Stuff We Found Today - 06.27.13

Pod of 40 bottlenose dolphins ride 8ft-high waves along South African coast 

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• SkinVision App Turns Your Smartphone Into a Skin Cancer Scanner - (Inhabitat) Perfect for all of us who obsess over every mole that shows up.
• 6 of the World's Coolest Green Playgrounds - (Inhabitots)
• Make Organic Sculpting Clay in 4 Simple Steps Using 4 Ingredients! - (Inhabitots) Grab the kiddies and let the sculpting fun begin!
• The Quinny Jett LongboardStroller is a Stroller/Skateboard Hybrid! - (Inhabitots) OMG...would have loved one of these when our kid was younger!!

Food Stuff

• Mars and Nestlé charged with chocolate price fixing in Canada - (ConfectioneryNews.com) Look what the big guys are up to... Nestle was also a part of this but is expected to plead guilty.
• Whole Foods Shows Customers the Bleak Future of Produce Without Bees - (Inhabitat) Pretty shocking, but gets to the point.
• Coke's New Ice Bottle Keeps Drinks Cool and Melts Away With No Waste - (Inhabitat) Awesome idea...now only if it was filled with something healthier.
• EU Approves the Use of Laser "Tattoos" on Fruit as Replacement for Sticky Labels - (Inhabitat)
• The Lepsis is a Terrarium for Growing Edible Bugs at Home - (Inhabitat) Don't think too many westerners are ready for this

Home Stuff

• Make A Mini Felt Planter To Green Your Walls - (Inhabitat) Cute and easy!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Kind Crusader: Maya, 13-Year-Old Eco Designer - (The KInd Life) Love kids who do good for people & planet... and she's gorgeous to boot!
• Vodafone’s “Power Shorts” Use Body Heat to Charge Your Cellphone - (Ecouterre) Is that body heat or "booty" heat? hahahaha

Tech & Science Stuff

• 16 Year-Old Develops Cleaner, More Efficient Method of Creating Biofuel - (Inhabitots) Put this one under cool, smart kids...love it!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Photographer Bryant Austin Swims Eye-to-Eye with a Whale - (Fora.tv) The awesome sperm whale...
• Epic lightning bolt strikes America's tallest skyscraper - (Mother Nature Network)
• Big Texas T-storm caught in time-lapse video - (Mother Nature Network) "...eerie growth of a supercell thunderstorm in North Texas." This is cool to watch
• 15 reasons to visit Yosemite - (Mother Nature Network) "We let the photos do the talking in this tour of the iconic national park." Love Yosemite!!
• Surf's up! Pod of 40 bottlenose dolphins ride 8ft-high waves along South African coast  - (MailOnline)
• 8 Unbelievable octopus videos - (TreeHugger) Click to see 8 super cool octopus videos (fun time waster!)

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• 6 Suspended Tree Tents For a Lighter-Than-Air Camping Experience - (Inhabitat) These would be great for a backyard getaway too!
• XploreAir Paravelo: World's First Flying Bicycle Lifts Off the Ground - (Inhabitat) Yup...this is for real.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• 6 fascinating people who own almost nothing - (Mother Nature Network) "These people have rejected the stuff-cluttered life for something more meaningful." Hmmm, think you can do it??
• New Yorkers to compost 10 percent of residential waste - (Mother Nature Network) "Mayor Michael Bloomberg puts plans in action so residents of New York City can have food scraps composted." All cities should have composting as part of their waste collection system.

Stuff We Found Today - 05.20.13

Do The Green Thing: "Don't Bottle It" by Stuart Watson

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• What is Teflon: The Infertility Connection - (Mommy Greenest) Knew teflon was bad, but didn't know it was linked to infertility!
• Unacceptable Levels Trailer - (YouTube) Movie coming out summer 2013 about all the chemicals we're exposed to everyday and have seeped into our bodies.
• EWG's 2013 Guide to Sunscreens - (Environmental Working Group) Get ready for the hot days ahead.

