Stuff We found Today - 10.12.09

Nice block Mr. President!

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Eco Playing Cards - (Ideal Bite) Perfect for family fun!

Food Stuff

• Farm Vending Machines - (GreenMuze) "...a novel solution to sell fresh produce to the public at a reasonable price by keeping overhead low with the use of vending machines." This is interesting...

Home Stuff

• Give These a Turn: Modknobs Matte Paperstone Doorknobs - (Green Your Decor) Some cool looking doorknobs made from "%100 post-consumer recycled cardboard."

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• 6 Eco-Friendly Men's Jackets Ready to Take On Fall - (Ecouterre) Some great classic and modern silhouettes...all very wearable.
• Playback Clothing Helps Recycled Soda Bottles Dye Another Day - (Ecouterre) "...tees, hoodies, and sweatshirts that take on the preexisting color of the original recycled material. To wit: No potentially hinky chemical dyes are required..."

Tech & Science Stuff

• Biofuel Production From Municipal Waste - (AboutMyPlanet.com)
• Recycling Your Cell Phone Just Got Easier - (EcoGeek) Check out the new EcoATM "where you can drop off your old phone, have its value assessed and immediately get an in-store trade-up coupon or gift card."
• Cell Phone Radiation Series: Part 1 - The Science - (Enviroblog)
• Dow Unveils Impressive New Powerhouse Solar Shingle - (Jetson Green)
• BMW's Hybrid Trike Gets 120 MPG - (Gas 2.0) "...kinda looks like a Stealth Bomber with training wheels..."

School, College & Student Stuff

• Watch and Be Inspired: The Providence Effect - (TakePart Social Action Network) "new documentary profiles Providence St. Mel, a pre-K-through-12 independent school in Garfield Park, Chicago, that has sent 100% of its graduating seniors to college every year for the past 30 years." Because education IS the most important thing!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• The first rule of Squirrel Fight Club - (Mother Nature Network) "You do not talk about Squirrel Fight Club." ...haha, funny pic!
• Overfishing: Are there really plenty of fish in the sea? - (Mother Nature Network) "Decades of overfishing sent many U.S. fisheries into free fall last century. Can a new focus on sustainability save fish and fishermen from going extinct?"
• Saving Forests Five Times More Effective than Carbon Capture - (EarthFirst.com) "According to a new report released by WWF Sweden, world leaders have got to join together in an international agreement to halt forest loss as a highly cost effective measure on climate change."
• Amphibian Going the Way of the Dinosaurs - (EarthFirst.com) "If we don’t act soon, amphibians could disappear – forever... experts say they’re in a swift decline and projected losses would constitute the biggest mass extinction since the disappearance of dinosaurs."
• 46 days and counting - (Oceana) The Timor oil spill is still leaking..."the oil slick has grown so large it can be seen from space."
• Beware the giant bacteria-filled sea blobs - (Mother Nature Network) Ewww...seriously gross!
• CO2 Levels Reach Highest Concentration In 15 Million Years - (Take Part Social Action Network) So this can't possibly be good...right???

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Alicia Silverstone Clues In With The Kind Diet - (EcoStiletto) Here's one seriously hot vegan...
• Could auto racing go green? - (Mother Nature Network) Looks like the Formula One's are trying too...but what about the stock cars?? Think they'll ever race electrics...hmmm...

Website Stuff

• Alicia Silverstone To Launch Green Website Featuring Her "Groovy Finds" - (Ecorazzi)
• Greenopia: a Handheld Guide to Living Green - (EcoSalon) "...the web’s largest directory of green/organic/sustainable brands, is just a click away. Greenopia publishes extensive national green business, product and brand directories, as well as offering up a green web community, news articles, blogs and tips to help everyone eat, shop and live green."
• Google Earth Climate & Rainforest Tours - (CleanTechnica) "You can now explore the Amazon, Madagascar, and Sebangau National Forest in Borneo through Google Earth."

International Stuff

• What would you say to your world leader? - (YouTube: Greenpeace) Like the lady in this video says..."cut the bullshit!"
• Maldives President Calls Underwater Cabinet Meeting: Tells His Ministers to Take Scuba Lessons - (Global Warming Is Real) Way to make a statement as "one of the first nations to disappear entirely due to sea level rise from global warming."
• Climate Change Puts South India Under Water - (EcoWorldly)
• Largest Solar Bridge Opens - (GreenMuze)
• Pee Before You Fly - (GreenMuze) All Nippon Airays has implemented the "‘empty bladder campaign’ to reduce passenger weight and subsequent greenhouse gas emissions..." Wow!
• Why conservatives back climate regulation in Denmark - (Mother Nature Network) "Connie Hedegaard, the Danish minister of Climate & Energy, explains why conservatives embrace climate regulation in Denmark... The political consensus in Europe sees climate as pro-growth, not anti-growth." Think our conservatives could ever come around??

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• President Obama blocks Reggie Love on the basketball court - (Obama Pics Daily) Just a little humor at the White House...see video in comment section below the pics.
• Obama Wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize - (Obama Pics Daily) Truly wonderful for the US.
• Recession not driving ethical spending underground - (Confectionery News) Great news for retailers/manufacturers of ethical products.
• U.S. Ambassador wants human trafficking to be known as slavery - (Digital Journal) Mentions slavery in "in the production of common household items like chocolate, coffee, and cotton."
• Is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce the "Voice of Business" on Environmental Issues? - (Sustainablog) "...then why are so many businesses leaving the Chamber?"

Other Random Cool Stuff

• 3 cities get paperless postal service - (Mother Nature Network) "San Francisco, Newark and New York sign on to Zumbox to provide paperless municipal mail."
• Cadbury accused of racial stereotyping in chocolate advert - (The Independent) Terrible misstep...too bad, especially since they were the 1st of the big choc companies to try and go Fair Trade.
• Reverse you trick-or-treating - (Mother Nature Network) "New trend takes trick-or-treating to a new level." Plus, Coco-Zen is among the donating Fair Trade chocolate companies!
• The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind on The Daily Show - (TakePart Social Action Network) Just a cool story about an amazing kid in Africa.