Stuff We Found This Weekend - 05.24.09

Beautiful, gorgeous, awesome Mrs. O

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• New Books About the Planet: Wanna keep kids hooked on reading through summer? - (Ideal Bite) A great list of children's books on green living.
  

Food Stuff

• Guide to Good Food: Hormones - (TakePart Social Action Network) Hormones in our beef and dairy...do we really want this??
• Gas or charcoal - which is the greener grill? - (Mother Nature Network) "Is your grill gas or charcoal? Do you know which one is greener? Don't worry too much about having the 'wrong' one - this video shows you how to make either greener." Just in time for Memorial Day BBQs. (video in post)
• Ample Harvest: Connecting Gardeners with Food Pantries - (Living Green Below Your Means) Got extra food from your garden. Check out this site to find a nearby food pantry/bank to donate to.
  

Home Stuff

• The pick of the litter box - (Mother Nature Network) "Complete with "rooftop access" and a reusable tarpaulin liner, the ModKat Litter Box is a stylish place for kitties to do their biz." It's a bit pricey, though. Is it worth it??
• Kick litter: Potty training for cats? - (Mother Nature Network) "...Kick Litter: The Nine-Step Program for Recovering Litter Addicts is a hilariously written book that follows the exploits of two cats (Moxie and Cooper) and their owner as they attempt to kick the kitty litter habit."
• $75,000 Clayton "I-house" - (Inhabitat) Check out this supercool AND affordable prefab home...it'll make you rethink mobile homes.
• Our Roundup of the Best Kids Design @ ICFF - (Inhabitots) Some super cool eco-friendly home designs for kids...we especially love the Greenplay airplane seating piece.
  

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• 30% Off Buddiwear Organics - Great line of super comfy organic cotton clothing with cool graphics. Plus, they plant a tree for every garment sold...how cool is that! To get get 30% off your entire order, use coupon code: MEMORIAL.
• Amazon Sandals - Recycled Tires for Your Feet - (Twilight Earth) Cool flip-flops made from recycled tires.
• Memorial Day weekend eco-fashion sales - (Mother Nature Network)
  

Tech & Science Stuff

• Power your car... with termites? - (Mother Nature Network) "The pesky termite could hold the key to creating a green energy future."
• Who can make the greenest rocket? - (Mother Nature Network) "As private space tourism nears launch, some companies are climbing to new heights for less-polluting rockets." Private space tourism?!!! Do people really have that much money to blow??
• iUnika Unveils Lutralight Cheap Solar-Powered Netbook - (Inhabitat) It's only $180!!! ...and it's solar powered!
• L1 Most Fuel Efficient Car - (GreenMuze) It's tiny...but kinda cool.
  

Work & Business Stuff

• Planting green moles in corporate America - (Grist) "...the Climate Corps...MBAs on a mission to infiltrate the Fortune 500 and help them save ... money (and the planet too) by rooting out energy inefficiency and developing strategies to cut corporate carbon budgets." Changing the mindset of big business?? -that would be HUGE!
  

School, College & Student Stuff

• Green course for high school grads - (Mother Nature Network) "Green entrepreneurship course at SUNY-ESF teaches high school seniors and grads new approaches for going green." Perhaps after a generation of kids have been exposed to green education, we'll see more happen...question is: can we wait that long?
  

Nature & Environment Stuff

• California beaches get graded - (Mother Nature Network) "The popular Santa Monica beach got an F for water pollution -- but 85% of California beaches nabbed As and Bs."
• Top 10 tornado videos - (Mother Nature Network) Wow...these are crazy! (videos in post)
• The Mediterranean's Most Dangerous Species - (Twilight Earth)

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• ABC's The Goode Family Pokes Healthy Fun at Green Living - (TheDailyGreen) "The new animated TV show from King of the Hill creator Mike Judge looks playful and thoughtful." Can't wait for this to start - Wed at 9pm! (video in post)

International Stuff

• Illegal Electronic Waste Smuggled from Australia to China - (Twilight Earth) Makes you wonder what other developed nations are doing the same...including our own.

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• "The Meaning of Michelle": TIME's Behind-the-Scenes feature - (Obama Pics Daily) Beautiful, gorgeous and awesome Mrs. O.
• The Perfect, the Good, the Planet - (NYTimes.com: Op-Ed Columnist) In our opinion, this is a realistic and pragmatic view of the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill...for now. What do you think?
• U.S. Will Still Lag Far Behind World in Fuel Efficiency - (TheDailyGreen) ...and we thought we were doing so good with our new fuel efficiency standard.
• Fair Trade, Diversification and Structural Change: Why the standard macro-economic critique of Fair Trade needs to be questioned - (Shared Interest Blog) "One of the most persistent critiques of Fair Trade argues that by paying a guaranteed minimum price, Fair Trade encourages producers to continue in a livelihood that is not beneficial in the long term... This thought piece offers alternative economic analysis which hypothesises that such a critique is both simplistic in its theoretical approach as well as empirically questionable."
• Connecticut: Senate passes BPA ban - (Safer States) "Connecticut’s Senate has passed a bill that will ban bisphenol A from baby bottles and reusable food and drink containers with a nearly unanimous vote of 35-1."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Creative Ways to Give Old Beer Cans New Life - (WebEcoist) Some pretty cool ways to upcycle your beer cans.
• The Beauty of Recycling - (TakePart Social Action Network) Philly recycling trucks get artistic makeovers...cool!
• Gasping for air... in style! - (Mother Nature Network) "Haute Couture gas masks beg the question: Can you ever be truly wealthy in a polluted world?" Here's a little editorial food for thought.
• Green States: Keeping score - (Mother Nature Network) "Numbers don't lie. Unfortunately. Peter Dysktra looks at some startling eco-statistics."