VIDEO: The Story of Electronics

"The Story of Electronics, releasing Tuesday, NOVEMBER 9, employs the Story of Stuff style to explore the high-tech revolution's collateral damage—25 million tons of e-waste and counting, poisoned workers and a public left holding the bill. Host Annie Leonard takes viewers from the mines and factories where our gadgets begin to the horrific backyard recycling shops in China where many end up. The film concludes with a call for a green 'race to the top' where designers compete to make long-lasting, toxic-free products that are fully and easily recyclable."

Stuff We Found Today - 11.3.08

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Surprise! Bug Bombs Are Bad For Your Health - (post from TheDailyGreen) Duh!!
  

Food Stuff

• Get Warm & Cozy This Fall with a Cup of Organic, Fair Trade Tea - (post from Eco-Chick) For all you tea lovers out there.

Home Stuff

• Digging for a Library of Mod Inspiration - (post from EcoSalon) A resource for mid-century modern - LOVE!
• Fall in Love with the Future of the Tree House! - (post from Green Building Elements) Indulge your inner child and have a read.
• Green Your Heating - Furnace Filters - (post form The Green Life) Time to check your furnace filters.
• 229 Televisions Qualify for EnergyStar Label - (post from TheDailyGreen) Thinking of treating yourself to a new TV this holiday? Check this out first.
  

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Payless Goes (Seriously) Green; Inexpensive Eco Shoes for All - (post from Eco-Chick)
  

Tech & Science Stuff

• Bionic Knee Brace Harvests Energy From Walking - (post from CleanTechnica)
• NComputing: The Energy-Efficient $70 PC - (post from CleanTechnica) What???!
  

School, College & Student Stuff

• Green College Spotlight: Western Washington University - (post from EarthFirst)
  

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 7 Environmental Problems That Are Worse Than We Thought - (post from EarthFirst) Help spread the word! So many are oblivious as to what we are doing to our planet today and what our kids will have to live with tomorrow.
• 15 Eccentric Endangered Plants, Flowers and Trees - (post from WebEcoist)
  

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Bette Midler Throws 'Hulaween' Benefit for New York Resotration Project - (post from Ecorazzi) We just love the Divine Miss M!
• Grey's Anatomy Tackles the Subject of Animal Crueltyt - (post from Ecorazzi) Glad we missed this episode...don't think we could have handled watching pig being stabbed (even if it was fake).
• Pamela Anderson To Develop New Line of Eco-Friendly Products - (post from Ecorazzi) Body oil from the Baywatch babe, hmmm....
  

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Trick and Trade - (post from CBS 3) CBS news coverage of "Reverse Trick-Or-Treating" by some kids in Amherst.
• Churches Push Fair Trade Chocolates for Halloween - (post from Fair Trade Resource Network)
• Prison Cuts Costs as Inmates Use Compost for Organic Gardens - (post from Planetsave)