Stuff We Found Today - 08.31.09

Eco-friendly jewelry

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 16 Hand Soaps That Do Not Use Triclosan - (TheDailyGreen) "How to find soaps and other personal care products that don't use triclosan, a controversial antibacterial agent."

Food Stuff

• Global Warming = Heat Waves, Crop Damage ... and Toxic Corn Syrup? - (TheDailyGreen) "Three studies, three similar conclusions: Increasing heat from global warming will give us more illness, less food -- and more toxic food."

Home Stuff

• Sustainable Style: 12 Contemporary Green House & Home Designs - (WebEcoist) If you love green and modern, check out these drool worthy homes. Ahhh, someday...
• Cash For Clunker Appliances Coming This Fall. - (The Good Human) "Beginning this fall, a $300 rebate program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will encourage consumers to buy new ENERGY STAR-rated home appliances."
• How To Responsibly Dispose Of An Old Vacuum Cleaner. - (The Good Human)
• Clorox Deserves A Spanking! - (Recycle Your Day) "Their new slogan is 'useful in many ways' and suggests using bleach to clean out baby bottles!!" Are they kidding us???

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• 25 Gorgeously Green And Eco-Friendly Jewelry Fashions - (WebEcoist) Some of these are a bit unusual, but all are green and definite conversation starters.
• TOMS Shoes New Customers Get $5 off - (EcoAvenue) See post for promo code.

Tech & Science Stuff

• The Wheel Turns: 15 dazzling New Directions for Bicycle Design - (WebEcoist) Super cool designs for those of you who prefer to pedal your way to work...or encourage the rest of us too!
• Radical Rent-a-Bikes Generate Eco-Friendly Energy - (WebEcoist) "...imagine if you could turn the energy you produce while bicycling into credits you can use anywhere else in the public transit system." Great idea!
• China Enters the U.S. Electric Car Race - (TheDailyGreen) "BYD's e6 crossover electric vehicle is coming to American showrooms in 2010, thanks in part to Warren Buffett."

Work & Business Stuff

• Telecommuting Green Jobs - August 28, 2009 - (Green Gigs)

School, College & Student Stuff

• 12 of the Greenest College Cafeterias - (TheDailyGreen) "Big-name schools are overhauling their food services by buying local and organic ingredients, catering to vegetarians, composting waste, saving energy and much more."

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Nature's Wild Nurses: 5 Caring Animal Species - (WebEcoist) Nature is so cool!
• California Fires Visible from Space - (TheDailyGreen) "California fire maps, satellite photos and a drought map show the underlying causes and extent of destruction."
• Wildlife Cancer: A New Epidemic - (TheDailyGreen) "A new warning sign, from the likes of beluga whales and Tasmanian devils, that industrial pollution threatens wildlife -- and humans."

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• A Chemical Reaction - A documentary about lawn pesticides and it's health affects on people...see one town's fight (movie trailer in post).
• Trailer For The Film 'Burning The Future: Coal in America' - (The Good Human) "The film takes a hard look at the environmental and human effects of strip mining coal in the US." (Movie trailer in post)

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Fossil Fuel Industry Outspending Clean Energy By Nearly 7 to 1 - (TheDailyGreen) "As the Senate nears a debate over energy policy and a carbon cap-and-trade regulation to combat climate change, the lobbying heats up."
• Report: EPA Should Limit Fertilizer Runoff to Prevent Dead Zones - (The DailyGreen) "EPA Inspector General says the federal government is violating the Clean Water Act by failing to regulate streams in far-flung states in order to protect coastal waters."
• 7 Myths About Global Warming and Carbon Cap-and-Trade Regulation - (TheDailyGreen) "Will the U.S. lose jobs? Will energy bills skyrocket? Can the South really produce enough renewable energy to meet proposed federal mandates?"

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Save Money By Going Green - (Sierra Club: The Green Life) Check out these tips.
• All The Coal Kids Are Doing It - (Sierra Club: The Green Life) A coal industry association makes coloring books for kids featuring "superheroes with lumps of coal for heads"...WHAT??!!!
• What Are Methylparabens And Why You Should Avoid Them - (The Good Human)