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!

VIDEO: Carbon Omissions Animation

Although this short animation speak directly about the UK, it can easily describe any other western "developed" society.

A new animation about consumption, climate change and wellbeing by PIRC, George Monbiot and Leo Murray. For more info, see: http://carbonomissions.org.uk

Stuff We Found Today - 03.12.13

Meat causes 18% of all greenhouse gas emmisions...

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Biodegradable Wooden Lego Bricks Stack Up To Sustainable Play - (Inhabitots) Finally something other than plastic!
• The World's First Seat Belt Designed Especially For Pregnant Women - (Inhabitots) About time!!!

Food Stuff

• Japanese Restaurant Fines Diners For Not Finishing Their Meals - (Inhabitat) Maybe not such a bad idea considering how much we waste.
• Energy bars you can make at home - (Mother Nature Network) Easy to do and perfect snacks for the kiddies' lunchboxes!
• Monsanto's Seeds of Deception [video] - (YouTube) GMO seeds...toxic to bugs, toxic to us.

Home Stuff

• Gorgeous Studio Completely Wrapped in Living Plants - (Inhabitat) How cool to have this for a home office space, play space, anything?!!

Tech & Science Stuff

• Volkswagen Confirms Production Plans For the 261 MPG XL1 Plug-in Hybrid! - (Inhabitat) Wonder what the sticker price will be.
• The 3D-Printed Urbee 2 Hybrid Car is Light, Strong, and Nearing Production - (Inhabitat)
• Stick-On Solar Cells that can Power Your iPad - (Inhabitat) So awesome for working outdoors.
• Hyundai Unveils the World's First Production Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle! - (Inhabitat)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Japanese Macaque Monkeys - (Mother Nature Network) Just a great pic.
• Indian man single-handeldy plants a 1,360-acre forest - (Mother Nature Network) Pretty amazing.
• Spanish sperm whale death linked to UK supermarket supplier's plastic - (The Guardian) "Sperm whale on Spanish southern coast had swallowed 17kg of plastic waste dumped by greenhouses supplying produce to UK"...lovely.
• Where has all the ice gone? - (TreeHugger) "...seas are projected to rise nearly 2 meters (6 feet), inundating coastal cities worldwide, such as New York, London, and Cairo."

International Stuff

• Wind Power Surpasses Nuclear Energy in China - (Inhabitat) No, they're not the greenest country in the world, but at least progress is being made.
• London to be an 'ultra-low emission zone' by 2020 - (Mother Nature Network) "London Mayor Boris Johnson is proposing that only electric cars and other unspecified green vehicles be admitted downtown..."
• World's First Algae-Powered Building Opens This Month in Germany - (Inhabitat)

Stuff We Found Today - 01.29.13

Valentine crafts for kids

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Valentine's Crafts for Kids - (Parenting.com) Some great ideas to do with kids...love the paper heart wreath and the heart paper clips. So clever!

Food Stuff

• Blue colors in lollipops present health risk to kids, say researchers - (ConfectioneryNews.com) "Health risks of these dyes are mainly attributed to their inhibitory effects on mitochondrial respiration of human cells." No artificial colors in our food please!!
• Bubble Gum Flavored Apples Hit Grocery Store Shelves - (Inhabitots) WTF!!!!
• Sustainable cocoa: Action needed in two years, not ten - (ConfectioneryNews.com)
• Flaxseed: How to Use This Wonder Ingredient - (MindBodyGreen) Always forget how easy it is to add this stuff to cooking, especially when ground.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Top 7 Bizarre Eco-Fashion Stores of 2012 - (Ecouterre) Yup, some of these are crazy.
• "Good Morning America" Finds Traces of Lead in 55 Percent of Lipsticks - (Ecouterre)

Tech & Science Stuff

• Yeti 150: Goal Zero Unveils A Plug-And-Play solar Generator For Emergencies Or Off-Grid Adventures - (Inhabitat) Love this for camping!
• Ingenious 14 Year-Old Invents Solar-Powered Water Purification System for Developing World - (Inhabitat) Love smart kids!!
• Altoids Tin DIY Solar USB Charger - (Instructables) Cool project!
• The ELF: A Half-Bike, Half-Car Solar and Pedal-Powered Urban Vehicle by Organic Transit - (Inhabitat) Would love to try this.
• New Report Finds that Solar Power Could Serve All of the World's Energy Needs - (Inhabitat)

School, College & Student Stuff

• 10 of the best college environmental programs in the U.S. - (Mother Nature Network)
• Headmaster Upcycles Retired Passenger Plane Into Playful Kindergarten Classroom - (Inhabitots) What little kid wouldn't want a classroom like this?

