Stuff We Found Today - 04.23.13

Deep Dark Chocolate Tart Recipe - gluten-free and vegan!

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 5 Amazing DIY Forts! - (Inhabitots) These are pretty cool.
• How nature can help us heal from grief - (Mother Nature Network) "It's no accident that many children's books on grieving follow nature-based themes." A timely article in the wake of recent tragedies.
• 3D Ultrasound That Reveals a Baby in Utero Like Never Before - (Inhabitots) How cool is this?!!! Anyone having gone through pregnancy, how much would you have loved to have had this technology when your kid was in utero???

Food Stuff

• Regular cocoa flavanol intake could help maintain brain health - (ConfectioneryNews) Hmmmm...would that make us chocoholics smarty pants??
• Deep Dark Chocolate Tart Recipe - (Mother Nature Network) ...and it's gluten-free and vegan!
• Mediterranean comfort food recipes - (Mother Nature Network) Love the "Chicken with Orzo Pasta" recipe...great way to use up leftover rotisserie chicken.
• Frankenapple: Bad News No Matter How You Slice It - (Organic Consumers Association) New GMO apple that won't turn brown expected to be approved by USDA
• The Easiest Beet Chips You'll Ever Make - (MindBodyGreen) Seriously, this is that easy.
• EWG's 2013 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce - (Environmental Working Group) Yes, there's a smartphone app too...perfect to take to the grocery store with you.

Home Stuff

• What's in a home? Our housing choices and the environment - (Mother Nature Network) "... the United States' obsession with big houses and the general lack of concern of what impact that has on the community." Very interesting read.
• Natural and Innovative Materials at the 2013 Milan Furniture Fair - (Inhabitat) Especially love the Gu Paper Chair and the coconut fiber material that can be used for food packaging.

Tech & Science Stuff

• 3,587 MPG Hypermiling Vehicle Wins 1st Place at the 2013 Shell Eco-Marathon! - (Inhabitat)
• New, Cheaper Tesla EV to Hit the Market by 2017, Says Musk - (Inhabitat) Hmmm...how much cheaper??

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Storm hits Mayflower, Arkansas site of Exxon oil spill. Contaminated water pumped into Lake Conway as citizen journalists report live. - (TreeHugger) Gotta check out the video in this article.
• CICADAPOCOLYPSE: Billions of Red-Eyed Cicadas to Swarm Tri-State Area - (Inhabitat) This should be quite the event for bug lovers!
• Inhabitat: 12-Year-Old Girl's Letter to Mayor Helps Save a City Forest in Canada - (Inhabitat) Love acitivist kids!

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• San Francisco's Exploratorium Reopens as the Country's Biggest Net-Zero Energy Museum - (Inhabitat) We've always loved the Exploratorium... now even more!

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Boston Marathon: Good Samaritans shine in time of tragedy - (Mother Nature Network) As the city reels from the marathon bombings, an outpouring of love and altruism prevails.
• Trash Cafe: Newcastle Students Unveil Pop-Up Coffee Shop Made from Recycled Cardboard - (Inhabitat) "...cafe will be dismantled and flat-packed at the end of the week to be moved to other locations..." Cool!

Stuff We Found Today - 09.09.12

Solar energy globes can harvest energy from sun or moonlight

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Eco-Friendly Kids Toys & Apparel From The New York International Gift Fair - (Inhabitots) Super cute items!

Food Stuff

• Monsanto, which is fighting efforts to label genetically engineered food in CA, supported labeling such food in Britian - (MercuryNews.com) "The company declined to comment further about why it chose to support labeling abroad but is spending millions to fight California's effort." Hmmm...
• Do almost half your groceries go in the trash? - (Mother Nature Network) "A new study says that Americans throw away 40 percent of the food they bring into their homes."
• Grocers Demand Hershey Ethically Source Cocoa - (Triple Pundit)

Home Stuff

• Bellomo Architects' Tina House Arc Prefab Home is Now Available for Order - (Inhabitat) How nice would this be for a backyard office space or guest room?!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Eqo Optics Recycles Unwanted Skateboards Into Off-the-Hook Sunglasses - (Ecouterre)

Tech & Science Stuff

• Project Aims to Harness the Power of Waves - (NYTimes.com) Commercial wave power park to be developed off the coast of Oregon.
• TOTO Unveils Poo-Powerd 'Toilet Bike Neo' Motorcycle - (Inhabitat) The bike is a little silly, but the idea of a vehicle running on animal waste as biogas is pretty cool.
• Rawlemon's Spherical Solar Energy-Generating Globes Can Even Harvest Energy from Moonlight - (Inhabitat) ...and it's a pretty design!

