Quote of the Week - 09.09.13

Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.

~ Walter Cronkite

Chocolate is more delicious when you achieve it through Fair Trade.

~ Coco-Zen

Stuff We Found Today - 09.04.13

Dolphins Have "Names," Respond When Called - (National Geographic)

Food Stuff

• Recipe: Oven-dried Grape Tomato and Basil Hummus - (Mother Nature Network) Easy, yummy hummus recipe.
• 250,000 Lab-Grown Burger Served Up in London, Tasters Say It Could Use More Fat - (Inhabitat) Yup, finally made and taste tested a lab grown burger.
• Steak made from human poop passes taste test - (Mother Nature Network) "Would you eat a steak made from human sewage? Believe it or not, this concept has already been taste-tested and approved." ...WTF?!!!!
• 7 Nutrient-Dense Superfoods You Can Grow at Home! - (Inhabitat) Home vegetable garden anyone???
• Cotton Candy Flavored Grapes????? - (Inhabitots) WTF...do we really need these?

Home Stuff

• 13 natural remedies for the ant invasion - (Mother Nature Network) Yup...it's hot out, here come the ants.
• Beer Can House: Texas Home Made from 50,000 Cans Now a Designated Landmark - (Inhabitat) Would have been cool to see this on our cross country road trip last year!
• Let Kids Color All Over the Wall with Wee Gallery’s Dress-Me Wallpaper - (Inhabitots)

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• 10 Ingenious Ways to Recycle an Old T-Shirt - (Ecouterre) Great ideas...loving the flip flop and produce bag ideas!
• 13 Year-Old Maya Shea Penn Makes Sustainable Clothing for Eco-Conscious Fashionistas - (Inhabitots) Yes!!!

Tech & Science Stuff

• California to Break Ground on the Nation's First High-Speed Rail Line This Summer - (Inhabitat) woohoo!!
• 100% Electric Cars Are Now Outselling Plug-in Hybrids in the US - (Inhabitat)
• Pilot Plant That Converts Carbon Dioxide into Bricks is a World First - (Inhabitat) Would be amazing.
• KAIST Unveils Folding Electric Micro Car That Can Fit Into Any Parking Space! - (Inhabitat) Folds down to 5.24 feet!!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 9 Popular Cities Losing War with Rising Seas - (Discovery News)
• Photographer enjoys rare close encounter with narwhals - cool!
• New Study Reveals Chesapeake Bay Dead Zone Hits Fish Hard - (ScienceWorkd Report) Great.
• Meet the Plastisphere: Ocean plastic pollution is so bad, it is now its own ecosystem. - (TreeHugger)
• Alaskan beaches blighted by up to tonne of garbage per mile - (The Guardian)
• Rising Sea Levels Could Submerge 1,700 U.S. Cities by 2100 - (Inhabitat) ...including New York, Boston and Miami.
• Dog-Killing Blue Green Algae Bacteria Found in Parts of Long Island - (Inhabitat) Yes...we are polluting our water...hello!!
• Seahorses Threatened by Climate Change - (weather.com)

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Nikolay Polissky Creates Massive 'Beaubourg' Sculpture Using Traditional Basket Weaving Techniques - (Inhabitat)

International Stuff

• The US is Banned From Exporting Garbage to China Through the 'Green Fence Initiative' - (Inhabitat) Hmmm...maybe we need to think about how not to make so much of it.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Phyto Kinetic: Green-Roofed Buses Add a Breath of Fresh Air to the Urban Jungle - (Inhabitat) Neat idea.
• 17 creative ways to reuse your phone book - (Mother Nature Network) Some great craft projects to do with the kids too!

Quote of the Week - 09.01.13

When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
~ Buddha

When you realize how perfect Fair Trade chocolate is, you will tilt your head back and enjoy the chocolate.
~ Coco-Zen

VIDEO: Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives

Genetically modified organisms... how they came into our food supply and the risks they pose to animal and human health. Very interesting is how this relates to the growing food allergy problems that so many kids seem to have now.

"This seminal documentary provides compelling evidence to help explain the deteriorating health of Americans, especially among children, and offers a recipe for protecting ourselves and our future."

Genetic Roulette Movie Trailer - (scroll down for the full movie in 4 parts)




Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives - Part 1 of 4

Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives - Part 2 of 4

Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives - Part 3 of 4

Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives - Part 4 of 4

Stuff We Found Today - 07.24.13

Jellyfish Lake - (Mother Nature Network)

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• I Ate My Placenta and it was great! - (Inhabitots) Think this will truly catch on?

Food Stuff

• 5 Foods To Help Protect Against Sun Damage - (MindBodyGreen) Good to know!
• Keep it cool this summer with these eco cocktail recipes - (Mother Nature Network) Margarita popsicles!!
• Tips on brewing a great cup (several different ways), recycling coffee grounds, and waste-saving tips - (Mother Nature Network)
• 8 Superfoods You Can Mix Into Any Dish - (MindBodyGreen) So easy.
• Kimchi Maki - (GirlieGirlArmy) Love making sushi rolls...this looks and sounds delish.

Home Stuff

• IKEA Unveils Solar-Powered Flat Pack Shelters for Easily Deployable Emergency Housing - (Inhabitat) Meant for disaster relief and refugees, but bet all the survivalists would love to get one.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Amazon-Crafted Wooden Clutch Wins Most Socially Responsible Handbag Award - (Ecouterre) ...and it's gorgeous to boot.
• “Celeb Escargot” Facials Use Snails to Rejuvenate The Skin of Women in Japan - (Inhabitat) Are you kidding me???
• Secret Sandblasting by Chinese Denim Factories Exact Deadly Toll - (Ecouterre) The more we know...the better choices we can make.

Tech & Science Stuff

• UK Scientists Create World’s First Pee-Powered Cell Phone - (Inhabitat) For reals...
• Elon Musk to Unveil Ultra High-Speed Hyperloop Train Plans by August 12 - (Inhabitat) LA to SF in 30 minutes..yes!
• Swedish Machine Turns Sweat into Perfectly Good Drinking Water! - (Inhabitat) Would you drink it?
• The “Hand Tree” is a Portable Air Filter You Wear on Your Wrist - (Ecouterre) Cool idea or just another gadget??

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Africa's Western Black Rhino is Now Officially Extinct - (Inhabitat) Sad.
• It's twins for Atlanta's giant panda - (Mother Nature Network) Baby pandas!
• Crazy Sea Creature Looks Like a Living Rock With Red Guts - (Inhabitat)

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• The World’s Most Beautiful Street is a Tree-Filled Oasis in the Heart of Porto Alegre, Brazil - (Inhabitat)

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Keystone XL Could Raise Gasoline Prices by 40 Cents Per Gallon, Report Finds - (Inhabitat) Video in post.
• Ag-Gag Laws Silence Whistleblowers - (BillMoyers.com) “The Animal and Ecological Terrorism Act” would make it a crime to film at animal facilities (video in post).
• Teenager Develops Program to Feed Thousands of Hungry People in California - (Inhabitat) Love smart, activist kids!

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Los Angeles Becomes Largest City in US to Ban Plastic Bags - (Inhabitat) - Woohoo!
• Cardboard Technologies Announces Plans to Produce $10 Cardboard Bicycle - (Inhabitat) ...and it's also made of recycled plastic bottles and used tires.
• HOW TO: Make a Recycled Lava Lamp with Your Kids - (Inhabitots) Gotta try this one.
• Amazing ERO Concrete-Recycling Robot Can Erase Entire Buildings - (Inhabitat) Whoa...this is cool.