Stuff We Found Today - 10.15.09

Solar powered vehicles

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Costume Makeup for the Kids this Halloween - (Ideal Bite) "...apply safe, planet-friendly face paints. Veggie- and mineral-based ingredients are healthier for your kiddo's skin than regular makeup and won't leave Mama Earth covering the tab."

Tech & Science Stuff

• Bright Bodywork: 3 Vehicles That Soak Up The Sun - (WebEcoist) Whoa!!! Check out these crazy solar cars!
• Electric cars are quiet. Maybe too quiet. - (Mother Nature Network) "Automakers are devising unique sounds to let the blind and other pedestrians know that EVs are approaching. But should you be able to customize your own 'cartones'?"
• Power plants clean air, pollute waterways - (Mother Nature Network) Because coal is NOT CLEAN people!!...the "waste has to go somewhere..."

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Out of This World: Earth's Most Bizarre Landscapes - (WebEcoist) Some very cool pics!
• Weird Wonders: 15 of the World's Strangest Animals - (WebEcoist) Some strange looking creatures here...

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Obama's Executive Order Enforces Smart Energy - (CleanTechnica) "President Obama has just signed an Executive Order that compels the largest consumer of energy in the US economy to invest in energy efficiency improvements to get to huge reductions in energy use by 2020."
• Our Three Bombs - (NYTimes.com) Thomas Friedman talks about the nuclear bomb, the climate bomb and the debt bomb.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• The Shocking Truth About Junk Mail - (TheDailyGreen) "See how the numbers add up in terms of money, time, trees and emissions. Then make it stop."