School, College & Student Stuff

• Thanks to Student Activism, Los Angeles Schools Have Banned Styrofoam - (GOOD) Love these kids!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Environmentalists Say Oil Spill Killed Sea Turtles in Mexico - (Fox News Latino) Great.
• Diver and his new seal BFF hang out underwater, hand-in-flipper [video] - (msn.com) Cutest think ever!
• Arctic sea ice hits record low, scientists say - (The Washington Post) "...on Aug. 26, the day the ice dipped to its smallest extent recorded in more than three decades."

International Stuff

• India Parliament Recommends a Ban on Genetically Engineered Crops - (Organic Consumers Association) Maybe we can take a cue???
• Japanese Firms Help 30,000 Cotton Farmers in India Switch to Organic Production - (Ecouterre) Any US company willing to step up?

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 - 08.29.11

Floating micro-country funded by Paypal Founder

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Why Pregnant Women in California Have High Levels of Toxic Chemicals - (TIME) Hmmm, definitely not good!
• Alternatives to Toxic Hands Soaps at your Kid's School - (Greenwala) "Most hand soaps used by schools contain nasties like fragrance, triclosan and other nasty chemicals."
• 9 habits that my do more harm than good - (Mother Nature Network) A few things here we never really thought about before...

Food Stuff

• Keep Pesticide-Ridden Corn Off Your Dinner Plate - (Center for Environmental Health) "Monsanto’s new GMO corn, intended for the frozen and/or canned corn market. This experimental corn will not be labeled, so consumers cannot know when they may be eating a GMO food that contains a toxic pesticide in every bite." Take action.
• Cocoa's benefits linked to anti-inflammatory potential: Human data - (Confectionery News) Cool beans... cocoa beans, that is - haha!
• Hershey's Chocolate Sweatshop Sullies its Image - (InvestorGuide.com) Right here in the good ole US of A! C'mon Hershey's... it's bad enough that you don't use Fair Trade chocolate.
• The Bicycle Coffee Company: Sustainable From Bean To Cup - (Dowser) We are huge fans of these guys...and their coffee!
• Cargill pays premium millions to cocoa farmers as sustainable sourcing grows - (ConfectioneryNews.com)
• Salmon Fish Cake [Recipe] - (Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution) Mmmm...going to have to try this out this weekend!

Home Stuff

• Cat Hammock in a Box - (CatAbove.com) For cat lovers, this has to be the coolest cat gadget/accessory ever... and it's made of corrugated cardboard!
• 8 lush green rooftops from around the globe - (Mother Nature Network) These are neat to look at!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Christie Brinkley Launching Vegan Skin Care Line - (Ecorazzi) Set to launch this summer...keep an eye out!
• Stick Your iPad Down Bernie Madoff's (Recycled) Pants - (Ecouterre) iPad cases made from Madoff's auctioned off pants...kind of funny.

Tech & Science Stuff

• GE's Solar Powered Carousel Opens at the South Street Seaport! - (Inhabitat) Fun!!
• Lightning Motorcycles Break 200 MPH Electric Bike Speed Record! - (Inhabitat) For all you speedster bikers...

School, College & Student Stuff

• Announcing the Global Green USA Green School Makeover Competition: A Chance to Win $65,000 to Green Your School! - (Global Green USA)
• Enter to Win Inhabitat's Green Back-To-School Contest - (Inhabitat) "Worth a whopping $1155, our back to school prize package includes a HP Pavilion dv6 laptop with Windows 7, a set of notebooks from ecosystem, a creative bundle from Behance, some sweet recycled newspaper pencils from TreeSmart, folders, tabs and more courtesy of Naked Binder, and a Voltaic Converter solar backpack to put all of it into!"

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Shell Oil Leak in North Sea Raises Memories of BP Gulf Oil Spill - (Treehugger)
• Moving Planet: A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels - Coming Sep 24th... check it out!! From the guys over at 350.org.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Constance Hockaday's Boggsville Boatel Turn Defunct Boats Into Floating NYC Hotels - (Inhabitat) Maybe a fun getaway with kids??