Food Stuff

• $325,000 Lab-Grown Burger to be Served Up in London Next Month - (Inhabitat) Hmmm...right or wrong? Would you eat it?
• UN Report Says We Should Be Eating More Bugs - (Inhabitat) Unfortuantely, don't think us westerners will be able to get over the barf factor.
• Dark chocolate enhances mood... - (ConfectioneryNews.com) "Study particpants consuming a cocoa flavanol-rich dark chocolate drink reported being calmer and more content." Hmmm...think any chocoholic could have told us that!
• 27 Ways To Make Your Groceries Last As Long As Possible - (BuzzFeed) Really good tips here!!
• Superbugs Invade American Supermarkets - (Environmental Working Group) "Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are now common in the meat aisles of American supermarkets. These so-called superbugs can trigger foodborne illness and infections that are hard to treat."
• Tell the FDA to Reject More Aspartame in Milk! - (Food Democracy Now) "...the giant dairy lobby is trying to force the federal government to redefine 'milk' to include artificial sweeteners such as aspartame in children’s school lunches without proper labels."

Home Stuff

• Nurseryworks Stylish District Crib Transforms Into an Adult-Sized Desk or Daybed - (Inhabitots) Wish all cribs did this!!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• More Western Brands, Retailers Commit to Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety - (Ecouterre) Gap and Walmart are NOT among them!

Tech & Science Stuff

• Amtrak Unveils New High-Efficiency Electric Trans for Northeast Corridor - (Inhabitat)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Study: Gulf oil spill is sickening fish vital to seafood industry - (Los angeles Times)
• 7 places for top-notch stargazing - (Mother Nature Network)
• Cicadas continue East Coast march - (Mother Nature Network) Scientists expect this brood's population to be up to 30 billion this year.
• A Black Mound of Canadian Oil Waste Is Rising Over Detroit - (NYTimes.com) "Detroit’s ever-growing black mountain is the unloved, unwanted and long overlooked byproduct of Canada’s oil sands boom."

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Best hiking in the U.S. and how to prepare for it - (Mother Nature Network)

Stuff We Found Today - 02.18.13

Cute eco-friendly indoor playhouses

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• The Hidden Chemicals You're Feeding Your Kids - (Dr. Oz Show) About presence of BPA in so many of our food items.
• Eco-Friendly Indoor Playhouses - (ApartmentTherapy) These are so cute!
• Recycled Conversation Heart Crayons Are A Colorful Valentine's Day Gift For Kids - (Inhabitot) Great idea.

Food Stuff

• Germany busts choc giants for price fixing; ordered to pay €60m - (ConfectioneryNews.com) "Eleven chocolate companies including Nestlé and Kraft have been fined over €60m ($82m) for colluding to raise chocolate prices in Germany, while price fixing investigations continue in the US and Canada."
• Chelsea Girl Chili - (GirlieGirlArmy) Mmmm...this vegan chili recipe looks perfect for all this cold weather.
• Oxfam Photo Essay Shows What Seven Families Across the Globe Eat in a Week - (Inhabitat) Definitely interesting when you think of what we eat here in the US.
• Raise the Bar on Chocolate Fundraising - (Global Exchange) Campaign to get World's Finest Chocolate to go Fair Trade...please help!
• Hazardous Virus Gene Discovered in GM Crops after 20 Years - (Institute of Science in Society) Just lovely...
• The PowerPot Uses Heat to Charge Your Electronics as You Cook - (Inhabitat) Calling all campers...this is awesome.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Greenpeace Takes On Levis - And Wins - (EcoStiletto) "They say you can tell next season’s hot color by looking at the rivers in Mexico and China, where global fashion brands dump the hazardous chemicals and dyes that they use to make clothes."
• Oprah Draws Criticism for Endorsing Face Cream Made From Foreskins - (Ecouterre) WHAT????

