Do the right thing... eat your Fair Trade chocolate!

Check out the recent review of Coco-Zen's new vegan truffles on the Chocolate Grail...

"Sometimes it's hard to do the right thing whether it's eating your vegetables as a kid or staying away from fried foods as an adult. But, Coco-Zen makes it easy for you to do the right thing: their chocolates areFair Trade Certified and use only organic ingredients. And as a reward for your virtue, these chocolates are also rich, luscious, flavorful and creamy..." Read more

Stuff We Found Today - 04.08.10

Planting the White House Garden, Spring 2010

Food Stuff

• Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution - (EcoStiletto) "...he stakes are life-or-death high as Jamie Oliver tries to inspire a revolution by helping the single-unhealthiest community in the world understand that what it feeds its children can kill them." (video in post)
• Coco-Zen chocolate truffles make size matter - (Mother Nature Network) Our favorite "green LA girl" tried out our new vegan truffles and, although she found our large truffles to be a bit too large for herself (they're definitely not for the faint of heart) she gave us the thumbs up! Thanks Siel!!
• KFC's Frightening New Sandwich To Stop Hearts Next Week - (Ecorazzi) OMG... are they kidding us?!!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Electronic Underpants Send Text Message When Wearer Wets Himself - (Ecouterre) Okay... before you say "WHAT?!!! Read the article. There actually is a practical use for this.
• Dear Cover Girl: We Want Non-Toxic Products - (Crazy Sexy Life)
• Selena Gomez Dream Out Loud Eco-Fashion To Hit K-Mart - (Ecorazzi) Teens making eco-fashion for teens (that teens can afford)... awesome!

Tech & Science Stuff

• IBM's New Solar Desalination Tech Cloud Create Rivers in the Desert - (Inhabitat) "...IBM and Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology are teaming up to solve the water problem with solar-powered desalination technology."
• Nissan Sets Price for the LEAF - (EcoGeek.org) After all the tax credits and rebates...looking good! Plus, check out their cool new commercial out in Japan.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Glacier National Park May Soon Be Without Glaciers - (AboutMyPlanet.com)
• How Much Clean Water is Available for Human Use? - (Blue Living Ideas) This is an eye opener...
• Giant Sea Bug Found Attached To Submersible Robot - (Ecorazzi) Whoa!! Check this out!

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Luda wants you to increase your green - (Celebs Gone Good) That Ludacris to all us old fogies. (video in post)
• Stephen Colbert Holds 'Science Catfight' About Climate Change - (Ecorazzi) Video in post.
• Isabella Rossellini To Star In 'Green Porno' Spawn 'Seduce Me' - (Ecorazzi) Yup... this should be interesting...

International Stuff

• Construction Complete on the UK's Stunning Seed Cathedral - (Inhabitat) This is one crazy looking cathedral... and when we say crazy, we mean way cool!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• FLOTUS Planting the White House Garden, Spring 2010 - (Obama Pics Daily) Love this woman!
• FLOTUS Wins the "Big Help" Award | Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards 2010 - (Obama Pics Daily)
• EPA takes steps to protect Appalachian communities from impacts of mountaintop removal - (350.org)
• A Hotter Earth Could Mean a More Heated Aggressive Society - (AboutMyPlanet.com) Apparently hotter planet means hotter heads...

Other Random Cool Stuff

• The Rise and Fall of Bottled Water - (Blue Living Ideas) "The evolution of the bottled water industry has finally crested and demise has begun..."