Stuff We Found Today - 02.15.10

WWF Earth Hour

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Fuel Cell Car Kit For Kids - (GreenMuze) Perfect for your budding eco-scientist.

Food Stuff

• Hamburger Helper? Slime, Ammonia and Cow Shit - (Generation Green) Wow...if you buy/eat ground beef, check this out!
• 10 Steps to Healthy and Sustainable Grocery Shopping on a Budget - (The GirlieGirl Army)
• Ben & Jerry's Plans to Go Fully Fair Trade - (Fast Company) "...by 2013...all of the 121 chunks and swirls and 11 base ingredients (banana, vanilla, cocoa, etc.) found in Ben & Jerry's ice cream will come from Fair Trade Certified sources..." -Awesome!!
• Coupons, coupons, coupons - (Mother Nature Network) ...for natural and organic foods.

Home Stuff

• The Electric Lawnmower - (GreenMuze) "Powered by sun and photovoltaic technology..."

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Recycled blue jeans - (Great Green Goods) The little stuffed animals are adorable!
• The MakeShift Project - Follow this woman who for a year will only wear clothes that she makes herself... "an art and research project that examines the relationships between 'making', 'clothing' and 'living'."
• ShopGoodWill.com - Goodwill has its own online shopping site! Some great vintage finds here!!
• When Life Hands You Expired Condoms, Make a Dress! - (Ecouterre) Interesting upcycling... don't worry, they unused condoms!
• Gary Harvey Brings "Dumpster-Chic" Couture to the Green Shows - (Ecouterre) Some of these dresses are pretty amazing.

Tech & Science Stuff

• Can High-Speed Rail Reduce Our Reliance on Air Travel? - (Fast Company) Just think if we had high speed rail all this time...
• The Future of Electric Cars, Summed Up in 10 Minutes - (Fast Company) This could be so awesome!! (video in post)
• EMPOWER: The Energy Generating Rocking Chair - (Inhabitat)
• MIT Developing Body Heat-Powered Electronics - (Inhabitat) Interesting...

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Green Music Group Brings the Music Industry Together for the Environment - (Fast Company) "...the Green Music Group, a coalition of musicians, so-called "industry leaders" and fans that aims to make the music industry green from the inside out."

Internet Stuff

• Google Buzz: "Are You at Work? How About a $.99 Big Mac From McDonald's, Three Blocks Away?" - (Fast Company) For those of you jumping on the Buzz bandwagon... read this.
• U.S. Climate Change Portal Could Birth Entirely New Industries - (Fast Company) "...access the government's climate change data, info, products, and services all under one roof:...intended to answer questions for educators, business owners, and the general public..."

International Stuff

• WWF Earth Hour - Get ready for earth hour on March 27th at 8:30pm... turn off your lights!
• Olympic Athlete's Village: Greenest Neighborhood in the World - (Inhabitat)

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Richard Branson declares war on carbon - (Mother Nature Network) "CEO extraordinaire explains the big problems and big opportunities that a post-carbon world can provide." (video in post)
• Defeat climate change deniers with an iPhone app - (Mother Nature Network) Haha!