Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Stuff We Found Today - 02.26.10
Campaign against trafficking in the chocolate industry
Family, Kids & Health Stuff
- Cheat Sheet: Natural Toothpaste & BPA Free Toothbrushes For Kids - (Safe Mama)
- Eco-Friendly, Modern Emerson Dollhouse by Brinca Dada - (Inhabitots) Now that's a nice looking dollhouse!
Food Stuff
- Campaign against trafficking in the chocolate industry. - (EcoChic Magazine)
- Chocolate Tantric Tart - (Care 2) Yummy & easy recipe...just be sure to use organic/Fair Trade chocolate!!
- Fairtrade Chocolate, another success story. - (EcoChic Magazine) Video in post.
- World Wildlife Fund: Loyal Ally of Corporate Agribusiness and Monsanto - (Organic Consumers Association) "The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) seems to have become a sort of environmental secretariat for agribusiness companies, as it is playing an increasingly dubious role in greenwashing the operations of global agribusiness. "
- The Fair Trade Chocolate Future - (CRS Fair Trade)
- Environmental Implications Of The Food We Throw Away - (The Good Human)
Home Stuff
- Get Rid of that (Toxic) Dust - (Environmental Working Group) "Dust bunnies aren't just unsightly and sometimes allergenic; they contain toxic chemicals. Why?..."
- La Casa de Botellas: The Santa Cruz Family's Plastic Bottle Palace - (Inhabitots) Wow...check out this house made out of plastic bottles!
- 8 eye-catching shipping container homes - (Mother Nature Network) We just think these are neat.
Beauty & Fashion Stuff
- Green Fashion: 7 Reasons Why You Should Care About Sustainable Fashion - (Treehugger)
- Bamboo Spectacle Frames Inspired by Chinese Ming Dynasty Furniture - (Ecouterre) Kind of artsy and cool...
- What Is Polyethylene And Why Should You Avoid It? - (The Good Human) It could be in your cosmetics and skin care products...
- Warm Winter Coats...AND Their Vegan! - (The Kind Life) ...and they're super cute!
Tech & Science Stuff
- Antro Unveils a Solar Car That Splits into Two Vehicles! - (Inhabitat)
Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff
- Oprah Narrates Discovery's New 'LIFE' Nature Series - (Ecorazzi) Another great TV show to watch with the kiddies!
- The Black Eyed Peas Get The Eco-Party Started On Their New Tour - (Ecorazzi)
- Glenn Beck Believes in Global Warming? - (Ecorazzi) ...and does anyone really believe anything this guy says?? People... come on!!
- 10 Sexy Green Celebrity Websites For A Better Planet [Slideshow] - (Ecorazzi) 'Cause we love our green celebs! Of course, nothing beats the orginal green celeb... Ed Begley, Jr.
Website Stuff
- Exchange4Green.com - "...a platform to easily exchange and giveaway items they are finished with, for the ones they want, all for free..." - awesome!
International Stuff
- Seoul Transforms a Freeway into a River and Public Park - (Inhabitat) Cool!
Political, Social & Economy Stuff
- Michelle Obama Want to End 'Food Deserts' In America - (Ecorazzi) Go Mrs. O!!
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Video: Wow...an amazing male soprano - Pascal Toussaint (post from Joyce's Desk)
This morning as I was driving to pick up some new brochures at the printer, I was listening to KQED's Forum, and suddenly this amazing voice started singing. Michael Krasny was interviewing Amy Tan (author of "The Joy Luck Club") and a new emerging singer that she had discovered in a Parisian cabaret. Pascal Toussaint sang "Amazing Grace" that just blew my mind. Click below to listen to the interview...fast forward to 5:24 and just listen to his voice...then at 6:10 where he sings a capella.
After listening to the show, I couldn't wait to get home to look him up on YouTube. Below are a few videos that are just incredible...just close your eyes and listen.
The last 1 minute will blow you away.
Singing in the Parisian cabaret where Amy Tan discovered him.
After listening to the show, I couldn't wait to get home to look him up on YouTube. Below are a few videos that are just incredible...just close your eyes and listen.
The last 1 minute will blow you away.
Singing in the Parisian cabaret where Amy Tan discovered him.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Video: Inhaling Chocolate Lotion...
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Quote of the Week - 02.21.10
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Stuff We Found Today - 02.15.10
WWF Earth Hour
Family, Kids & Health Stuff
- Fuel Cell Car Kit For Kids - (GreenMuze) Perfect for your budding eco-scientist.
Food Stuff
- Hamburger Helper? Slime, Ammonia and Cow Shit - (Generation Green) Wow...if you buy/eat ground beef, check this out!
