Stuff We Found This Weekend - 06.14.09

"good" bugs

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Two cents for safer BPA-free cans - (Safer States)
• Pajama party: how to celebrate green - (Celebrate Green Blog) "...some tips for celebrating green during your child’s pajama or slumber party..."

Food Stuff

• Food, Inc. o NPR's Morning Edition - (TakePart Social Action Network)
• Recipe of the Week: Blueberry Banana Bread - (living gwg) This is a vegan recipe that just looks delish...think we might try adding some chocolate chips (maybe replace the blueberries with them??).
• GMO Crops: Are We the Frogs in the Slowly Boiling Water! - (Chelsea Green)
  

Home Stuff

• 18 Tips for Super Green Pest Control - (WebEcoist) Lot of options...natural repellants, beneficial insects, solar-powered repellents, trap and release, etc.
• Let There Be Light - (Jolly Green Girl) These recycled paper lamps are really works of art...gorgeous!
• California to Pay Residents to Rip Out Their Water-Intensive Lawns - (EarthFirst) "...Los Angeles officials are...going to pay LA residents to rip out their useless, water-intensive lawns." This should be everywhere!!
  

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Faking Rays - (Mother Nature Network) "Are natural self-tanners a safe alternative to catching rays?"
• Loomstate Men's Private Sale - ENDS TOMORROW - (Inhabitat) "Some of the most amazing and wearable styles from the Spring 2009 Men’s collection are up to 70% off... The sale ends tomorrow at noon..."
• Inhabitat Green Wedding Series: Eco Wedding Rings - (Inhabitat)
• In the Mood for Sexy Summer Dresses - (ecosalon) Cute, cute cute!
  

Tech & Science Stuff

• XR3: 225 MPG Plug-In Hybrid Trike Headed for Production - (Gas 2.0) "...three-wheeled plug-in diesel hybrid...gets a jaw dropping 225mpg on combined diesel-electric power and 125mpg when using only the 23hp diesel engine."

Work & Business Stuff

• Clean Energy is Generating Well-Paying Green Jobs Throughout U.S, New Pew Study Finds - (HispanicBusiness.com)
• 19 Free (Green) Tools for Small Businesses - (Ecopreneurist) 'Cuz greeb is always good...and free is even better!
• Telecommuting Green Job Listings - June 12, 2009 - (Green Gigs)
• Great Green Job of the Week: Fishereis Oceanographer, MRAG Americas Inc. - (EarthFirst)
  

School, College & Student Stuff

• High School girl discovers styrofoam eating bacterium - (Mother Nature Network) "Top awards in last month's Intel International Science Fair go to Tseng I-Ching from Taiwan who discovered 'red bacterium' that metabolizes polystyrene." Love it when youth do great things!
• Boy discovers microbe that eats plastic - (Mother Nature Network) "PhDs have been searching for a solution to the plastic waste problem, and this 16-year-old finds the answer." Another amazing teen!
  

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 10 Ways We've Changed Antarctica - (Discovery Channel)
• Iron Mountain MIne - Most Polluted Place in the World - Gets Stimulus Funds - (Twilight Earth) "There is a mine Called the Iron Mountain Mine near Redding in Northern California, known as the most polluted place in the world. The EPA was recently awarded $20.7 million in federal stimulus funds to clean up this Superfund site."
• 7 places forever changed by eco-disasters - (Mother Nature Network) "In each place, a natural or man-made disaster forced an entire population to flee, in some cases never to return. It is estimated that by the year 2050, the number of eco-disaster refugees will reach at least 150 million."
• 8 major threats to our planet's oceans - (Mother Nature Network) "...human existence is inexorably linked to the fate of the oceans, underscoring the need to take care of this fundamental resource, which has already suffered from negligence and exploitation."
• Video: Where have all the salmon gone? - (Mother Nature Network) How much you wanna bet that what we've done to the planet have something to do with this?
• Blue Planet Expedition: Cousteau Visits Jordan, Israel & Palestine - (Blue Living Ideas) Video in post.
  

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Lazy Environmentalist TV - (GreenMuze) Show premiers on Sundance Channel on June 16th...you gotta watch! “I am a lazy environmentalist and, for me, it is all about the least amount of effort for the maximum gain,” he explains in his new series. “A green slacker paradise is to lie back and put your feet up and save the world.”
• Matt Damon Asks For Support ON Clean Water Legislation - (Ecorazzi)
• Who's Who in Green: Cameron Diaz - (EarthFirst) "Cameron Diaz was recently crowned ‘Queen of Green’ by Vogue Magazine..." (video in post)
  

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• The Eyes of History 2009 contest: winning Obama-related photos. - (Obama Pics Daily) Just some great photojournalism pics.
• Obama Admin. Strikes Back Against Mountaintop Mining - (Twilight Earth) "The Obama Administration Takes Unprecedented Steps to Reduce Environmental Impacts of Mountaintop Coal Mining."
• Obama Administration Orders 14,105 Fuel-Efficient Vehicles - (EarthFirst) "The vehicles will be paid for with funds from the Recovery Act. The U.S. General Services Administration said that it ordered the vehicles from GM, Chrysler and Ford last week."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Disney Dumped Toxic Chemicals Into Groundwater, Lawsuit Alleges - (Eco Child's Play)