Stuff We Found Today - 03.04.09

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Nation's first BPA ban passes unanimously - (Safer States) Finally!! Now if the rest of the country would follow.
  

Food Stuff

• What's the honest-to-goodness best way to wash your produce? - (Ideal Bite) Apparently it's good old white vinegar!
• Cadbury Chocolate Goes Fair Trade - (Change.org: Fair Trade) Wow!! This is huge news people. Now if they would just convert the rest of their chocolate to Fair Trade. Yo Nestle and Hershey...are you taking note?
• Why "Enriched" Flour is Such a Poor Choice - (ecomii)
  
• Cookus Inerruptus - Now here's a fun cooking website that not only provides great organic recipes using local foods, but spices up their weekly featured recipe with a humorous video. Needless to say, we'll be posting quite a few things from them.

Home Stuff

• Xeriscape Your Yard for Water Saving Landscaping - (Blue Living Ideas)
• Sweep Dreams - (ecofabulous) Eco-friendly brooms - get ready for spring cleaning!
  

Tech & Science Stuff

• MIT Reveals Their 90 MPH solar Race Car - (EcoGeek) Race car or flying saucer?!! Take a look.
• 10 Cars That could Change the Way We Drive - (Fast Company) These are some pretty sleek looking eco-cars.
• The air car is poised for mass production - (Mother Nature Network) And it costs around $10,000!
  

Work & Business Stuff

• Cleantech Job Growth: California Leads the Way - (ecomii)
• Green jobs available now - (Mother Nature Network) Details on green jobs available in Whyomin, Arkansas and Washington, D.C.
  

Nature & Environment Stuff

• California Needs A Miracale to Fully Heal from Drought - (EcoSalon) Hello, people...wake up call!
  

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Jack Bauer Achieves Mission Of Going Carbon Neutral, Kicking Ass - (Ecorazzi)
• George Clooney Blogs About Violence in Darfur On The Daily Beast - (Ecorazzi)
• Green Globetrotting with Eco Hotels of the World - (Sustainablog) "...global online guide for the ultimate in green travel accommodations, from sustainably designed new hotels or resorts to once-in-a-lifetime ecotravel experiences like staying in an igloo in Switzerland."
• Neil Young Makes Entire Concept Album About Electric Cars - (Gas 2.0)
  

International Stuff

• 5 Huge Green-tech Projects in the Developing World - (Wired.com) "Any solution to global climate change will eventually have to involve the whole globe, not just the richest countries."
• Green Solutions Across India - (EcoGeek)
  

Political & Social Stuff

• Capitol Power Plant Protester Declare Victory - (EarthFirst) Video in post.
  
• Tell EPA: Pave the way for cleaner cars! - (Repower America) "Right now, the Environmental Protection Agency is considering reversing a Bush administration decision that has prevented California and other states from taking action to reduce global warming pollution from cars." Give the EPA a little push and sign Repower America's petition.
• Van Jones speaks to generation Power Shift - (Mother Nature Network) Video in post.
  

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Recycled Toilet Paper Passes The Fox News Blind Test (VIDEO) - (The Huffington Post) Ha! Take that Fox News.
• The Silent (Light Green) Majority - (ecomii) An interesting read.
• Banking on Green - (EcoSalon) A new eco-bank is opening. "e3bank plans on encouraging its customers to live a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle by offering preferential rates on green investments and loans."
• Budding Videographers: How is Your Family Going Green? Submit a Video and Win 5,000 bucks! - (Eco Child's Play)
• 5 Water Solutions That could Change the World! - (Planetsave)