Stuff We Found Today - 07.05.11

Massive tree webs in Pakistan

Food Stuff

• Top 5 Urban Farms in New York City - (Inhabitat)
• Ask Paula Dean, Rachael Ray, Bobby Flay, Emeril for Fair Trade S'Mores This Summer - (Change.org) We did... you just do it on Twitter, easy!!
• Top 10 Things You Should Know About The Farm Bill - (Environmental Working Group) This really a food bill, and all of us should be aware of what's going on with how food/nutrition is handled here in the US.
• Edible Cups Make Delicious Addition to Any Party - (Greenwala) How great are these for you next summer cocktail party?!! Just think, not more cups to wash or trash!
• Foods that make you happy - (Greenwala) Well, we always knew that chocolate was "happy" food, just make it fair trade and organic and it's happy for everyone!
• Mars vows to use 100 per cent fairtrade cocoa - (The Co-operative Magazine) Woo hoo... now if only Hershey and Nestle would follow suit.

Home Stuff

• Avoid Bringing Six of the Top Toxic Chemicals Into Your Home - (Greenwala)

Tech & Science Stuff

• iBamboo: Natural, Electricity-Free, & Uber Cool iPod Speakers - (Greenwala) Yup, this would look pretty cool in our "zen den."
• Spain's Gemasolar Array is the World's first 24/7 Solar Power Plant! - (Inhabitat)
• T-Shirt Converts Rock Music Into Electricity at Glastonbury Festival - (Ecouterre) We can hear it now... "turn up the radio, I need to charge my phone!"
• New Air Powered Car Will Soon Be Floating Around India's Streets - (Greenwala) "The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy NAgre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the gas-and-oxygen explosions of internal-combustion models, to push its engine's pistons..." Seriously cool!!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Ocean life on the brink of mass extinctions: study - (Reuters) C'mon people... when the ocean goes, we go!!
• Japan's tsunami debris set for 10-year Pacific tour - (Mother Nature Network) More "great" news from Japan...
• Spiders Create Massive Tree-Webs in Pakistan - (Greenwala) Whoa...you have to check out this pic!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Blood and Oil - (Sierra Magazine) "The U.S. military is embracing alternative energy—but not because of climate change. Up to half of the yearly American casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan have been incurred guarding fuel convoys, and the Pentagon will no longer tolerate oil's 'burden in blood.'"
• Climate of Denial - (Rolling Stone Politics) Nice article by Al Gore...

Other Random Cool Stuff

• 16 simple ways to reduce plastic waste - (Mother Nature Network) Most of these things we can all do with very little "pain"... c'mon, give it a try!
• How Much Coal is in Your Life? - (Sierra Club) "With over 500 dirty coal-fired power plants in the U.S., coal is in our air, water and our lives... Answer three simple questions -- where you live, what you eat, and how you live -- and you will learn how you and your family are being affected by coal pollution."