Stuff We Found Today - 05.12.11

Amazing treehouses on exhibit in Missouri

Food Stuff

• Major New Report Calls on Chocolate Companies to Use Certified Cocoa - (Change.org)
• Fryer grease rustlers on the prowl - (Mother Nature Network) "Grease thefts are driven by higher prices of gas and ethanol." Who knew??
• Why being a foodie isn't 'elitist' - (The Washington Post) "America’s current system of food production — overly centralized and industrialized, overly controlled by a handful of companies, overly reliant on monocultures, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, chemical additives, genetically modified organisms, factory farms, government subsidies and fossil fuels — is profoundly undemocratic."
• The Audacity of Genetically Modified Foods - (Common Dreams) "...how GM crops have taken over our food supply with little concern for safety or our right to choose."

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Gorgeous Sustainable Jewelery at Sulusso.com - Great website featuring all sorts of jewelry designers using only recyclad precious metals, fair trade, conflict-free diamonds, etc. Loving this Balinese Royalty Ring!

Tech & Science Stuff

• The great human-powered race: How does 82 mph grab you? - (Mother Nature Network) "...featuring student teams fueled on caffeine and junk food competing to set speed and endurance records in weird-looking recumbent bicycles."
• Fisker Announces Karma Four Door Electric Sedan to be Available This Summer - (Inhabitat) Oh my... can we say sexy green car?!!!
• Cell Phone Battery Can Be Charged By Yelling at It - (Inhabitat) Haha... can you imagine??

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Water Footprint Calculator - (National Geographic) Try it out...you may be surprised (we were).

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Amazingly Patient Artist Uses 100,000 Toothpicks to Create Amazing San Francisco Sculpture - (Inhabitat) OK...this thing is pretty cool.

International Stuff

• Europe to PAY fishermen to collect plastic from the ocean - (Sail-World.com)

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• How to Fight Child Slavery in Five Minutes on Facebook - (Change.org) Seems like a pretty good idea...
• Hands Across the Sand on June 25th - Come to your local beach and help protect our coastline from new offshore drilling.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Brooklyn Grange: World's Largest Rooftop Farm Kicks Off Second Growing Season - (Inhabitat) Cool...every big city needs one of these!
• Missouri Botanical Garden Hosts TREEmendous Extreme Treehouses Exhibition - (Inhabitots) How cool to play in some of these?!!