Stuff We Found Today - 03.11.10

Renault's Flying Sailboats

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 'Pesticide Drift' Eluding Efforts To Combat It - (NPR) "The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a petition from farm worker and public health advocates to ban pesticide spraying near schools, hospitals and child care centers..."

Food Stuff

• NeighborhoodFruit.com - If you've got a fruit tree or two in your backyard and never have time to pick it, check out this website... and share your fruit!

Home Stuff

• 15 houseplants for improving indoor air quality - (Mother Nature Network) Good to have a few of these around!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Your T-shirt's life story (before it met you)- (Mother Nature Network) Good reminder of where our clothes come from... and how.

Tech & Science Stuff

• From the man who brought you the $100 laptop, an electric vehicle for the developing world - (Mother Nature Network) This car even has interchangeable parts that allows it to "easily be transformed into a pickup, SUV, station wagon or other variant." Pretty cool!
• ...Wheego Whip Life, an affordable electric vehicle - (Mother Nature Network) "Wheego is a lean operation, with only five employees. Their new highway-capable electric car can get 90 miles on a charge, will be available this summer, and will sell for $32,000 -- and there's a $7,500 federal tax credit."
• Microsoft's Skinput System Turns Skin into a Touchscreen - (Inhabitat) OK... this is kind of crazy - video in post.
• Flying Sailboat Soars Through the Sky On Solar Power - (Inhabitat) Whoa... pretty cool if this thing becomes reality (video in post).
• Bubble Shaped Skyscraper is a Fresh Water Factory - (Inhabitat)

School, College & Student Stuff

• The Best Internship on Earth - (Sierra Club) High school and college students... check this out!!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Protect Our Clean Water from Mine Waste Dumping - (Sierra Club) Send a message to the EPA and sign this petition... we did!
• Josh Dorfman: Let's Stop Debating Global Warming, Instead Convince People To Solve It - (Huffington Post)
• Infographic: Top 20 countries with most endangered species - (Mother Nature Network) ...and yes, the US is on this list!

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• South African Reverse Graffiti Artists Tag Up Walls By Scrubbing Them Clean - (Inhabitat) Hmmm...wonder if our inner city taggers would consider this??

Website Stuff

• Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature - (Mother Nature Network) "Now you can find routes that avoid big hills and heavily congested areas, as well as locate bike trails." Perfect for those of us that aren't up to tackling those SF hills!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Earth Day Revolution...Patriots Needed! Tell Your Elected Leaders to Join the Revolution - (Sierra Club) We just signed this petition... will you join us?
• White House to host eco-friendly Easter Egg roll - (Mother Nature Network) "Annual Easter event will feature wellness activities and official White House Earth-friendly wooden eggs."