Tech & Science Stuff

• Thin-Film Solar Power to Be Sold For Less Than Coal Power in New Mexico - (Inhabitat) Awesome!
• Top Gear Bravely Tests World's Smallest Car on England's Hectic A3 Highway - (Inhabitat) See video in article...hilarious!
• 17-Year-Old Creates a 3D-Printed Robotic Prosthetic Arm for $250 - (Inhabitat) Smart kids make us smile.

Work & Business Stuff

• Working Less and Playing More Could Slow Down Climate Change, New Study Shows - (Inhabitat) Uhhh...love this idea.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• The Ozone Hole: It's Still Up There, Changing Oceans, Maybe Climate - (Mother Jones) Video in article is pretty interesting to watch.
• Catching a 200-Year-Old Whale - (Fora.tv) See video.
• Beautiful pictures of underwater ice bubbles... that are actually created by plants releasing gas - (DailyMail) Cool pics.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Stay in a Giant Wine Barrel Room Overlooking The Black Forest in Germany - (Inhabitat) Would be cool to have one of these as a guest house in your backyard.
• Sleeping Around: Belgium's Pop-Up Shipping Container Hotel Is Always On the Move - (Inhabitat) Cool looking and fun.

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Obama picks REI chief for Interior secretary - (Mother Nature Network) Interesting to see how this play out.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• 10 Year-Old Boy Launches His Own Recycling Business, Donates 25% Of Profits To Homeless Children - (Inhabitots) Smart and environmentally/socially conscious kids make us happy.

Stuff We Found Today - 01.24.13

Antony Gibbon's Roost Treehouse

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 7 Healthy Family New Year's Resolutions for 2013 - (Inhabitots) Boy...need to get working on the "get organized" one!

Food Stuff

• EWG Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce Video - (YouTube-Envrionmental Working Group) Quick little video about EWG's shopper guide for produce.
• Cocoa economy in 'critical state', says Mars sustainability chief - (ConfectioneryNews.com) the big chocolate companies may recognize it, but how much will they actually do about it???
• Thrive Foods Direct - Organic vegan meals delivered to your door...anywhere in the US. Great for travelers!
• Overfishing Causes Pacific Bluefin Tuna Numbers to Drop 96% - (EcoWatch) Boooo!!!

Home Stuff

• The NanoLight Touts Itself as the World's Most Efficient LED Light Bulb - (Inhabitat) "...the first 100 watt comparable device... the NanoLight claims to be 87% more efficient than a standard incandescent and it uses 50% less energy than a compact fluorescent."
• Antony Gibbon's Lord of the Rings-Style Treehouses Could Offer Elvish Accommodations for Humans - (Inhabitat) How cool to have one of these in your backyard?!
• How To Start an Oder-Free Freezer Compost Bin as a City or Small Space Dweller - (Inhabitat) Good little tip here.
• National Do Not Call Registry - Get rid of annoying sales calls...yes!

Tech & Science Stuff

• Seven Sizzling Hybrid and Electric Cars from the 2013 Detroit Auto Show - (Inhabitat) Kind of excited about the new Leaf.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Dispersant makes oil from spills 52 times more toxic - (NBCNews.com) Ughhh...great.
• Video: Close encounter with humpback whale off Australian coast captured on camera - (The Telegraph) What would you do if a what was this close to you??
• Great white shark photographed mid-air - (NYDalyNews.com) Pretty awesome pic.
• First Video Footage of Giant Squid in Natural Habitat Emerges - (Ecorazzi) "...eyes the size of dinner plates..."
• Flushing Nemo? Pet fish pose ocean threat - (NBCnews.com) Don't dispose of aquarium fish in our waterways.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• German Hotel Invites Beer Lovers to Cozy Up Inside a Recycled 19th Century Beer Barrel Bed - (Inhabitat) Bet there are quite a few beer lovers that wouldn't mind having one for themselves!