- 10 Steps to Healthy and Sustainable Grocery Shopping on a Budget - (The GirlieGirl Army)
- Ben & Jerry's Plans to Go Fully Fair Trade - (Fast Company) "...by 2013...all of the 121 chunks and swirls and 11 base ingredients (banana, vanilla, cocoa, etc.) found in Ben & Jerry's ice cream will come from Fair Trade Certified sources..." -Awesome!!
- Coupons, coupons, coupons - (Mother Nature Network) ...for natural and organic foods.
- The Electric Lawnmower - (GreenMuze) "Powered by sun and photovoltaic technology..."
Beauty & Fashion Stuff
- Recycled blue jeans - (Great Green Goods) The little stuffed animals are adorable!
- The MakeShift Project - Follow this woman who for a year will only wear clothes that she makes herself... "an art and research project that examines the relationships between 'making', 'clothing' and 'living'."
- ShopGoodWill.com - Goodwill has its own online shopping site! Some great vintage finds here!!
- When Life Hands You Expired Condoms, Make a Dress! - (Ecouterre) Interesting upcycling... don't worry, they unused condoms!
- Gary Harvey Brings "Dumpster-Chic" Couture to the Green Shows - (Ecouterre) Some of these dresses are pretty amazing.
Tech & Science Stuff
- Can High-Speed Rail Reduce Our Reliance on Air Travel? - (Fast Company) Just think if we had high speed rail all this time...
- The Future of Electric Cars, Summed Up in 10 Minutes - (Fast Company) This could be so awesome!! (video in post)
- EMPOWER: The Energy Generating Rocking Chair - (Inhabitat)
- MIT Developing Body Heat-Powered Electronics - (Inhabitat) Interesting...
Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff
- Green Music Group Brings the Music Industry Together for the Environment - (Fast Company) "...the Green Music Group, a coalition of musicians, so-called "industry leaders" and fans that aims to make the music industry green from the inside out."
Internet Stuff
- Google Buzz: "Are You at Work? How About a $.99 Big Mac From McDonald's, Three Blocks Away?" - (Fast Company) For those of you jumping on the Buzz bandwagon... read this.
- U.S. Climate Change Portal Could Birth Entirely New Industries - (Fast Company) "...access the government's climate change data, info, products, and services all under one roof:...intended to answer questions for educators, business owners, and the general public..."
International Stuff
- WWF Earth Hour - Get ready for earth hour on March 27th at 8:30pm... turn off your lights!
- Olympic Athlete's Village: Greenest Neighborhood in the World - (Inhabitat)
Other Random Cool Stuff
- Richard Branson declares war on carbon - (Mother Nature Network) "CEO extraordinaire explains the big problems and big opportunities that a post-carbon world can provide." (video in post)
- Defeat climate change deniers with an iPhone app - (Mother Nature Network) Haha!
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Press Release: Coco-Zen is on a Quest to Create Thousands of "Fair Trade Homes" for World Fair Trade Day, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Joyce Kushner
joycekushner@gmail.com
650.550.9718
Contact:
Joyce Kushner
joycekushner@gmail.com
650.550.9718
COCO-ZEN IS ON A QUEST TO CREATE THOUSANDS OF “FAIR TRADE HOMES” FOR WORLD FAIR TRADE DAY, 2010
Coco-Zen is a part of “Fair Trade My Home,” a grass-roots campaign of fair trade companies, individuals and organizations who are inviting friends and fans to join the fair trade movement and make their home a “Fair Trade Home” in honor of World Fair Trade Day, May 8th, 2010. The goal is to create as many self-declared Fair Trade Home’s as possible by having people submit a photo or video showing which fair trade goods they regularly purchase and use in their home. Submissions are being gathered at www.fairtrademyhome.com.
Fair trade is an alternative way of doing trade, where the people producing a product are treated fairly, paid fairly, and are being fair to the environment. A home that is committed to the purchase and use of fair trade goods is a “Fair Trade Home.”
What started in America by one woman with a vision has become a global movement involving over 60 countries, 1.5 million workers. In America, over 1,500 companies and retailers offer fair trade goods, there are 13 fair trade towns, and over 300 college campuses that support fair trade.
The purpose of Fair Trade My Home is to raise greater awareness of fair trade to the American consumer, so that each person will choose to integrate more fair trade purchases into his or her regular buying habits, and cut down on poverty both in America and around the world. Coco-Zen not only creates fair trade chocolate products, Coco-Zen is actively encouraging the community to join in making homes fair.
ABOUT WORLD FAIR TRADE DAY
World Fair Trade Day is a global celebration of fair trade and will be held in 2010 on May 8th. In North America, Fair Trade Resource Network is leading the World Fair Trade Day 2010 event with complimentary efforts from the Fair Trade the White House campaign. In 2009, World Fair Trade Day involved 65,020 people at 456 events covered by 101 media stories.
www.ftrn.org
ABOUT FAIR TRADE MY HOME
The theme of Fair Trade My Home is an extension of the Fair Trade the White House campaign, a coalition of fair trade vendors and organizations which are inviting the First Lady to join the fair trade movement and make the White House a “Fair Trade Home.
