Stuff We Found Today - 09.28.09

Green roofs of a French high school

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Treating Lice - (Ideal Bite) "Now that kids are back to school, protect 'em from rogue head lice or treat the buggers with safe, natural agents."

Food Stuff

• Cocoon Cooker Grows Meat and Fish from Heated Animal Cells - (Fast Company) Say what???!!!!!
• Diet Coke Can Kill You - (Eat. Drink. Better) "...the National Cancer Institute identified a significant and impressive increase in brain cancer starting in about 1984. Why did brain cancer shoot up? It looks like it is because of articial sweeteners such as those found in diet drinks and food!"

Home Stuff

• Sleek Sink/Toilet Combo is an All-in-One Greywater Recycling System - (Inhabitat)

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Denim Therapy Takes Your Jeans Form Here to Maternity And Back - (ecouterre) Denim Therapy "can insert expandable side inseams into your favorite pair, so they stretch as you (and your bebe) grow. Then, when you’re ready to get back to fighting, pre-pregnancy form—no rush, ladies—Denim Therapy will restore your jeans to their original condition at no extra cost." Denim loving mommies-to-be, rejoice!
• Nau Fill Mens Eco-Fashion Voide With Basics Every Guy Can Appreciate - (ecoterre)

Tech & Science Stuff

• Juice Up Your Roadster for Free - (EcoGeek) If only we all could afford a Tesla Roadster...
• Apple Finally Reveals Exactly How Bad Its Computers Are for the Environment - (Fast Company) "...Apple and the Environment website, which reveals all the dirty details of the company's environmental practices, including its overall carbon emissions (10.2 million metric tons, more than 2 million metric tons over HP's and Dell's reported emissions)."

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Greenland's Ice Sheet Decreases by Five Miles in a Decade - (Blue Living Ideas) That's not good...
• Summer of 2009 the Warmest on Record for Oceans - (Blue Living Ideas)
• 9 Environmental Boundaries We Don't Want to Cross: Wired - (Chelsea Green)
• The Myth Behind the Lantern Bug - (Environmental Graffiti) Interesting little critter...
• Climate Change Outpacing Recent Projections: UN Report Sees 7 Degree Warming This Century - (Global Warming Is Real)

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Trudi Styler Invites Chevron Employees To See "CRUDE" For Free - (Ecorazzi) "...tells the story of the 30,000 Amazon rainforest dwellers facing down the 5th largest corporation in the world for the dumping of 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater and abandoning over 900 unlined crude oil pits in the midst of rainforest communities."
• Mario Van Peebles' New Eco-Living Comedy Premieres This Week - (Ecorazzi) "...a comedic look at how his family renovates their new home and lives to have less impact on the planet." (video in post)
• Harrison Ford Wants You To Join Team Earth - (Ecorazzi) "...Harrison Ford is supporting and voicing a new campaign called 'Team Earth'."

Website Stuff

• Take a Climate Change Tour on Google Earth - (EcoGeek) "Google Earth is launching a series of layers that allow users to look at possible future climate scenarios depending on our actions now." (video in post)

International Stuff

• Ecomafia Radioactive WAste Dumping in Mediterranean: International Catastrophe Coming to Light - (EcoSalon) "Imagine the consequences of 20 years of nuclear waste dumping in the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea that surround the Italian Peninsula and its islands..."
• Stunning Green Roofed High School by Off Architecture - (Inhabitat) French school to be covered in green roofs. See pics...very cool!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• President Suggests Elimination of Fossil Fuel Subsidies - (AboutMyPlanet.com)

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Bottom of the Barrel: Newsweek's Least Green Companies - (EarthFirst.com)
• Reverse Trick-or-Treating Promotes Fair Trade - (EcoSalon)
• CO2 is Green Takes Climate Change Skepticism to New Heights - (Fast Company) Check out their video...are they freakin' kidding us?!!!
• Largest Green Wall in North America - (Jetson Green) "... approximately 14,448 plants covering the wall of this 30-story building...wall is 25% cooler behind the green wall than ambient temperatures."
• Pacific Gas & Electric Rejects U.S. Chamber of Commerce Position on Climate Change - (Red, Green and Blue) "San Francisco based power utility Pacific Gas & Electric has announced it will leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in protest over the organization’s “extreme” position on climate change."