International Stuff

• Bosco Verticale: The World's First Vertical Forest Nears Completion in Milan - (Inhabitat) Cool!
• The Australian Outback is So Hot that Drivers Are Unable to Pump Gas - (Inhabitat) "...Mother Nature seems to be showing her displeasure for the use of fossil fuels by making it so hot that the liquid evaporates before it even hits the tank."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Concord, Mass. Becomes the First US City to Ban Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles - (Inhabitat)
• 'Plastic micro beads' to be removed from soap - (CNN.com) These plastic particles end up in the ocean and ingested by sea animals.

Stuff We Found Today - 12.03.12

Eco-friendly Christmas Trees

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 7 Eco-Friendly Hanukkah Goodies For Kids - (Inhabitots) Love the crayons!

Food Stuff

• Organic Miniature Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcakes - (Inhabitots) Thanksgiving may be over now, but these would be perfect to make all season long...mmmm!
• Sustainable Cocoa: Action needed in two years, not ten - (ConfectioneryNews.com)
• 7 health benefits of drinking hot cocoa - (Mother Nature Network) Of course, depends upon what you put into your hot cocoa.
• Vegan Almond Cookie Recipe - (Inhabitots) Get the xmas cookie cutters out...these are perfect to do with the little ones!

Home Stuff

• 8 Festive LED Christmas Lights To Save You Energy & Green Your Holidays - (Inhabitat) Love the "champagne" mini LED bulbs.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Greenpeace Exposes Toxic Chemicals in Zara, Other Fast-Fashion Brands - (Ecouterre)

Tech & Science Stuff

• One-Man electric Helicopter - (Inhabitat) for a mere $375,000 how'd you like to fly to work in one of these babies?!!
• Chevrolet Announces 2014 Spark EV Will Be Priced Under $25,000 - (Inhabitat) Affordable EVs need to keep coming.
• SpaceX Founder Elon Musk Hopes to Establish 80,000 Person Colony On Mars - (Inhabitat) Wow...seriously?!!!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• World Meteorological Organization Reports Greenhouse Gas Emissions at a Record High - (Inhabitat) "...global CO2 levels are the highest they have ever been in human history, reaching 391 parts per million." Not good!
• Study Finds Sea Levels Rising 60% Faster Than Expected, U.S. Costal Towns at Risk - (Inhabitat) "...New York, Los Angeles, and much of the state of Florida are now considered "hot spots" where water levels are increasing at twice the rate of the rest of the planet."
• Sea snail's shells dissolving in Earth's increasingly acidic oceans - (CNN.com) Serious effects for the ecosystem and food chain.
  
  
  Read more: World Meteorological Organization Reports Greenhouse Gas Emissions at a Record High | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building "

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Top 6 Cabins for a Green Retreat this Winter - (Inhabitat) Snow or no snow, any of these would be awesome...any time of year!

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Fast Track Trampoline Sidewalk Takes Your Commute to a Whole New Level - (Inhabitat) Ohhhh...this looks like fun!
• Live Share Grow Vertical Farm Could Generate 10% of San Diego's Produce - (Inhabitat) This would be great in any urban city.
• 14 Eco-Friendly Christmas Trees - (Inhabitat) If you're not a traditionalist, some of these "modern" trees are pretty cool.

Stuff We Found Today - 09.17.12

National Geographic: Miniature Chameleon from Madagascar

  Food Stuff

• McDonald's to open its first vegetarian restaurant in India - (theTelegraph) Would be neat to have one here...or at least some of the menu options.
• A Cookie Coffee Cup That's Easy To Recycle: Just Eat It - (Fast Company) Love it!!

Home Stuff

• 7 Smart and Easy Tips to Green Your Kitchen - (Inhabitat)
• DuffyLondon's Awesome Swing Table Suspends Guests From Swaying Seats - (Inhabitat) OMG...how fun is this?!! Made from ethically sourced wood too!

