Stuff We Found Today - 03.11.12

Enchanted Forest of Carved Tree Stump Creatures

Food Stuff

• Hershey Will Offer Certified Chocolate Following Consumer-Driven Campaign - (WSJ MarketWatch) About time Hershey!!
• Tell USDA to STOP Using Pink Slime in School Food! - (Change.org) So, McDonald's and Burger King stopped using it due to public outcry, but the USDA thinks its okay to give it to our school kids....say WHAAATTTT???!!!!!!!
• Decoding Meat & Dairy Product Labels - 2011 Meat Eater's Guide to Climate Change - (Environmental Working Group) Good reference source to understanding all those labels when at the grocery store.

Home Stuff

• 8 Amazing Hidden Rooftop Houses You've Probably Never Noticed in New York City - (Inhabitat) These are so cool!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• World's Largest Garment Made From Golden Spider Silk Goes on Display - (Ecouterre) "...unlike mulberry silk from silkworms, in which the hapless pupa is boiled alive in its cocoon, the spiders were released into the wild at the end of each day."

Tech & Science Stuff

• Water-Storing Himalayan Towers - (Inhabitat) Designed to address anticipated water needs due to climate change.
• Incredible LEGO Printer Invented y 14-Year-Old Boy! - (Inhabitat) Kids do amazing things.
• 350 MGPe Peraves MonoTracer Electric MTE-150 Motorbike Hits the Market - (Inhabitat) A fast electric bike with luxury cabin!
• 10-Year-Old Discovers New Molecule That could Improve Energy Storage - (Inhabitat) Smart kid!
• Michelin Challenge Design Shows Off The Best in Futuristic City Cars - (Inhabitat) Always neat to look at.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• An Enchanted Forest of Carved Tree Stump Creatures Sprouts in the UK - (Inhabitat) These are kinda cool.
• Study: Only 10 percent of big fish remain - (CNN) This is not good people!!
• 11 animales that mate for life - (Mother Nature Network) Beautiful pics of some loving animals.
• Study Shows That Potent New Pesticides May Be Killing Off Honeybees - (Inhabitat)
• Watch: Aurora borealis in real time - (Mother Nature Network) -video
• Biggest Teahupoo Ever, Shot on the Phantom Camera [video] - Amazing footage o gigantic barrel wave...nature is awesome!
• Amazing Map Shows Every Tree in the United States - (Inhabitat) Interesting...didn't realize how barren the central US is.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Tentsile Treehouse Tents Provide a Safe Haven in the Treetops! - (Inhabitat) A hammock/tent hybrid...tree camping anyone?
• Bonsai Tree Castles - (Inhabitat) Amazing collaboration of nature and art.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• 7 Dangerous Lies About Plastic - (AlterNet) Worth a read.
• Your empty driveway: A potential money-maker? - (Mother Nature Network) "ParkatmyHouse, an online booking system that connects owners of empty driveways with perpetually circling drivers in need of a convenient parking spot, arrives on American soil."
• A green revolution at our nation's malls - (Mother Nature Network) "Our shopping centers are ready for a new incarnation — as community spaces, sports centers and maybe even farms."