Stuff We Found This Weekend - 07.26.09

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Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• The Nuby Teether Recall: Recalled teether photos - (Z Recommends)
  
• Teaching Kids to Reuse, The Ultimate in Recycling - (Eco Child's Play) Wonderful children's book that teaches them how to reuse and is also made sustainably - Choose to Reuse: a green touch & feel book.

Food Stuff

• One Third of Food Is Wasted - (TheDailyGreen) "Do your part and fight food waste." (video in post)
• How Much Rainforest Fits in a Coffee Cup? - (TheDailyGreen) "One cup of shade-grown coffee will preserve more than two square feet of rainforest -- and the birds that inhabit the trees."
• 7 Most Disgusting Insect Delicacies on Earth - (Environmental Graffiti) Hmmm...an alternative source of protein??? Ewwwww!!
• Whole Foods Removes GMOs from Grocery List - (Eat. Drink. Better.) Woo hoo!!

Home Stuff

• How Planting Trees Can Cut Your Energy Bills 30% - (TheDailyGreen) "Tree planting tips: How to plant a winter windbreak and summer shade trees to save money on energy bills all year long."

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Alicia Silverstone Teams With EcoTools For New Beauty Line - (Ecorazzi) Already love EcoTools makeup brushes...hoping these bags are just as good!

Tech & Science Stuff

• Honda's Sexy New CR-Z Hybrid - (TheDailyGreen) "...sleek new sports coupe..."
  
• Green Transportation: CARS - Cash for Clunkers - (Sierra Club's The Green Life) In case you're thinking of trading in that old gas guzzler.

Work & Business Stuff

• 4 Green Jobs Coming Out of Cap and Trade - (TheDailyGreen)
• Great Green Job of the Week: Corporate & Foundations Relations Manager at Global Green USA - (EarthFirst)
• More, Better, Greener Jobs Today - (Jetson Green)
• Green Job Listings - July 24, 2009 - (Green Gigs)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 10 Magnificent Maelstroms and Destructive Whirlpools - (WebEcoist) Cool pics of nature's awesome force.
  
• 18 Natural Formations that Look Man-Made - (WebEcoist) More cool nature pics.
  
• Beautiful Life at Kuroshio Sea - (AboutMyPlanet.com) "...one of the most beautiful displays of oceanic life..." (video in post)
• It’s Time to Get Serious about Overfishing - (EcoSalon) "The most recent and widely cited report on fisheries predicts a complete global fisheries collapse by 2048 and asserts that ninety percent of large fish such as tuna and swordfish are already gone..."
• News Break: Satellite Photos Classified by Bush Administration Show Retreating Polar Ice - (Global Warming Is Real) "Satellite photos kept secret by the previous administration have just been released showing the rapid and stark retreat of the polar ice sheets."
• NASA Releases First Image of Mysterious ‘Night Clouds’ - (Planetsave) "These observations suggest a connection with global change in the lower atmosphere and could represent an early warning that our Earth environment is being changed."

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Crude: Upcoming Movie Trailer - (TakePart Social Action Network) Another great documentary to look out for!
• Ease the task of finding eco-friendly hotels with GreenLodge.org - (ecollo)

International Stuff

• Sheep Poo Canoe Headed for France… If it Doesn’t Sink First - (EarthFirst) this is kind of humorous...

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Palin vs. the Planet - (The Daily Beast) "Congressman Ed Markey, co-author of a new energy bill in the House, fires back at the Alaska governor for her confusion, fuzzy math, and inaction on global warming."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Top 10 Bogus Climate Denier Statements - (Twilight Earth) Video in post, too.
  
• Drinking Toilet Water and Other Solutions to U.S. Water Woes - (TheDailyGreen) "Jon Stewart tackles America's water crisis with a (humorous, of course) interview with the author of a new book on the subject."
• U.S. Emits More CO2 Than China, With Imports - (TakePart Social Action Network)
• Garbage Trucks to Troll the High Seas for Plastic Debris - (EcoWorldly)