Stuff We Found Today - 03.26.10

Ed Begley Jr. Just Says NO To Bottled Water

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 5 Eco-Friendly, BPA Free Baby Bottles That Are BPA-Free - (Inhabitots)

Food Stuff

• Michelle Obama Encourages 'Food Giants' To Stop Making Junk - (Ecorazzi) "'We need you not to just tweak around the edges but entirely rethink the products you are offering, the information that you provide about these products, and how you market those products to our children,' she said." LOVE this woman!!!
• Kids' Food a Fly Won't Touch - (Enviroblog) This is seriously disturbing... they're talking about the "Happy Meal" here.
• Chocolate Paves the Path to the Dark Side - (Change.org: End Human Trafficking) "...a journalist from Denmark, Miki Mistrati, has gone undercover to see what’s really happening on the Ivory Coast’s cocoa farms in a new documentary called The Dark Side of Chocolate."

Home Stuff

• Green Cleaning this Spring - (Environmental Working Group) Tips on safer products and practices for spring cleaning.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Faux-Leather "Project Runway" Outfit Made From... Trash Bags! - (Ecouterre) Go Jay!!!
• Japanese Company Upcycles Scrap Tires Into Cool-Looking Sneakers, Bags - (Ecouterre) Kind of diggin' these...

Tech & Science Stuff

• Scientists Use 3D Printer to Create First "Printed" Human Vein - (Inhabitat) "...a printer that can build body parts from cells!" WHOA!!! Cool and creepy!
• GM Reveals EN-V All Electric Vehicle That Could Drop You Off and Drive Itself Home - (Inhabitat) Hey... could this be the answer to the "designated driver", hmmm???

Work & Business Stuff

• Startup Aims to Make Corn-Based Plastics Even Greener - (GreenBiz.com)
• Wells Fargo Green Financing Surges to $6.2 Billion - (GreenBiz.com) "...loans and investments for green building projects, solar and wind power installments, clean technology and firms that develop it..."

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 7 Incredible Nature Time-Lapse Videos - (Ecorazzi) These are pretty cool! (videos in post)
• Top 10 Global Warming Denier Arguments Debunked: Part 1 - (EcoSalon)
• Top 10 Global Warming Denier Arguments Debunked: Part 2 - (EcoSalon)

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Avatar Release To Kick Off Million Tree Planting Initiative - (Ecorazzi) "...James Cameron announced a partnership with the Earth Day Network to plant one million trees in honor of the film by the end of 2010."
• Pierce Brosnan To Narrate Disneynature OCEANS - (Ecorazzi) Looks like another great nature flick! (trailer in post)
• The Green Quote: Ed Begley Jr. Just Says NO To Bottled Water - (Ecorazzi) Gotta love Ed!
• 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' Reality Nature Series May Head To Discovery - (Ecorazzi) Oh...say it ain't true!!! "Obviously, this one is all about the potential ratings — since linking Sarah Palin to environmental conservation is laugh-out loud tenuous."

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Tackling Child Labour in the Chocolate Industry What Role Can Fairtrade Play? - (FrenchBuyers.com)