Stuff We Found Today - 03.05.09

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Organic Plushies by miYim at Target - (Eco Child's Play) "Target has started carrying My Natural, a collection of 100% non-toxic stuffed animals produced by miYim."
  

Food Stuff

• Street Cred: Mission Street Food (MSF) - (Ideal Bite) If you live in or near San Francisco..."Every Thursday and Saturday, MSF's guerrilla dining crew hosts a different chef to set the menu, with proceeds benefiting a local nonprof – it may be the most SF thing ever." We can't wait to check this out!
• Can kids sharpen their minds by opening their mouths? - (Ideal Bite) "...feed your kid's brain with nature's best noggin enhancers - foods that boost memory and keep 'em alert better..."
• Cadbury builds Fairtrade awareness, bar-by-bar - (Confectionarynews.com) Hey Nestle & Hershey...we're still waiting!
• Cadbury Opens Up the Dialoque - (Change.org: Fair Trade) As you can see, we're excited about this news.
• Some Estrogen With Your Energy Drink? - (TheDailyGreen) "Study finds Bisphenol A in soft drinks, including popular energy drinks."
  

Home Stuff

• Ikea Unveils Solar Powered Lights for Summer! - (Inhabitat) Awesome - accessible to everyone...and they're kinda hip looking!
• CISTA: Modern Rainwater Harvesting Made Beautiful - (Inhabitat) Wouldn't mind having one of these.
  

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Keds launches an organic line - (green LA girl) "...made of organic cotton and recycled rubber — and come in 6 colors from non-toxic dyes."
• New lara Miller Organic Collection is Hot on Nimli this Spring - (Feelgood Style) Cute, cute organic dresses!
• IS IT GREEN?: Nike Zoom "Trash Talk" Sneaker - (Inhabitat) "...a new shoe made from left-over Nike sneaker scraps - a.k.a. trash!"
• Win eco ballet flats, donate pre-loved shoes - (Mother Nature Network)
  

Tech & Science Stuff

• Fisker Karma Plug-in Luxury Hybrid - (CTN Green News) For those of you who are fortunate enough to have the means to buy a luxure eco-car. She's a beauty!
• LG Answers the Green Call With a Solar-Powered Cell Phone - (Inhabitat)
  

Work & Business Stuff

• Seeking a Green Job? Broaden Your Search - (CleanTechnica) "...many of the green jobs are coming from areas that probably don’t leap to mind when you think of cleantech..."
• Co-Design an Eco Village with the C.L.E.A.R. Village Lab - (Inhabitat) "Are you interested in charting the future of sound, sustainable living? ... looking for talented and progressive thinkers from every profession to come together at the Institute of Advanced Architecture in Barcelona from June 4th-6th 2009 to co-design a real-life eco-village."

School, College & Student Stuff

• Becoming Tomorrow's Green Leaders: Top Environmental Undergrad Programs - (EarthFirst)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Attention Citizen Scientists! Volunteers Needed to Track Signs of Climate Change - (EarthFirst) “This program is designed for people interested in participating in climate change science, not just reading about it...” Could be great for older kids to get involved too - school activity anyone??
• Alaska's Coast Melting Faster than Ever - (Sustainablog)
  
• Clean Coal Spokesman "Doesn't Know" if Coal Contributes to Global Warming - (Global Warming Is Real) Ha! Good one. See additional post on Red, Green and Blue.
• Wiping Away Forests - (GreenMuze) "Soft toilet paper use is worse than driving a Hummer, living in a McMansion or eating hamburgers... America is the worst nation on earth for toilet paper consumption." C'mon people!!
  

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• 60 One Minutes - Make a One Minute Video - (CTN Green News) "Put your vision, your passion, your humor in a one minute movie that raises awareness and inspires others to do the same." Supports WWF's Earth Hour.
• Green Movies for Kids - (Sierra Club: The Green Life) Video in post.
  

Website Stuff

• Green Magazine - (CTN Green News) This is a way cool online magazine. Not only does it cover and discuss green topics, but the way you interact with it is pretty neat - they even call it a"a living document". Check it out!
• We Left a Big Shoe to Fill: Zerofootprintkids.com - (ecofabulous) "By entering in information about transportation (do you walk, take the bus, or do your parent’s drive you to school?), what you eat, home and school, what you use, and what you throw away, each child can calculate his/her carbon footprint and take note of what they can do to minimize it."
• Al Gore Bringing .eco to the Web - (EcoGeek) "Gore and his Alliance for Climate Protection are partnering with Dot Eco LLC, a group of Hollywood and environmental-activist types, to apply for the .eco domain on the web. The domain will be used for companies, organizations or websites promoting environmental causes and a majority of the profits from the sale of those domain names will go to environmental philanthropies."

International Stuff

• Australia Gets Tanked with Tequila Biofuel - (EarthFirst)
• PLAY PUMP: The Merry-go-Round Water Pump! - (Inhabitots) "...bringing clean water into the hardest hit regions of Sub-Saharan Africa." Such a great idea that will help so many.
• Japan preps for new electric vehicles - (Mother Nature Network)
  

Political & Social Stuff

• More pics of the 1st Family - (Obama Pics Daily) The cameras love our 1st family.
• Pics of 1st Lady volunteering in local homeless kitchen - (Obama Pics Lady) Love this woman.
• Face to face with T. Boone Pickens - (Mother Nature Network) Really interesting perspective and insight...everyone should read this.
  

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Five Ways to Really Green Your St. Patrick's Day - (Lighter Footstep) Organic beer for sure!
  
• The Green Seniors Movement and Tips from the Green Granny - (Living Green Below Your Means) Lovin' the Green Granny videos - go, granny, go!
• Green burials go mainstream - (Mother Nature Network)