Blue)
  

Other Random Cool Stuff

• You Shall Have Bike Lanes Wherever You Go - (TreeHugger) Some pretty nifty gadgets for bike safety.