Stuff We Found Today - 02.24.09

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Introducing Ecorattle.com: A New Green Baby Site - (Ecorazzi) Love the fact that this new site is founded by a father...one of the few baby sites from a male perspective.
• Industrial pollutions doesn't have to begin in the womb - (Enviroblog)
  

Food Stuff

• Track Your Seafood - (Oceana) "Just swipe a barcode at the grocery store, and you can watch a video of the fisherman who caught your tuna and see a map of the spot where the fish was snagged".
  
• Mardi Gras Indulgences - (Change.org: Fair Trade) The writer for Change.org's Fair Trade column is giving up non-Fair Trade coffee and chocolate completely for Lent. Being complete chocoholics, we understand how difficult this can be at time. Well, Zarah, we join you...will anyone else?!

Home Stuff

• Is Miracle, Safe Sanitizer Too Good to be True? - (Sustainablog) "Did you know that by mixing tap water and table salt you can create a substance that degreases, kills bacteria, cleans and costs less than a penny a gallon?" Well, you have to zap it with an electric current first, but still...this could be amazing!
• Top 5 Affordable Eco-Friendly Sofas & Chairs - (Green Your Decor) Because green should be affordable! Plus, we think the Montego Pennyback Sofa is pretty stylish.
• Green Steal of the Week: Set of Organic Cotton Grommet-Top Curtains - (Green Your Decor) $50 for a set of 2.
• La Mediterranea 100% Recycled Glass Tableware - (Inhabitat) These eco-friendly glass dishes, bowls and glasses come in gorgeous sunny colors that will brighten any table.
  
• The Air Inside Your Home and How It Affects You - (Green Building Elements) "According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the air inside your home can be as much as five times more polluted than outdoor air!"

Tech & Science Stuff

• NASA Global Warming Satellite Crashes During Launch - (CleanTechnica)
• Shap-Shifting Solar iChange Vehicle Unveiled - (Inhabitat) "Swiss car manufacturer Rinspeed recently announced that they will be showing off a car lined with solar panels that is capable of changing shape to suit the number of passengers that are in the vehicle." Changing shape??!!
• Brilliant and Bizarre Off-the-Grid Green Designs and Technologies - (WebEcoist)
  

Work & Business Stuff

• Green Job Listings - Feb. 24, 2009 - (Green Gigs)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Monkeys Have Morals After All - (Environmental Graffiti) Some interesting food for thought.
• Barreleye Lights Up the Deep - (Oceana) This is one strange looking fish. Check out the video of this fish too.
  

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Relive Captain Planet Episodes On Mother Nature Network - (Ecorazzi) "...stars like Elizabeth Taylor, Martin Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg, Meg Ryan, Sting, Jeff Goldblum and many more had all provided their voices for the original series — and this was waaaayyyy before saving the planet was thought of as cool."
• Clooney Meets With Biden, Obama, Gets Promises For High-Level Envoy On Darfur - (Ecorazzi) Could the man be any cooler?!
  
• Hats off to Habitat for Humanity - (Celebs Gone Good) "Habitat for Humanity has teamed up with Clothes off Their Back to sell some hardhats signed by awesome CGG stars like the Jonas Brothers, Justin Timberlake, Linkin Park, Katy Perry, Zac Efron, and Miley Cyrus."

International Stuff

• British Bishops Call for Carbon Fast During Lent - (Fast Company) Religion gets environmental!
• A Solar Community in Israel - (The Inspired Economist)
  

Other Random Cool Stuff

• MAD Architects' City of the Future - (Enviromental Graffiti) Some very cool organic renderings of buildings and planned communities.
• In L.A., Solar Array to Replace Supersonic Jet Runway - (Fast Company) Nice change of priorities, wouldn't you say?