Stuff We Found Today - 05.05.09

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• A Woman's Body Burden: Dozens of Man-Made Chemicals - (TheDailyGreen) "Study: Each woman's blood is laced with as many as 45 potentially toxic chemicals."
  

Food Stuff

• Your Tuna Is Getting More Toxic - (TheDailyGreen) "Federal study: Tuna and other Pacific fish has 30% more toxic mercury than in 1990 and will grow 50% more contaminated by 2050."
• Chipotle is one houte tamale - (Mother Nature Network) "Could Chipotle be the world's most environmentally friendly fast-food chain?"
  

Home Stuff

• 10 great green houses - (Mother Nature Network) If you like looking at gorgeous green homes...
  

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Bubble trouble - (Mother Nature Network) "One green girl's story of ditching shampoo altogether; she (and her gorgeous new hair) never looked back."
  

Tech & Science Stuff

• Brammo! Piaggio! Plug in These Cool New Electric Rides - (TheDailyGreen) "Battery and plug-in electric technologies offer many advantages for motorcycles and scooters, as well as larger vehicles. These new designs are pushing the envelope."
• U.S. Capitol Power Plant to stop buring coal - (Mother Nature Network) "After nearly 100 years of burning coal to heat and cool Congress, the U.S. Capitol Power Plant will switch over to less harmful natural gas."

Work & Business Stuff

• Soy Printer Ink: I Ink, Therefore I Am (Eco) - (Idea Bite) You can get soy based printer cartridges for office laser printers...now just wish we could find one for inkjet printers.
  

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 10 Amazingly Beautiful Natural Caves - (WebEcoist) Just some gorgeous nature pics.
• Pollution Lingers From Massive Coal Ash Spill - (TheDailyGreen) "Toxic heavy metals have been found in Appalachia months after environmental disaster."
• The new hotness: Bear pole dancing - (Mother Nature Network) "A motion triggered video camera caught a bear getting down and giving a sexy (to a bear) dance on a pole, er... I mean, tree." Haha...this is kinda funny! (video in post)
  

Website Stuff

• Airport Hybrid Rentals - Came across this site/blog on Twitter and thought it extremely useful...great info on renting hybrid cars at airports worldwide as well links to actual hybrid rentals in most major cities.
• Old Switcheroo - Found these guys on Twitter as well...free place to trace books, movies, music and video games. Love swapping old stuff - great way to reuse!
• Saving the planet one internet search at a time - (Mother Nature Network) "10 web search engines that help the planet as you search."

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• The FLOTUS @ the LAMB Charter School for Cinco de Mayo - (Obama Pics Daily) Just some nice pics of the First Lady...we're fans if you can't tell.
• A Lunch Date @ Ray's Hell Burgur | Arlington, VA - (Obama Pics Daily) Not really sure why we're posting this...just thought it was funny to see the Prez and VP waiting in line for a burger.
• President Allocates 786M in Recovery Act Funds to BioFuel Infrastructure - (Twilight Earth)

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Reinventing the Pizza Box - (TheDailyGreen) Now, this is a pretty good idea.
• Green States: Hall of blame - (Mother Nature Network) "The eco-villains: Meet eight guys who have worked hard to make the Earth a lousier place to live."
• Teens: It's time to do something - (Mother Nature Network) "Get volunteer opportunities texted straight to your cell phone...it is today's teenagers who are standing at the forefront of the environmental movement."