Stuff We Found Today - 09.17.09

Weird deep sea animals...cool!

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Sacramento says: Let them eat BPA - (Environmental Working Group) "The California state Assembly failed to pass SB 797, a bill which would have banned the toxic chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from use in children’s sippy cups, infant formula and other food and drink products designed for children aged three and younger..."

Food Stuff

• Blood and Chocolate - (Gourmet.com) "After 10 years of promises, protocols, and initiatives, the children of West Africa remain at the mercy of the cocoa industry."
• Beer in the bike lane - (Mother Nature Network) "A Portland, Oregon brewery is using the power of the pedal to get their new bike bar around." Awesome!!!
• Your Filet-O-fish is endangered - (Mother Nature Network) "McDonald’s buys millions of pounds of hoki each year for Filet-O-Fish sandwiches. Now, conservationists say the New Zealand fish is being depleted."

Home Stuff

• Organic Coupons - (ShowTheLove)

Tech & Science Stuff

• Limit Your Exposure To Cell Phone Radiation - (Environmental Working Group) Check out EWG's interactive online guide to cell phone emissions. See the best phones, lookup your phone, read the research, etc.
• Solar Filling Stations: On-Demand Fuel for Electric Cars and Bikes - (Inhabitat
• New Envion Facility Turns Plastic Waste into $10/Barrel Fuel - (Inhabitat)
• Top 5 Alternative Motorcars From the Frankfurt Auto Show - (Inhabitat) Some "green machines to gawk at"...

Work & Business Stuff

• Green jobs: Urban farming in Chicago - (Mother Nature Network) "Growing Home works with the homeless and low-income population in Chicago to provide organic agriculture training." Not only helping people out of poverty, but providing healthful food for the population...AWESOME!!!
• Employees get rewarded for green behavior - (Mother Nature Network) "Creative Citizen launches new suite of products to help track and reward green behavior (and save money) in the workplace."

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Top 10 Bizarre Animal Mating Rituals - (Science Channel) Nature is weird sometimes...
• If freaky fish are everywhere, are they still freaky? - (Environmental working Group) "Unsettling reports of “intersex” fish surface periodically in newspapers and scientific journals in scattered locations throughout the U.S. These freakish fish are typically males with immature egg cells in their testes. Occasionally they are female fish that display male characteristics... Intersex fish are often found in waters contaminated by synthetic hormone-disrupting chemicals found in plastics, pesticides, personal care products, and more."
• Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' to grow dramatically due to federal biofuel mandate - (Mother Nature Network) Because of course it would be tooooo much to ask them to use organic farming methods.
• 13 of the Most Gender-Bent U.S. Rivers - (TheDailyGreen) "In one river, 91% of the males of one species of fish had female parts. What is going on?"
• 7 Wet, Wild & Weird Deep Sea Animal Wonders - (WebEcoist) Here are some crazy looking sea critters.

Website Stuff

• HealthyStuff.org - Great new searchable database of consumer goods tested for unheathly products (apparel/accessories, cars, kids products, pets, toys).

International Stuff

• Denmark Brings World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Online - (Inhabitat) "...able to produce 209 megawatts of power – enough for a staggering 200,000 homes."
• The 15 most toxic places to live - (Mother Nature Network) Wow, this is scary...

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Letter from Van Jones - (Mother Nature Network) "Van Jones offers first public statement since his resignation and urges us to 'spread green jobs gospel.'"
• 13 Trillion Reasons to Fight Global Warming - (TheDailyGreen) "Global investors say they want to invest their $13 trillion in a world that isn't ravaged by runaway climate change."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• San Francisco to Have World's First Airport Carbon Kiosks - (Inhabitat) "...eco-conscious travelers through San Francisco’s International Airport (airport code: SFO) will be able to purchase carbon offsets for their flight right on the way to their gate!"
• Robot Seeks Out Toxic Waste Dumped by the Mafia - (EarthFirst.com) "The mafia is going to have to rethink dumping toxic waste into Italian waters now that there’s a robot submarine on their trail."