ABOUT FAIR TRADE MY HOME
The theme of Fair Trade My Home is an extension of the Fair Trade the White House campaign, a coalition of fair trade vendors and organizations which are inviting the First Lady to join the fair trade movement and make the White House a “Fair Trade Home.
www.fairtradewhitehouse.com
ABOUT COCO-ZEN
The philosophy that Coco-Zen’s founder, Joyce Kushner, has employed throughout the company is that all of our actions not only affect ourselves but also the world around us, and she stays true to that philosophy by using only organic and Fair Trade Certified™ ingredients in all Coco-Zen products. With this philosophy in place it it’s easy to see why Joyce is supporting such an important mission. In particular, Joyce hopes that more awareness will be shed on the labor abuses of the cocoa industry, especially with regards to forced child labor in the cocoa plantations of West Africa where the majority of the world’s consumed cocoa is produced. For more information on Coco-Zen please visit www.Coco-Zen.com.
ABOUT COCO-ZEN
The philosophy that Coco-Zen’s founder, Joyce Kushner, has employed throughout the company is that all of our actions not only affect ourselves but also the world around us, and she stays true to that philosophy by using only organic and Fair Trade Certified™ ingredients in all Coco-Zen products. With this philosophy in place it it’s easy to see why Joyce is supporting such an important mission. In particular, Joyce hopes that more awareness will be shed on the labor abuses of the cocoa industry, especially with regards to forced child labor in the cocoa plantations of West Africa where the majority of the world’s consumed cocoa is produced. For more information on Coco-Zen please visit www.Coco-Zen.com.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
VIDEO: Consequence: Now's the Time for Us to Lead
Now is also the time for our generation to lead on climate change. Youth must lead because we have the most to lose. If progress is blocked by old political forces and special interests, we will be the ones facing the consequences. "
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Quote of the Week - 02.14.10
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Stuff We Found Today - 02.12.10
Awesome e-cards for Valentine's Day
Beauty & Fashion Stuff
Tech & Science Stuff
Nature & Environment Stuff
Political, Social & Economy Stuff
Other Random Cool Stuff
Family, Kids & Health Stuff
- At Target this Valentine's Day: L is for Lead - (Generation Green) Stuffed animals at Target containing lead...READ THIS!!
Food Stuff
- Tell Kraft to Adopt Cadbury's Ethical Behavior - (Change.org) We just signed this petition... will you?
- Take GM Corn off the Shelves! - (Care2) "...International Journal of Biological Sciences has revealed the true cost of these crops...study focused on three GM corn crop...and found that they caused statistically significant rates of kidney and liver malfunction, as well as some heart, adrenal, spleen and blood damage in rats. These crops have been approved for consumption in the U.S. and many countries in Europe without proper research into their affect on human health."
- Michael Pollan on Food Rules: An Eater's Manual - (FORA.tv) "Don't Eat What You See on TV" - check out this video as Michael Pollan talks about food marketing.
- You ask, they answer: Green & Black's - (guardian.co.uk) "...Green & Black's will be online from Monday to Friday this week answering your questions." Ask away!!
- Mom Mouths Off at Child Slave Practices of Chocolate Giants - (The Cocoa Project) This mom gets it!
- Rapunzel's Triple Chocolate Brownies - (Cookus Interruptus) Definitely going to have to try this recipe...mmmmm. (video in post)
Beauty & Fashion Stuff
- 14 Sexy Sustainable Undies To Set Hearts (And Sheets) Afire - (Ecouterre) Hot, hot, hot!
- Vivienne Westwood Tells People to Stop Buying Clothes - (Ecouterre) "...get off the consumer treadmill, and start to think..."
- Stop Wating Water Washing Dirty Jeans...Freeze Them! - (Ecouterre) Wow...really!!
Tech & Science Stuff
- Power Up: Batteries Not Included - (TrendCentral) "Innovative energy solutions fuel the fight for a clean environment..."
- The Largest Crab on Earth - (Environmental Graffiti) Ladies & gentlemen... the coconut crab! Wow!!
- 30 Japanese Hornets Massacre 30,000 Bees - (Environmental Graffiti) Craziest thing we've seen in a while! (video in post)
Political, Social & Economy Stuff
- Tell President Obama: No More Offshore Oil Drilling - (Oceana.org) "Renewable energy creates three times more jobs than fossil fuel production and no carbon emissions. Expanding drilling runs directly counter to the President's own policy goal of reducing carbon emissions." We just signed this letter!
