Stuff We Found Today - 09.15.09

When Climate Change and Health Care Reform Collide

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Healthier Car Safety Seats - (Ideal Bite) "Pick a child safety seat that contains fewer toxins. Many of the same polluting chems used to build car parts are also used to make car seats..."

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Eco Sneaks for Green Feet - (ecomii) Basically the eco-version of the classic Converse sneakers...we're diggin' these!
• What the [Fashion] Industry Doesn't Want You to Know - (Feelgood Style) "Warning…if you wish to be oblivious to the horrible ethics of the fashion industry, don’t read. If you care to be enlightened and morph into a better human being, by all means, read on and prepare yourself for some brutal images."

Tech & Science Stuff

• World's First Smart Grid City Is Now Operational - (EcoGeek.org) It's in Boulder, CO.
• NBC Nightly News talks cell phone radiation - (Enviroblog) Video in post.
• Colorado will offer $6,000 Tax Credit for Plug-in Hybrid Conversions - (Gas 2.0)

Work & Business Stuff

• 7 Companies You Should Be Doing Business With - (Green Lifestyle Magazine) Coco-Zen is mentioned as 1 of the 7 businesses in this article....woo hoo!!!
• Greener Jobs Roundup 9/12/09 - (Jetson Green)
• California announces $75 million statewide green job training program, nation's largest - (Green For All) "On August 31, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California announced what will be the largest statewide green jobs training program in the country."
• Green Gigs Job Listings - Sept. 12, 2009 - (Green Gigs)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Water pollution free-for-all - (Enviroblog)
• UN secretary-General Call Arctic Visit "Frightening" - (Global Warming Is Real) "A shaken United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reacts to a recent visit to the Arctic region." (videos in post)

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Duran Duran To Record New Global Warming Song With Celebs - (Ecorazzi)

International Stuff

• Scramble for the Arctic Intensifies - (Global Warming Is Real)
• Australia is #1 - New World Leader in Global Warming Emissions - (Clean Technica) "Australia has passed the US as the new world leader in CO2 emissions per capita."
• Germany to Create Countrywide Hydrogen Fuel Network by 2015 - (Inhabitat)

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Department of Labor Releases List of Slave-Made Goods - (Change.org) Please check out this list and the countries associated with the goods...and yes, cocoa is on here!
• A Green Certification on the Horizon for the White House? - (GreenBiz.com) "Going far beyond the organic vegetable garden and playground made from recycled materials, President Barack Obama intends to get the White House LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council."
• California to Get Large Renewable Energy Standard, One Way or Another - (EcoGeek.org)
• White House Farmers Market Gets The Green Light - (Ecorazzi) "With a little help from the first family, a nonprofit group called Fresh Farm Markets, has won approval for a city permit to close Vermont Avenue Northwest between H and I Streets to traffic for its newest market near the White House." How cool is that?!!!
• When Climate Change and Health Care Reform Collide (Cartoon) - (Red, Green and Blue)
• The Real Color Problem of President Obama - (Red, Green and Blue) "Oh, they call him a communist. They call him a Red. But the actual problem is that President Obama is too Green."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Mysterious Glow in the Sky was Astronaut Urine - (EarthFirst.com) Haha...who would have known?