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Fair Trade Chocolate Activists Upload Protest Photos On Hershey's Facebook Page - (Huffington Post)

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Apple Unveils Exciting New Pictures of It's Foster & Partners Designed Green Headquarters in Cupertino! - (Inhabitat) Self-sufficient curved glass building... cool!
• Paypal Founder Peter Thiel Invests $1.25 Million to Create Floating Micro-Countries - (Inhabitat) "...building his very own start-up countries in the far off, open ocean..."

Stuff We Found Today - 04.24.11

Energy-Absorbing Trap Light Never Needs to be Plugged In

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 7 Unique Eco-Friendly Spring Break Activities - (Inhabitots) Because you gotta keep the kiddies busy!

Food Stuff

• The Soy Debate Rages On - (GirlieGirl Army) Interesting article...
• RECIPE: Fresh Berry And Earl Grey Tea Tarts - (GirlieGirl Army) Mmmm...looks and sounds delish (and it's a vegan recipe!).
• Monsanto is Poisoning Us All: Famous Scientist, Don Huber Exposes Hazards of Monsanto's Roundup Herbicide - (Organic Consumers Association)
• Sustainability of West African cocoa growing questioned - (ConfectioneryNews.com) Why organic farming methods are so important.
• Sustainable Agriculture Can Feed the World - (CCOF) Read new report released by the UN... (download PDF file by clicking on the link)

Home Stuff

• Beautiful Norwegian Homes Topped with Lush Green Roofs - (Inhabitat) Not just a garden, but a whole forest on some these houses!
• Gorgeous Energy-Absorbing Trap Light Never Needs to be Plugged In - (Inhabitat) Oooohhhh, how pretty are these for the patio or backyard?!!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Roma Rain Boots - These are like Tom's, but for rain boots... buy a pair, then they give a pair to a child in need. Plus these boots are made from natural latex rubber!
• Need Space? "Portable Home" is a Skirt That Transforms Into a Tent - (Ecouterre) Oh... just a little fun green fashion whimsy...

Tech & Science Stuff

• MIT Scientists Create Artificial Solar Leaf That Can Power Homes - (Inhabitat) Awesome!!
• Chicago's Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) to Become a Vertical Solar Farm - (Inhabitat) "...turning North America’s tallest building into a huge urban vertical solar farm."
• Researchers create car that can be steered by thought - (Mother Nature Network) Say what??? (video in post)

School, College & Student Stuff

• Unexpectedly Green: Los Angeles Elementary Schools Embrace Eco-Friendly Education - (EcoMom Blog) This makes us happy...
• Middle School Students Tell LAUSD: No More Styrofoam! - (GOOD) Thank goodness kids are the future...

Nature & Environment Stuff

• A New Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico - and Insight into the Causes of the Old Spill - (TIMES.com) Just great...
• Endangered Hawaiian Sea Turtles Surfing, in Stunning Underwater Photos - (TreeHugger.com) Beautiful pics of some beautiful creatures...
• HOW TO: Make a Recycled Glass Terrarium - (Inhabitots) This is a great kids project...think spring break!!
• Ocean Noise Pollution Blowing Holes in Squids' Heads - (DiscoveryNews.com)

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Great inns open only to those with good hiking shoes - (Mother Nature Network) For all you hikers out there...

Website Stuff

• The Water Family - Did you know the average American home uses over 120,000 gallons of water a year? That’s enough to fill nearly six swimming pools. Check out this great online game designed to help families learn how to reduce their water footprint.
  

• Organic Deals - Cool site to get great deals on green & organic items!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Despite Gulf oil spill, rig owner executives get big bonuses - (CNN.com) Great...just lovely.
• Longtime oil industry champion now calls BP liars, almost a year after oil spill - (NOLA.com) Did anyone really expect the oil company to live up to their promises???

Stuff We Found Today - 01.06.11

Gold Nanoparticles Could Transform Trees Into Street Lights

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• iPhones and Cell Phones May Have Potentially Deadly Side Effects for Kids - (Inhabitots) Okay, this is potentially pretty scary.
• Boon Glo LED Nightlight With Portable Glowing Balls - (Inhabitots) These are neat!