- 5 Greenest Companies of 2009 - (Environmental Graffiti) You may be suprised by some of them.
Other Random Cool Stuff
- The Gyre: A Floating Upside Down Eco Skyscraper - (Inhabitat) Gotta check this out...can we say Water World?
- Best {Free} Websites for Valentine's Day E-Cards - (Celebrate Green) These are good!!
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Coco-Zen Chocolate Body Treats make for an "Ethical Luxury" gift for Valentine's Day
The gorgeous "diva" over at The Eco Diva chose our Chocolate Body Gift Set: Head-To-Toe as a great way to pamper your sweetheart this Valentine's Day.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Spoiled Little LA Girls Find Their Oneness With Chocolate... Coco-Zen Chocolate Body Treats
"You’ll want to eat everything in this delicious kit, which comes with the Chocolate Soap ($8.50) that is literally like a big chunk of dark chocolate that I literally bit to see if it was really soap. Don’t judge me. It kept my body soft and didn’t try it out. It was like a mocha heaven every time I got out in the shower..."
Check out the rest of the review - Find Your Oneness With Chocolate
Stuff We Found Today - 02.01.10
Michael Jackson "Earth Song" Tribute At Grammy Awards
Beauty & Fashion Stuff
Tech & Science Stuff
Work & Business Stuff
Nature & Environment Stuff
Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff
International Stuff
Political, Social & Economy Stuff
Other Random Cool Stuff
Food Stuff
- Green and Black's go 100 per cent Fairtrade - (Confectionery News) "Organic chocolate maker Green & Black's said it is bolstering its commitment to sustainability by moving its entire global food and beverage range worldwide to Fairtrade."
- Nestle to move on Hershey - (Confectionery News) "Swiss food giant Nestlé is understood to be looking at acquiring US confectioner Hershey, following on the heels of rival Kraft Foods takeover of Cadbury, reports Reuters." Looks like the big chocolate companies are on the move...
- Farm To (Your) Table - (Trend Central) "Fresh, local fare can now be delivered as you like it..."
- Coca-Cola Goes Green - (Forbes.com) Huh??? Can they really ever be green?
- A no-seat home appliance rebate resource - (Mother Nature Network) "Designed to take the guesswork out of buying energy-efficient home appliances, EcoRebates.com includes a state-by-state rebate database of available incentives."
Beauty & Fashion Stuff
- Emma Watson Shows Off Eco-Friendly Tree People Collection - (Ecorazzi)
- 7 Offbeat Eco-Fashion Accessories Made From Upcycled Circuit Boards - (Ecouterre) A little silly, but fun to look at. Check out the the men's undies...haha!
Tech & Science Stuff
- Rubber Material Harvests Energy from Small Movements - (EcoGeek) "...scientists envision the chips being placed next to the lungs to utilize breathing motions for powering pacemakers." Whoa... cool!
Work & Business Stuff
- Great Green Job of the Week: Environmental Education Instructor, YMCA Camp Thunderbird - (EarthFirst.com)
Nature & Environment Stuff
- Make No Mistake: Antarctica is Shrinking - (EarthFirst.com)
- Pandora On EArth: 12 Places And Things That Remind Us Of Avatar - (Ecorazzi) some pretty breathtaking pics...
Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff
- Green Music Group: Saving The Environment With Sweet Eco-Harmony - (Ecorazzi) "Described as a 'large-scale, high-profile environmental coalition of musicians, industry leaders and music fans' focused on 'using our collective power to bring about widespread environmental change within the music industry and around the globe...'"
- WATCH; Michael Jackson "Earth Song" Tribute At Grammy Awards - (Ecorazzi) Video in post.
- Spider, Ant Species Named In Honor Of Harrison Ford's Conservation Efforts - (Ecorazzi) OK... dumb trivia, but kinda cool!
- Alec Baldwin Ditches Golden Globes For Eco-Charity Sledding Event - (Ecorazzi) Who knew he was such a staunch eco-advocate?!
International Stuff
- 100% by 2020! (350.org) "...the Maldives has reinforced their goal of becoming carbon neutral in the next decade, declaring that they will reduce CO2 emissions 100% by 2020."
- Watch the President's call for clean energy and climate protection - (Repower America) "In his State of the Union address, President Obama renewed his call for clean energy saying, 'the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. And America must be that nation.'"
- Pentagon to rank global warming as destabilising force - (guradian.co.uk) "The Pentagon says climate change does not cause conflict but it could act as an accelerant."
- Federal Government Will Cut Its GHG Emissions 28% by 2020 - (EcoGeek)
Other Random Cool Stuff
- DIY Valentine's Day cards - (Mother Nature Network) These are great to do yourself or for older kids.
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