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 2012 Was the Hottest Year Ever for the Contiguous United States - (Inhabitat) Hello climate change!
• Dazzling comet of 2013 may be among brightest ever seen - (Mother Nature Network) "Comet ISON could put on an amazing show when it passes close to the sun in November." Mark your calendars!
• 7 reasons why Arctic sea ice matters - (Mother Nature Network) Just in case you didn't know...
• Sperm Whales Adopt Deformed Dolphin - (ScienceMag.com) Animal friendship...love.
• 2012 The Year The Climate Changed [VIDEO] - (Eco Tube) "2012 may be remembered as the year Climate Change got real for Americans."

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Mind-Blowing Paper Sculptures Look Like Gothic Cathedral Windows - (Inhabitat)

International Stuff

• Amazing Tetra Brik Pavilion Made with 45,000 Milk Cartons Wins Guinness World Record - (Inhabitat) Built in Spain to honor World Recycling Day.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Nation's Second Largest Bike Share Program Coming to Los Angeles This Spring - (Inhabitat) Curious to see how well this goes.

Stuff We Found Today - 01.24.13

Antony Gibbon's Roost Treehouse

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 7 Healthy Family New Year's Resolutions for 2013 - (Inhabitots) Boy...need to get working on the "get organized" one!

Food Stuff

• EWG Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce Video - (YouTube-Envrionmental Working Group) Quick little video about EWG's shopper guide for produce.
• Cocoa economy in 'critical state', says Mars sustainability chief - (ConfectioneryNews.com) the big chocolate companies may recognize it, but how much will they actually do about it???
• Thrive Foods Direct - Organic vegan meals delivered to your door...anywhere in the US. Great for travelers!
• Overfishing Causes Pacific Bluefin Tuna Numbers to Drop 96% - (EcoWatch) Boooo!!!

Home Stuff

• The NanoLight Touts Itself as the World's Most Efficient LED Light Bulb - (Inhabitat) "...the first 100 watt comparable device... the NanoLight claims to be 87% more efficient than a standard incandescent and it uses 50% less energy than a compact fluorescent."
• Antony Gibbon's Lord of the Rings-Style Treehouses Could Offer Elvish Accommodations for Humans - (Inhabitat) How cool to have one of these in your backyard?!
• How To Start an Oder-Free Freezer Compost Bin as a City or Small Space Dweller - (Inhabitat) Good little tip here.
• National Do Not Call Registry - Get rid of annoying sales calls...yes!

Tech & Science Stuff

• Seven Sizzling Hybrid and Electric Cars from the 2013 Detroit Auto Show - (Inhabitat) Kind of excited about the new Leaf.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Dispersant makes oil from spills 52 times more toxic - (NBCNews.com) Ughhh...great.
• Video: Close encounter with humpback whale off Australian coast captured on camera - (The Telegraph) What would you do if a what was this close to you??
• Great white shark photographed mid-air - (NYDalyNews.com) Pretty awesome pic.
• First Video Footage of Giant Squid in Natural Habitat Emerges - (Ecorazzi) "...eyes the size of dinner plates..."
• Flushing Nemo? Pet fish pose ocean threat - (NBCnews.com) Don't dispose of aquarium fish in our waterways.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• German Hotel Invites Beer Lovers to Cozy Up Inside a Recycled 19th Century Beer Barrel Bed - (Inhabitat) Bet there are quite a few beer lovers that wouldn't mind having one for themselves!

International Stuff

• Bosco Verticale: The World's First Vertical Forest Nears Completion in Milan - (Inhabitat) Cool!
• The Australian Outback is So Hot that Drivers Are Unable to Pump Gas - (Inhabitat) "...Mother Nature seems to be showing her displeasure for the use of fossil fuels by making it so hot that the liquid evaporates before it even hits the tank."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Concord, Mass. Becomes the First US City to Ban Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles - (Inhabitat)
• 'Plastic micro beads' to be removed from soap - (CNN.com) These plastic particles end up in the ocean and ingested by sea animals.

Stuff We Found Today - 11.18.12

Amazing Shapeshifting Mimic Octopus

Food Stuff

• Hershey sued over alleged child labor abuses - (ConfectioneryNews.com) "The Hershey Company faces a lawsuit from a shareholder that claims it uses cocoa produced through unlawful child labor in West Africa."
• Climate Change Could Wipe Out Coffee by 2080 - (Inhabitat) Nooooooooo...not coffee!!!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Make  A Sweater From Your Pet's Fur! - (Inhabitots) Hmmm...cool or creepy??