Food Stuff

• 10 Freakiest Things About Frankenfish - (The Huffington Post) GMO fish may soon be headed for our grocery stores without even being required to be labeled!!
• Farmed Salmon Exposed: The Global Reach of the Norwegian Salmon Farming Industry - (Organic Consumers Association) Some videos here worth watching.
• Chocolate is getting greener - (Examiner.com) Well...it's always been green here at Coco-Zen!
• Chocolate: Worth its weight in gold? - (The Independent) Maybe chocolate shouldn't be sold so cheap, huh?

Home Stuff

• 10 of the smallest homes in the world - (Mother Nature Network) Not sure how livable some of these are, but pretty cool to look at.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Compassionate Coats: Feather And Fuzz Free - (GirlieGirl Army) Some gorgeous vegan coats to covet.
• Vintage-Inspired Newspaper Costumes Are Black, White, Read All Over - (Ecouterre) Haha...just a litte green fashion fun.
• 4-in-1 Sneaker by Nat-2 Offers Endless Built-in Options - (Ecouterre) Neat...can see kids mixing up the colors already!
• Gustav Reyes' Natural Wood Bracelets, Rings Are Wearable Sculptures - (Ecouterre) Diggin' some of these bracelets.

Tech & Science Stuff

• Massive Solar Serpent Winds Along the Santa Monica Freeway - (Inhabitat) Now this is kinda cool!
• Gold Nanoparticles Could Transform Trees Into Street Lights - (Inhabitat) Now that would be cool...living street lights!

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Incredible Miniature Sculptures Carved From Pencil Tips - (Inhabitat) Now here's something to do with used up old pencil stubs!
• The Largest Ice Hotel on Earth - (Environmental Graffiti) Wow...this is kinda cool!
• NPR: Morning Edition - A comedienne has collected the phone messages left by her very over-protective mother...seriously hilarious! (saw this on GirlieGirl Army)
• Earth 350: the First Global Climate Change Art Show - (Environmental Graffiti)

International Stuff

• Sonnenschiff: Solar City Produces 4X the Energy it Consumes - (Inhabitat) How cool if all cities were like this?

Other Random Cool Stuff

• 'Trash is Cash:' Kenyan kids rap about a green revolution - (Mother Nature Network) "A hip-hop group made up of kids who grew up around Nairobi's slums rhythmically illustrates how recycling can create a new green economy."

Stuff We Found Today - 07.07.09

New Fairtrade flavor for Ben & Jerry's!!

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• EWG's Sunscreen Buyer's Guide for iPhone - Great resource for when out buying sunscreen and need help finding the safest and most effective (get through iTunes store - free app).

Food Stuff

• GMOs: Hidden Ingredient - (CBS News Video) "A recent poll shows that 53 percent of Americans say they won't purchase foods that have been genetically modified. But, as Armen Keteyian reports, many Americans are unaware that they already do."
• How to Make Your Supermarket Fair Trade Friendly - (Change.org: End Human Trafficking)
• 85% of tested juice box contained LEAD - (Nutrition for Empowered Women) Check out this list...
• The PlanetBox: A lunch box for those inheriting our planet - (Z Recommeds) Pricey, but way cool lunch box.
• Tell Mars, Cargill, and Hershey to Stop Using "Blood Chocolate" - (Change.org)
• Ben and Jerry's Fudge Brownie Ice Cream is Now Fairtrade - Woooohooo!!!!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• 17-Year-Old Former Refugee Turns Spent Bullets into Pro-Peace Jewelry - (Ecouterre) An inspiring story and the necklace is pretty neat too!
• Sneak Peek at Fall's Best Sustainable Shoes - (EcoStiletto) Ooohhhh, these are cute...and you can win them!

Tech & Science Stuff

• Death by Gadget - (NYTimes.com) "'Blood diamonds' have faded away, but we may now be carrying 'blood phones.'" Something to think about when buying the latest and greatest...
• World's First Electronic Spectacles Could Make Bifocals Obsolete - (Ecouterre) If bifocals are in your future...this may be your saving grace!

School, College & Student Stuff

• Stunning Zero Plus Energy Lab at Hawaii Preparatory Academy - (Inhabitat) Wow...who wouldn't want to go to school here!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Biggest Animals: The Largest of the Large - (WebEcoist) Pics of some crazy huge animals...the gigantic house cat gets our vote.
• Buzz Killers: 10 Of The World's Biggest, Baddest Bugs - (WebEcoist) OK... any one of these would scare the bejeezers out of us!

