Stuff We Found Today - 06.06.13

Floating Mangrove Forest Springs Up in a Wrecked Coal Ship

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Exposed: Lung Cancer Risks from Fracked Natural Gas in NYC Kitchens - (EcoWatch)
• Conventional Feminine Hygiene Products: A Women’s Issue With Toxic Implications - (NaturallySavvy.com) Yeah... ladies, do we really want toxin/chemical laced "things" up in and around our nether regions???

Food Stuff

• 10 Ways To Use Up Old Spices - (Earth 911.com) Love the idea for making kids paints...they'll have just as much fun making them as using them!
• Don't throw out that pickle juice - (Mother Nature Network) Turns out you can use it for all sorts of things.

Home Stuff

• 12 Ways to Upcycle Thrifted Furniture - (Earth911.com) Some great ideas for all you DIYers.
• The Coolest Thing To Hang On Your Wall: DIY Wood Block Photos (GirlieGirlArmy.com) - another fun DIY project to try out!
• Tetris-Like Micro House Can be Stacked to Form Expanded Housing Suites - (Inhabitat) How cool to plop one of these into your backyard for an instant guest house?!
• Incredible Treehouse Built by Grandparents Features Amazing Antique Details - (Inhabitots) Wow!!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• How to Go Nontoxic at the Salon - (Green America) Some things to consider the next time you get your hair or nails done.
• Orange Fiber: A High-Fashion Textile Derived From Citrus Waste - (Ecouterre)
• 15 Major Retailers That Haven't Signed the Bangladesh Safety Agreement - (Ecouterre)

Tech & Science Stuff

• Eighteen-Year-Old Invents Device That Can Charge Your Cell Phone in 20 Seconds - (Inhabitat) Love smart kids!
• MindDrive: World's First Social Media Powered Electric Car is Fueled by Tweets and Likes - (Inhabitat) Created to engage at-risk youth by giving them the skills to build an electric vehicle. This is such a cool program!! Be sure to watch the video!
• Student Science Experiment Shows Plants Won’t Grow Near Wi-Fi Router - (Inhabitots) ...uhhh, guess that means it's not healthy for us!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Coastal Cleanup 2012: Top 10 Items Found During Trash Collection Program - (Huffington Post) Of course, 7 of the 10 are plastic related.
• The weirdest square mile of ocean on Earth - (Washington Post) Video of some cool, strange, deadly sea creatures.
• Floating Mangrove Forest Springs Up in a Wrecked Coal Ship - (Inhabitat) Hmmm...eventually, nature prevails.
• Internet Mogul Sean Parker Trashes Big Sur Redwood Forest to Create a Fantasy Wedding - (Inhabitat) The arrogance of some people...
• Conservationist shares home with 200 sloths - (Mother Nature Network) They are so cute!
• Beautiful Close-Up Underwater Photos of Luminous Sea Creatures - (PetaPixel) Cool to look at.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• MSNBC anchor Dylan Ratigan gives up fame and fortune to become a farmer - (Mother Nature Network) ...and he's creating sustainable farming while helping veterans get back to work - awesome!!