School, College & Student Stuff

• Surfrider's QUAD Youth Service Program - (Surfrider.org) Hey students...start a Surfrider club or project at your school!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Gulf Oil Spill Remnants From Hurricane Isaac Wash Up Years After Disaster - (Huffington Post) Just lovely...
• Photos: Rare Deep-Sea Anglerfish Recorded - (National Geographic) Cool looking fish!
• Miniature Chameleons Discovered - Fit on Match Tip - (National Geographic) Cute!
• Study: Overfishing has cost millions - (USAToday.com)

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Full Scale Model of NYC's LowLine Underground Park Unveiled on the Lower East Side! - (Inhabitat) Love HighLine Park...can't wait to go back and visit NYC when the new LowLine Park is done!

Website Stuff

• Vegan Cuts: Online market place for vegan items - (GirlieGirl Army) Plus, GirlieGirl Army has a 15% discount for your first purchase on Vegan Cuts.
• Surfrider's new "Ocean Illness" reporting site - (Surfrider) Crowd sources information to monitor and track surf and water related illnesses.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Watch One World Trade Center Go Up in This Beautiful September 11th Anniversary Time-Lapse Video - (Inhabitat) Pretty neat to see.

From Joyce's Laptop: Summer Road Trip 2012

We're going on summer holiday!...

This year, the husband has 7 weeks of sabbatical from work (who gets that anymore??) and we didn't want to put our little guy into summer camp. So... I decided to close up shop for a couple months, and our little family is taking a cross country road trip to see all that this land has to see. We stuffed the kid into the back of our rental Prius V with all our bags and gear and headed southeast... first destination, Bryce Canyon.

I'll be posting plenty of pictures on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest and invite you to follow along as we take this amazing cross country journey. I'll post a blog here and there as time and wi-fi availability allow.

*NOTE: At the time of this post, we are already on Day 5 of our trip. Unfortunately blogging is not going to be so easy from the road. Takes too long to get photos uploaded. Please follow on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest!

Stuff We Found Today - 06.07.12

Solar-Powered Floating Green Resort

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Top 10 Toxins Suspected of Causing Autism - (Care2 Healthy Living)
• Top 10 Baby Registries for Green Moms-to-Be - (Inhabitots)
• Traces of Veterinary Drugs Found in Baby Food and Infant Formula - (Inhabitots) Great... another reason to buy organic, especially for your kids. After all, we eat what our foods eat!

Food Stuff

• Eating Chocolate Will Protect You From Skin Cancer - (GirlieGirl Army) Well, life just got a little better!

Home Stuff

• Verdant PicNYC Table is topped with Living Growing Grass - (Inhabitat) Like having a picnic in your dining room!
• Ryosuke Fukusada's Glowing  LED Wooden Light Bulb - (Inhabitat) Pretty cool.
• Sweden's Treehotel Now Selling Mirrorcube Treehouses - (Inhabitat) Now you can order one for yourself and have it installed in your backyard... haha!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• 10 Infographics on the Fashion Industry - (EcoSalon) These are interesting...especially the one that illustrates how much textile waste America generates each year.
• Gross or Glorious? Kerry Howley Turns Human Hair into Intricate Necklaces - (Ecouterre) Definitely artistic, but a little creepy.
• 14 Eco-Friendly Sunglasses to Protect Your Peepers - (Ecouterre)

Tech & Science Stuff

• 3D-Printed LED Lamps - (Inhabitat) These are so cool looking.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Canada's tar sands could mean "Game Over for the Climate" - (NYTimes.com) "If we were to fully exploit this new oil source, and continue to burn our conventional oil, gas and coal supplies, concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere eventually would reach levels higher than in the Pliocene era, more than 2.5 million years ago, when sea level was at least 50 feet higher than it is now."
• [Video] Watch the Whole World Connect the Dots - (350.org) Climate change and extreme weather around the world.
• Arctic Seawater Leaking Methane: Big Pic - (Discovery News) Oh, just lovely...
• World's First Vegetarian Shark Prefers Heads of Lettuce - (TreeHugger) Apparently the trauma of getting a fish hook lodged in it's stomach was enough to scare this shark into never going after meat again.
• Fukushima Radiation Found in Bluefin Tuna in Calif. - (Time.com)
• Mo'ynoq's Desert Ships Are a Testament of Man's Impact on the Environment - (Inhabitat)

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Solar-Powered Floating Island is an Off-Shore Green Retreat - (Inhabitat) Now this is houseboating in style!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• International Cocoa Initiative partners with ILO to tackle child labour on cocoa farms - (ConfectioneryNews.com) Well, it's something.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• L.A. makes history with ban on plastic bags at stores - (LA Times) "Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation to approve a ban on plastic bags at supermarket checkout lines..." Cool!
• Survival Condo's Apocalypse-Proof Bunder Are Now Sold Out - (Inhabitat) Seriously????!!!