Website Stuff

• Trade Your Stuff! - (The Daily Green) "Try Swaptree for exchanging books, music, movies and more."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• 10 Ways to Save Money on Gasoline - (Greenwala) Easy peasy ideas that anyone can do...
• The Story of Bottled Water - (YouTube: Story of Stuff Project) Great video!!

Stuff We Found Today - 06.04.10

Oil soaked pelican in Louisiana

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• EWG's 2010 Sunscreen Guide - (Environmental Working Group) Just in time for summer outdoor fun!

Food Stuff

• Genetically Modified foods Could Cause Long-Term Sterility - (Organic Consumers Association) "...one of the most obvious clues about the danger of GMO foods are that just about EVERY species of animal that is offered a GMO food versus a non-GMO food will avoid the GMO one." Hello!!!
• McDonald's 4 Year Old Cheeseburger Video - (YouTube) OMG...everyone needs to see this!!! Even the cheese doens't have mold on it...WHAT?!!!! Do we really want to be giving our kids this?
• The World's First Bionic Burger - (YouTube) ...and here's another video "about a man who's been saving hamburgers, cheeseburgers, and Big Macs from McDonalds for over 18 years... and they look EXACTLY the same!"
• Dark Chocolate Guards Against Brain Injury - (Mercola.com) Woohoo... another reason to eat chocolate (Fair Trade, that is).
• The Organic Food Solution - (Organic Consumer Association) New book detailing why buying organics might be the best thing you can do for your body & the planet.

Home Stuff

• Plastic Lamps made from Recycled Six-Pack Rings - (Inhabitat) Very cool looking!
• Children's Paper Tube DIY Eco-furniture is Customizable and Fun! - (Inhabitots) These are perfect for classrooms or home playrooms... so fun looking!
• Hill-Shaped French Eco House is a New "Wave" in Green Building - (Mother Nature Network) Cool looking house!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• FEED Project's "Guatemala" Bags Provide Nutrition for Malnourished Kids - (Ecouterre) FEED was founded by Lauren Bush!
• Wal-Mart Knows Miley Cyrus's Jewelry Is Toxic But Continues to Sell It - (NYMag.com)
• Handbags Hazards Continue at Wal-Mart - Tell the Retailer to Get the Lead Out! - (Center for Environmental Health)
• Eco-Fashion: Going Green - (Fashion Institute of Technology) Eco-fashinistas will want to check this exhibit out at the FIT Museum in NY.
• Reveal: "Vegan Superstar" Handbag - Super cute!!! Diggin' it in the light charcoal and ruby!

Tech & Science Stuff

• Sony Unveils Flexible OLED Thinner Than a Strand of Hair - (Inhabitat) Think of the things they could make...
• IBM's Traffic Lights Can Remotely Halt Your Car Engine - (Inhabitat) "...'A System and Method for Controlling Vehicle Engine Running State at Busy Intersections for Increased Fuel Consumption Efficiency' prevents cars from running red lights by–get this–remotely stopping vehicle engines." What, really????

Work & Business Stuff

• Top 10 cities for new grads seeking green jobs - (Mother Nature Network)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Oil reaches Louisiana shores - (The Big Picture: Boston.com) Pictures speak louder than words...
• What BP does not want you to see - (Repower America) "Check out what BP does not want you to see. And please share this widely -- every American should see what's happening under the surface in the Gulf" ...and sign the petition!
• Dead Dolphins Wash Up On Coat; Oil's Role Unclear - (Greenwala News)
• Dolphin gets an iPad - (Mother Nature Network) "Merlin the dolphin is the first animal to get an iPad, and he's using it to teach humans about dolphin communication."

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• 1st Lady Michelle Obama works out with students on South Lawn of the White House - (Obama Pics Daily) FLOTUS rocks!! Awesome pics!
• Free Trade vs. Fair Trade: The Struggle for Responsible Globalization - (POLS 405.1) A good read... informative. We believe that Fair Trade can exist within "Free Trade" as long as consumers are educated as to what the products are that they're buying.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• GOOD Instructions: Things You didn't Know Were Made of Oil - and How to Avoid Them - (GOOD)
• The True Cost of Chevron... What has Chevron given to you? - Interesting site...see the environmental and social impact that the oil giant has made around the world.
• What are the easiest, most important things to recycle? - (Mother Nature Network) Top 3 items to keep out of the landfill... and they're no brainers!

