Stuff We Found Today - 01.21.09

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Save 15% on gDiapers Through Jan 23rd - We just got notice of this gDiapers sale and though we'd pass it along.
• Wanna accelerate your kid's interest in nature? - (Ideal Bite) Recommended list of kids books that focus on the environment...and there not you're typical "environmental" books - list includes The Lorax by Dr. Seuss.
• Foreign operatives hatching a plan to takeover your kid's crown? - (Ideal Bite) "Protect your kid from rogue head lice or treat the buggers with safe, natural agents. They’re effective, chem-free, and won’t plot against your kiddo’s skin."
• A Better Baby Bottle - (Eco Child's Play) Here's a glass bottle that comes in a protective silicone sleeve..."the bottle was dropped from five feet in the air onto a hard surface, bounced once, and didn’t break."

Food Stuff

• The New Hunter Gatherers: Urban Foragers - (EcoSalon) If only we could get someone to come pick all the apples from our backyard trees each year.
• RECIPE: Super healthy & savory snack food - tasted organic garbanzos! - (living gwg)
  

Home Stuff

• Green Home Prefab Cottage Day - (Jetson Green) We LOVE prefabs...maybe someday we can build one of these for an office...someday (sigh).
  

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Oceans of Change: Chic Fair Trade Accessories - Recently came across this website through Green America's business network. We're diggin' their Farm Print Bowling Bag and their collection of on trend scarves.
• Nurture My Body - Organic hair and body care products from another Green America Business member. There are products for women, men and babies, and we love that they list the EWG Skin Deep score on all their items (most of which score a "0"). Plus they've got a 50% off web specials going on!
• Beauty Alert: Popular Moisturizers Linked To Skin Cancer? - (Feelgood Style)
  

Work & Business Stuff

• Green Bid Madness - Jan. 20, 2009 - (Green Gigs) This week's writing jobs to bid on.
• Green Gig - Jan. 21, 2009 - (Green Gigs) Today's green job postings.
• What Can You Do To Green The Country? - (Ecopreneurist) Things we can do as a green business.
  

School, College & Student Stuff

• Does You Child Go to America's Greenest School? - (Eco Child's Play) "At www.AmericasGreenestSchool.com, students can nominate their school in a 500 word essay describing how their school is green."

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Clock's Ticking: 10 Most Beautiful Places Threatened by Global Warming - (Sprig)
• The 9 Most Extreme Places on the Planet - (WebEcoist)
  

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Jamie Foxx Fakes Bling To Protest Blood Diamonds - (Ecorazzi)
• Val Kilmer's Eco-Horror Flick 'The Thaw' Gets A Trailer - (Ecorazzi) Yup, it's filled with gore and creepy-crawlies, all with an eco slant. Check it out.
• Environmentalism Flows Through the Lineup at the Sundance Film Festival - (EarthFirst) Here are the 8 environmental films that were accepted.
• "The Gleaners" Make Art Out of Trast - (EarthFirst) "...KQED explores San Francisco Dump’s Artist-In-Residence program..."

Website Stuff

• Green America's Responsible Shopper - "...provides you with the real story about abuses by well-known companies,gives you actions to promote corporate responsibility, and helps you green your life and world."

International Stuff

• Kenya to Get 30% of Power from One Wind Farm! - (EcoGeek) "...it's possible that African countries will be able to grow as clean-energy nations. Just like China and India have grown as cell-phone nations, it might just be possible that Africa will leap-frog fossil fuels."
• China's Miyi Tower Project Purifies Polluted Rivers - (Inhabitat)
  

Political & Social Stuff

• 7 Fixes from the Green Economy - (Green America: Real Green) Some ideas on how to fix the economy by the folks at Green America.
  

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Human-Powered River Gym - (GreenMuze) You gotta check this one out - too hard to explain.