Stuff We Found Today - 05.08.12

Great book to read with young kids

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• "Maybe (A Little Zen for Little Ones)" - This looks like a great book for kids!
• Every Mother Matters - Your Guide to a Fair Trade Mother's Day - (Fair Trade USA)
• Free sandwich box with your kid's artwork on it - (Facebook: Rudi's Organic Bakery) Pretty cool contest!

Food Stuff

• Support cocoa farmers or face a 'chocolate crisis', warns academic - (ConfectioneryNews.com) Chocolate manufacturers will face a serious cocoa supply shortage unless they work to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and allow them to invest in sustainable production..."
• How to Store Vegetables & Fruit Without Plastic - (Washington's Green Grocer) Good little guide here.
• Bitter truth for a better world - (GulfNews.com) Interview with filmmaker of the documentary "The Dark Side of Chocolate".

Home Stuff

• Biophotovoltaic Moss Table Generates Electricity Through Photosynthesis - (Inhabitat) The moss powers the table lamp...cool.
• Egg-Shaped Treehouse is Nestled in Forests of Whistler - (Inhabitat) Love to have this to go hideaway in!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• 14 Eco-Friendly Raincoats for Tackling April Showers in Style - (Ecouterre) Diggin' Nau's Chrysalis Dress with its removable sleeves. 

Tech & Science Stuff

• IKEA Unveils Cheapo Digital Camera Made of Cardboard - (Inhabitat)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Peru examines deaths of more that 500 pelicans - (BBC News) This comes after death of 800 dolphins in same region. What's going on???

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Surfing's Toxic Secret - (Forbes) "The typical surfboard is a slab of petroleum-spawned polyurethane slathered in layers of toxic polyester resin."
• SeaWorld cans plastic bags nationwide - (UTSanDiego.com) Cool!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Question and Answer with Paul Rice, President and CEO of Fair Trade USA: Part 1: Cooperatives and Estates - (Justmeans) ...and the debate goes on as Fair Trade USA leaves FLO and starts to certify farming estates.
• BP Gulf Spill Trial Delayed Until 2013 - (Huffington Post) Booooo!!!

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Mother takes on Monsanto, wins global prize - (Pesticide Action Network) Think the title says it all.
• Miami Beach bans drinking straws - Hotels face fines up to $500 for littering.

Stuff We Found Today - 04.15.12

Dew-soaked damselfly

Food Stuff

• Color Eggs Naturally - (Whole Foods) East steps to color eggs with food ingredients instead of conventional dyes.
• Fair Trade Easter and Passover - (Global Exchange) "Easter and Passover are two of the BEST times to ask Hershey to eliminate child and forced labor from its supply chain, and start sourcing Fair Trade."
• Chocolate-Covered Matzo Bark - (Whole Foods) You don't have to celebrate Passover to enjoy this yummy treat...we love it with pistachios.
• 6 Incredibly Gross Additives in Everyday Foods - (Inhabitots) Ick!
• Stop Agent Orange Frankencorn! Don't Let the USDA Approve Dow's 2,4-D-Tolerant Corn! - (Organic Consumers Association)
• Still drinking diet soda? Don't be a fashion victim - (Grist) "Diet Pepsi consists of artificially blackened water tarted up with synthetic chemicals."