Stuff We Found Today - 04.17.10

Purple Animals

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Get anti antibacterials, urges NRDC - (Mother Nature Network) "U.S. consumers spend nearly $1 billion a year on antibacterial products that aren't necessary -- and could be dangerous, according to the NRDC."
• Precocious Girls and Dumb Boys: Are Phthalates to Blame? - (Change.org) According to a recent study: "The more phthalates children are exposed to, the more likely girls are to experience early-onset puberty, and the more likely boys are to have a couple of points shaved off their IQs."
• Carboard Cat Playhouses Amuse Kids & Kitties - (Inhabitots) Kitschy and funny, these will probably amuse you too.

Food Stuff

• RECIPE: Double Chocolate Love Cake - (The GirlieGirl Army) Mmmm.... this vegan choco cake recipe sounds delish! Of course, use Fair Trade cocoa powder and chocolate. We also suggest substituting the 2 Tbl of water in the "glaze" with coconut milk for a creamier topping.
• Monsanto GM-corn harvest fails massively in South Africa - (Digital Journal)

Home Stuff

• Healthy Home Checklist - (Environmental Working Group) Great way to start eliminating toxic stuff from your home.
• Light Form: Gorgeous Wood Wall Panels Flip Up to Reveal Light - (Inhabitat) Very cool and creative!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Eco-Friendly, Cruelty-Free, and Chic Gowns... Just In Time For Wedding Season! - (The GirlieGirl Army) Seriously gorgeous gowns!
• Gown Made From Recycle M7M Wrappers Fronts TerraCycle Pop-Up Shop - (Ecouterre)
• Argan Oil: Your Natural Fountain of Youth - (Your Daily Thread) Hmmm... maybe worth a try... organic brands recommended in this post.

Tech & Science Stuff

• Table Lamp Powered Completely by Tomatoes - (Inhabitat) For real!!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Ladybug love is in the air - (Mother Nature Network) "The Lost Ladybug Project recruits school children to bring the bug back from extinction." Cool!
• NYC's $220 Million Governors Island Park Unveiled - (Inhabitat) "...comes complete with flowering terraces, boardwalks, marshland, a hammock grove, mountainscapes and newly-found stunning views of the Manhattan skyline."
• Grape friends: 10 Amazing Purple Animals - (WebEcoist) Just some neat animal pics...

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Play Tarzan & Jane? 12 Exotic Treehouse Eco-Vacations - (WebEcoist) Cool... vacation anyone??
• National park fees to be waived April 17-25 - (Mother Nature Network) Take the kiddies and head to the park this week!

International Stuff

• Taipei EcoArk Pavilion made from 1.5 Million POLLI_bricks - (Inhabitat) "...features walls made entirely out of plastic bottles and it’s built to withstand earthquakes and hurricanes."

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• FLOTUS' first solo overseas trip | Mexico - (Obama Pics Daily) Just 'cuz we think she's cool, gorgeous and just plain AWESOME!! Love the pic of her jumping with the kids!

Other Random Cool Stuff

• How to Recycle... Everything - (Care 2 Healthy & Green Living)
• Breaking News: Wind Spill in the Atlantic Ocean! (cartoon) - (Wend Magazine) Haha!
• The dirty dozen: 12 products you should avoid - (Mother Nature Network) A good reminder list.
• 40 Earth Day deals - (Mother Nature Network) "Coupon Sherpa has compiled 40 deals and programs different companies and organizations are offering in honor of Earth Day. There’s a little something for everyone here."

Stuff We Found Today - 02.12.10

Awesome e-cards for Valentine's Day

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• At Target this Valentine's Day: L is for Lead - (Generation Green) Stuffed animals at Target containing lead...READ THIS!!

Food Stuff

• Tell Kraft to Adopt Cadbury's Ethical Behavior - (Change.org) We just signed this petition... will you?
• Take GM Corn off the Shelves! - (Care2) "...International Journal of Biological Sciences has revealed the true cost of these crops...study focused on three GM corn crop...and found that they caused statistically significant rates of kidney and liver malfunction, as well as some heart, adrenal, spleen and blood damage in rats. These crops have been approved for consumption in the U.S. and many countries in Europe without proper research into their affect on human health."
• Michael Pollan on Food Rules: An Eater's Manual - (FORA.tv) "Don't Eat What You See on TV" - check out this video as Michael Pollan talks about food marketing.
• You ask, they answer: Green & Black's - (guardian.co.uk) "...Green & Black's will be online from Monday to Friday this week answering your questions." Ask away!!
• Mom Mouths Off at Child Slave Practices of Chocolate Giants - (The Cocoa Project) This mom gets it!
• Rapunzel's Triple Chocolate Brownies - (Cookus Interruptus) Definitely going to have to try this recipe...mmmmm. (video in post)

