Stuff We Found This Weekend - 08.02.09

Is Gaia Geo-engineering With Jellyfish to Slow Climate Change?

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Cardboard Playhouses - (Ideal Bite) "Kids can help build and decorate these mini castles, barns, and treehouses (all recyclable too) - while using their imagination and having fun."

Food Stuff

• How Sustainable is Your Favorite Wine? Greenopia Rates 25 Wineries - (Eco-Chick)

Tech & Science Stuff

• Pee Power: Relieve Yourself and Contribute To the Electric Grid - (AboutMyPlanet.com) Haha...have to find this amusing.
• Tire Maker Designs Rubber-Paneled, Electric SUV - (EcoGeek)

Work & Business Stuff

• Great Green Job of the Week: Solar PV Installation Instructor/School Director, Solariv - (EarthFirst) "Solariv is seeking qualified technical instructors for contract teaching opportunities for our solar thermal and photo voltaics training center in Elizabeth, New Jersey."
• Telecommuting & Freelance Green Jobs - 8/1/09 - (Green Gigs)
• Eco-Friendly Jobs From Home - 7/30/09 - (Green Gigs)

School, College & Student Stuff

• Green college honor roll announced - (Mother Nature Network) "The Princeton Review has named 15 of the nation's universities to the 2010 Green Rating Honor Roll."
• How to Work With Your Child’s School to Go Green - (FocusOrganic.com)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Southwest Must Face Harsh Water Shortage Realities - (EarthFirst) "Does it make sense to transport massive quantities of water to a desert, so that people can replicate the lifestyle of a lush, wet climate?...Lake Mead has dropped 28 feet in the past two years, and experts say it might be bone-dry by 2021."
• Bay Area Global Warming Experts Prepare for Epic Flood - (EarthFirst) "Experts in the San Francisco area are planning for a flood “of Noah’s Ark proportions” which they believe could be a possible consequence of global warming."
• The Unstoppable Coal Fire Blazing Beneath Pennsylvania - (Environmental Graffiti)
• Is Gaia Geo-engineering With Jellyfish to Slow Climate Change? - (EcoWorldly) Hmmm...interesting thought...

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• “The Lorax” In 3-D, An Eco-Tale For All To See! - (Ecorazzi) We remember watching this Dr. Seuss story on TV as a kid!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Tennessee: We’ll Take Tourism Over Blowing Up Our Mountains - (EarthFirst) "Tennessee has effectively told coal miners boycotting the state because of its anti-mountaintop removal stance not to let the door hit their asses on the way out."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• EPA to Investigate Waste Dumping in Poor U.S. Communities - (EarthFirst)