Home Stuff

• South Korean Home Blanketed in Greenery and Solar Panels - (Inhabitat) Cool, modern and green...love!
• IKEA's Beautiful New SOLKULLEN LED Lamp Floats Like a Paper Jellyfish - (Inhabitat) Pretty...
• Water Footprint Calculator - (National Geographic) See what your water footprint is...it's easy!
• Repurposed Robot Prints "Endless" Furniture From Recycled E-Waste - (Inhabitat)

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Guess What? Crushed Red Bugs Are in Your Lipstick, Too - (Ecouterre) Ewww...didn't know that!

School, College & Student Stuff

• Features of Great Green Public Schools + Find a Green School Near You - (Inhabitots) Healthier for the kids...not just the planet.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Indian Man Single-Handedly Plants 1,360 Acre Forest - (Inhabitat) Wow!
• Sun, Sea, Sand, And... Small Appliances? New Marine Trash Report Reveals Sorry State of World's Beaches - (TreeHugger) Very sad indeed...see what trash is washing up along our coasts.
• Harvard Study Links Pesticide-Laced Corn Syrup to Bee Colony Collapse - (Inhabitat) Hello...pesticides!
• Extreme Close-Ups:m 16 Mind-Blowing Macro Nature Photos - (WebEcoist) Very cool pics.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Thailand's Lush Beach Resort Soneva Kiri Offers a Retreat to Eco Paradise - (Inhabitat) We can dream, can't we?
• Mad Men Mom January Jones Eats Her Placenta In Pill Form - (Inhabitots) Uhhh...what do you think?
• Amazing Book Sculptures Pour out of Window and Into the Streets - (Inhabitat)

International Stuff

• Denmark Announces Plans to Produce 100% of its Energy From Renewable Sources By 2050 - (Inhabitat) Oh, those crazy Danes...more power to them!

Other Random Cool Stuff

• All I Own: Swedish Students Photographed With All Their Possessions Show How to Live With Less - (Inhabitat) Makes you think about our own consumerism.
• April 11, 2022 - Monsanto Saves the World! - (Elephant Journal) NOT!! "A Humorous Look at Monsanto’s Future... A Scary Look at Monsanto’s Past."

Stuff We Found Today - 03.27.12

Sand art by Andres Amodor along California coastline

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Raising Confident Sons Who Have Respect for Others - (Crazy Sexy Life) If you're a mother to boys, you might appreciate this... we did!

Food Stuff

• How To Make Organic Sweet Pickles with Your Children - (Inhabitots) Kids love pickles and this is a great project to do with them.
• Say No to Pink Slime! - (MomsRising.org) "Join us in urging USDA and FDA to get pink slime out of ground beef now, or at the very least to require labels to list it as an ingredient so that we can decide not to buy it in the stores!"
• Bummer! Soda Causes Cancer (Ready to Finally Give Up the Cola Now?) - (Eco-Chick) "High levels of a carcinogen known as 4-methylimidazole, or 4-MI, are created when certain forms of ammonia are used to create the caramel food dye used in some of the most popular soda brands on the planet."
• Safeway, Supervalu Ditch 'Pink Slime' Beef - (Huffington Post) Yes, we consumers can change the behavior of companies!

Home Stuff

• Awesome Birde's Nest Bed is a Cozy Roost for Kids - (Inhabitat) Forget the kids, us adults want this bed...so great for cuddling in (or sink into and read a good book).
• 7 Indoor Plants That Purify the Air Around You Naturally - (Inhabitat) Good to know...now for some new house & office plants.
• How to reuse silica gel packets - (Mother Nature Network) Wow...didn't know these packets had such great uses and can be reused over and over.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Dazzling "Aurura" Dress Features 10,000 Embroided LEDs - (Ecouterre) This is how you light up a room!

School, College & Student Stuff

• How to establish a Farm to School program - (Mother Nature Network) Hey...calling all PTA members!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Study confirms arsenic in chicken feed enters water as poison - (Chesapeake Bay Journal) Just great...
• Praying Mantis - (Environmental Graffiti) These are some cool pictures of a very cool looking bug.
• After lengthy analysis, scientists say BP oil spill the culprit for heavy toll on corals - (The Washington Post) The aftermath of this just keeps going...just sad.
• Barataria Bay Dolphins Show Symptoms 'Consistent With Oil Exposure' - (Huffington Post) ...and more great news - NOT!