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• 14 Sexy Sustainable Undies To Set Hearts (And Sheets) Afire - (Ecouterre) Hot, hot, hot!
• Vivienne Westwood Tells People to Stop Buying Clothes - (Ecouterre) "...get off the consumer treadmill, and start to think..."
• Stop Wating Water Washing Dirty Jeans...Freeze Them! - (Ecouterre) Wow...really!!

Tech & Science Stuff

• Power Up: Batteries Not Included - (TrendCentral) "Innovative energy solutions fuel the fight for a clean environment..."

Nature & Environment Stuff

• The Largest Crab on Earth - (Environmental Graffiti) Ladies & gentlemen... the coconut crab! Wow!!
• 30 Japanese Hornets Massacre 30,000 Bees - (Environmental Graffiti) Craziest thing we've seen in a while! (video in post)

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Tell President Obama: No More Offshore Oil Drilling - (Oceana.org) "Renewable energy creates three times more jobs than fossil fuel production and no carbon emissions. Expanding drilling runs directly counter to the President's own policy goal of reducing carbon emissions." We just signed this letter!
• 5 Greenest Companies of 2009 - (Environmental Graffiti) You may be suprised by some of them.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• The Gyre: A Floating Upside Down Eco Skyscraper - (Inhabitat) Gotta check this out...can we say Water World?
• Best {Free} Websites for Valentine's Day E-Cards - (Celebrate Green) These are good!!

Stuff We Found Today - 01.28.10

Earth Attends Oil-Coal-holics Anonymous Meeting ~Wend Magazine

Food Stuff

• Monsanto News Roundup - A Frankenfood Extravaganza of GMO News Articles - (Twilight Earth)
• Green and Black's to go 100% Fairtrade - (guardian.co.uk) "...pledged to switch its entire worldwide food and beverage range to Fairtrade by the end of next year..." Wow - now that's something!!
• The great KitKat debate: is it fair? - (The Independent) "Should a brand be discriminated against because of its association with poor business practices even when it is trying to be fair?" Some food... er, chocolate... to think about.
• Kraft takeover will hit Cadbury's ethical rating - (The Ecologist) ...and the debate goes on. Only time will tell how Kraft's acquisition will finally play out.

Home Stuff

• Slow Death By Rubber Duck - (book) "...reveals how the living of daily life creates a toxic soup inside each of us."

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• H&M, Other Brands Guilty of "Organic Cotton Fraud"? - (Ecoterre) Hmmm...

Tech & Science Stuff

• How Green is Apple's iPad? - (Inhabitat)
• Philippe Starck Unveils Two Revolutionair Wind Turbines! - (Inhabitat) "... super designer Philippe Starck has just revealed two highly-anticipated wind turbine designs for home use!"

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Arachnophobia: 44 Reasons to Run Before They Jump You! - (WebEcoist) Who knew that spiders were so funny looking? ...cool bug pics.
• Tanker Collides With Towing Vessel; Thousands Of Gallons Of Oil Leaked - (AboutMyPlanet.com) Great... another spill. This one's outside of Texas.
• 15 Convincing Minutes - (350.org) "If you have friends or family who aren't sure that global warming is a problem, this 15-minute video may be useful. It comes from an old friend of ours, Ross Gelbspan, who is a prize-winning journalist and who has been covering climate change since the mid-1990s."
• Planet Green Investigates 100 Places That Will Disappear Because Of Climate Change - (Causecast)

International Stuff

• South Korea Unveils Stunning Eco Dome Environmental Center - (Inhabitat)
• Norwegian Turbine City Could Be The Next Big Eco-Tourism Attraction - (Inhabitat) "...Turbine City, houses a posh hotel, swanky spa and culturally-stimulating museum right inside the base of a towering wind turbine!"