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Amazing Origami Art Folded out of Money - (Inhabitat) These are pretty cool!
• 8 Unbelievable Eco-Hotels From Around the World - (Ecorazzi) Would love to stay in some of these.
• Artist Uses the Beach s canvas for his Ephemeral Sand Art - (Treehugger) These are cool.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• The Big List of Things That Suck - (EcoStiletto) This list will make you think.
• 30 Dr. Suess Quotes Thant Can Change Your Life - (Greenster)
• Urban Algae Farms Could Heat Buildings While Treating Wastwater - (Inhabitat) Interesting.

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."

Stuff We Found Today - 10.23.11

"Macquarium"

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Stress and Toxins Can Combine to Increase Illness in Children - (Greenwala) Interesting study... (makes sense to us!)
• Child Slaves Made Your Halloween Candy. Stop Buying It. - (GOOD) Start spreading the news...
• Kids' Brains Absorb Twice as Much Cellphone Radiation as Adult Brains - (Inhabitots)
• 10 Ridiculous "Pinkwashed" Products That May Actually Cause Breast Cancer - (Ecouterre)

Food Stuff

• Infographic: Unexpected Chemicals in Your Food - The Health Risks of Pesticide - (Greenwala) That's why it's best to get organic whenever you can.
• 'No magic bullet' can protect cocoa from climate change - (ConfectioneryNew.com) Will chocolate become a true luxury item??
• Chocolate That Feels As good As It Tastes - (Green Energy TV) Video by Fair Trade USA.
• 12 healthy homemade candy recipes - (Mother Nature Network) Some fun ones to try...and to taste!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Fair Trade Fashion: Ridiculously Inexpensive Jewelry from Morrocco - (EcoStiletto) Gorgeous gold "silk" and silver bead necklace and bracelet.
• The Company That Wants You to Buy Less - (New American Dream) Patagonia would rather you repair or buy used clothing instead of buying new...cool!
• 14 Eco-Friendly Women's Boots to Kick Fall Into Gear - (Ecouterre) Lovin' the Cri de Coeur boots!
• 14 Eco-Friendly Men's Boots For Ushering Fall - (Ecouterre) ...and, the men's selection...

Tech & Science Stuff

• Virgin Atlantic Announces Plans to Fuel Airplanes With Waste Gas - (Inhabitat) "Airline mogul and billionaire Richard Branson just announced that in three years Virgin Atlantic airplanes will be fueled by waste gas from power plants, steel works, and aluminum plants."
• Macquariums: Iconic Candy-colored Apple iMacs Recycled into Aquariums - (Inhabitat) Kinda cool and nostalgic.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Extraordinary Toroidal Vortices [VIDEO] - (Eco-Tube) This is a pretty cool video... especially of the dolphins and whales making and playing with bubble rings.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Magic Mountain Lodge is a Hill-Like Hobbit Highrise - (Inhabitat) Gotta see the picture. How cool would it be to spend a few nights here?!!
• Tell Disney: Get the Lead Out of Disneyland! - (Center for Environmental Health) "For nine months, Disney has known about dozens of lead-tainted brass and stained glass items at Disneyland, yet the company has failed to act to protect children!"

Website Stuff

• How Many Slaves Work for You? New Online Tool Measures Your Impact - (Ecouterre) Almost scared to try this one out...

International Stuff

• Bosco Verticale in Milan Will Be the World's First Vertical Forest - (Inhabitat) Now if all high rise condos could be like that.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• WTC Complex Aiming for LEED Gold, Will Be The Largest Green Project in NYC - (Inhabitat) Nice!!
• HOW TO: Make Flying Ghosts from an Upcyvled Sheet for Halloween - (Inhabitots) Fun times!