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Churches Filling Pews by -Gasp!- Preaching Environmentalism! - (Twilight Earth) "Older, mainline churches approach to environmental issues are attracting younger Americans." (video in post)
• An The Top Ten Most "Sustainable" CEOs Are... - (Triple Pundit)

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Earth Attends Oil-Coal-holics Anonymous Meeting - (Wend Magazine) Haha... funny cartoon.
• RecycleBank - Get rewards for recycling that you can redeem at local and national retailers (see FAQ page for participating states/cities).

Stuff We Found Today - 09.10.09

Man-made hole - Diavik Diamond Mine

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Eco-Friendly Detanglers - (Ideal Bite) List of hair detanglers for your little ones minus then parabens and phthalates.

Food Stuff

• Don't Let Kellogg's Buy Scientists: Froot Loops Aren't a Healthy Breakfast - (Change.org) "The nation's largest food manufacturers, including Kellogg’s, Kraft Foods, ConAgra and PepsiCo, want you to believe that Froot Loops and other unhealthy foods are 'Smart Choices.'" Join us and sign this petition.
• Make your own smart choices - (Mother Nature Network) "Froot Loops. Cocoa Krispees. Lunchables. Do these seem like smart choices to you?"
• Seasonal recipe: Pumpkin spice cookies - (Mother Nature Network) This recipe looks like it would be perfect with some added Fair Trade chocolate chips!
• Top 5 Eco-Eating Habits - (GreenMuze) ...and they're pretty easy to do!
• Harmful to Your Body: Foods to Avoid - (Chelsea Green) They're talking about GM foods...even chickens won't eat it!

Home Stuff

• ZRecs 2009 BPA-Free Water Bottle Showdown - (The Tranquil Parent) Recommendations on the best BPA-free water bottles on the market.
• Wonder Laundry Ball - How the Heck Does it Work? - (Green and Clean Mom) Serious, how does it work?? Anyone know??? Might have to give it a try.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• There's Still Lead in Lipstick but the FDA Says it is OK - (Feelgood Style)

Tech & Science Stuff

• Sprint stores add 'green' section - (Mother Nature Network) "Sprint adds yet another green line of products.. this time its eco-accessories for your cell phone."
• Electrical device plugs directly into trees for power - (Mother Nature Network) "Researchers have discovered that there's enough power in living trees to run an electric circuit." Say what???
• First Algae-Powered Car Attempts to Cross US on 25 Gallons - (Inhabitat)
• 74 Years Ago, Henry Ford Predicted Hemp Cars Powered by Biofuels - (Green Living Ideas) What happened???

Work & Business Stuff

• Find Green Job Recruiters on Twitter - (The Inspired Economist)
• Green Job LEads for Homebodies - Sept. 9, 2009 - (Green Gigs)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 7 Geological Wonders from the World's 7 Continents - (WebEcoist) Cool pics of some cool places.
• 25 Most Massive Man-made and Natural Holes - (WebEcoist) These are kinda crazy to look at.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Ecollywood: Jay Leno's new nightly show has eco-racetrack outside studio - (Mother Nature Network) "Car maven Leno built a racetrack next to his new set, and he’ll challenge his guests to a race a couple of times a week in the Green Car Challenge."
• Mario's Green House: Mario Van Peebles' new eco-living comedy - (Mother Nature Network) "Mario Van Peebles' new green living show promises comedy, eco-education, and a cameo with Ed Begley, Jr."

Website Stuff

• New food Game Online - (GreenMuze) "Just in time for back to school, a new free online game called 'My Bento (My Lunchbox)' from Little Studios, Inc., in Japan, helps kids understand the carbon footprint of their food choices." Check it out...it's in English.
• Kreativ Blogger Award - (Green Gigs) Wow...check this out. We've been nominated for the Kreativ Blogger Award... how'd that happen??

International Stuff

• Bangladesh bans suits and ties to save energy - (Mother Nature Network) "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina orders government employees to ditch the old suit and tie ensemble to reduce need for air conditioning."
• France's Sarkozy pushes ahead with unpopular carbon tax - (Grist)
• European Union Begins Ban of Incandescent LIght Bulbs - (CleanTechnica)

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• The real reason Van Jones resigned - (Mother Nature Network) "'Americans for Prosperity' takes credit for Van Jones' ousting, and guess who is funding them ... Big Oil. Their strategy? Paint green as the new red."
• After Van Jones Resigns, His 'Homeboys' Keep on 'Greening the Ghetto' - (Red, Green and Blue) "...Jones’ green-jobs-for -the-urban-poor programming will be his lasting legacy."