Tech & Science Stuff

• World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm Generates Energy for the First Time - (Inhabitat)
• Solar-Powered Lightning Motorcycle Sets New Speed Record for Production Motorcycles at 189 MPH - (Inhabitat) This is for all you speed loving motorbike riders...
• LA Metro Signs $3.6 Million Deal With VYCON to Harvest Energy from Speeding Subway Trains - (Inhabitat) Hmmm...wonder if SF Muni subway has anything like this??

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Beluga whale 'makes human-like sounds' - (BBC News) This is so cool!! Listen to the recording linked in the article.
• Rising Ocean Temperatures Threaten Ocean Food Chain - (Huffington Post)
• 'Chasing Ice' Follows James Balog's Mission To Capture Climate Change - (Huffington Post) Looks like a cool movie...the images are spectacular!
• The Amazing Shapeshifting Mimic Octopus! - (TreeHugger) Check out the videos in this post...these are the coolest creatures ever!

International Stuff

• Sweden Needs More Trash, Because It Has Turned All It's Got Into Energy - (Co.Exist)
• Germany Set to Export More Energy Than Ever Despite Nuclear Phase-Out - (Inhabitat) Does that say more about their green energy production abilities, or their ability to conserve the energy they use...hmmm?

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Top Eco Advent Calendars for Green Families - (Inhabitots) Some of these would make great DIY projects too...and save some $$!

Stuff We Found Today - 10.26.12

Zombie pumpkins at New York Botanical Garden

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History - (Seventh Generation Blog) Book about how environmental toxins are affecting breasts and breastmilk...connections to breast cancer.

Food Stuff

• Hershey outlines details of cocoa child labor pledge - (ConfectioneryNews.com)
• Whole Foods Drops Drops Hershey's Scharffen Berger Brand over Child Labor Concerns - (Sustainablog) Interesting... reason why Hershey is finally stepping up (albeit slowly)??
• Mars, Nestle and Mondelez talk cocoa sustainability - (ConfectioneryNew.com) Notice who's not talking among the chocolate giants... Hershey!!!

Home Stuff

• Bamboo Homes in Bali's Gorgeous Green Village - (Inhabitat) Imagine having one of these for your vacation hideaway!
• Cocoon Tree: A Lightweight, Spherical TreeHouse for Sustainable Living - (Inhabitat) Backyard getaway anyone???

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• 10 Great Looking Non-leather Riding Boots Under $200 - (GirlieGirlArmy) OK...we suckers for cute boots!

Tech & Science Stuff

• British Firm Produces Liquid Fuel From Water and Thin Air - (Inhabitat) For reals??? Will be curious to see how this pans out.
• Electric cars get ready to take over the road, quietly and powerfully - (Sierra Magazine) Buyer's guide to EVs and hybrids.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• High Levels of Plastic and Debris found in Waters off of Antarctica - (Smithsonian.com) Our plastic junk is everywhere!!
• Pictures: Vampire Squid - (National Geographic) These creatures are cool!
• Octopus Steals Food From Researchers, Fends Off Shark - (The Scuttlefish) That's one crazy cephalopod!
• Sperm whale: death by 100 plastic bags - (While Things) Very sad.
• The Cost of Coal - (Sierra Club) Pics and videos of those living with the effects of coal mining.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Army of Ghastly Zombie Pumpkins at the New York Botanical Garden - (Inhabitat) Creep & gruesome, but pretty cool at the same time.

International Stuff

• World's First Algae-Powered Building for Germany - (Inhabitat) Love the cool green color the algae give it.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• 8 DIY Cardboard Costumes That Are Outside the Box - (Inhabitots) These are insanely amazing.
• Chicago Unveils the "Greenest Street in America" with Permeable, Smog-Eating Pavement - (Inhabitat)

Stuff We Found Today - 10.07.12

Waste Free School Lunches



Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Little Goodall's Eco Halloween Costume Coats - (Inhabitots) Not cheap, but man are these cute...and can be worn all season long.

Food Stuff

• Easy Steps to Waste-Free School Lunches - (The New Dream Blog)
• Fairtrade chocolate & banana brownie recipe via infographic - (Big Fair Bake) Infographic recipe...love it!
• Hershey to source 100% certified cocoa by 2020 - (Global Exchange) What will they do in the meantime??
• Make Homemade Organic Pumpkin Puree - (Inhabitots) Easy recipe.
• Getting Arsenic out of Your (and Your Kids') Diet - (Enviroblog) "...two new reports came from the US Food and Drug Administration and the highly regarded Consumer Reports magazine...focused on the worrisome amounts of arsenic in rice and popular rice-based processed foods."

Home Stuff

• IKEA Announces That It Will Sell Only LED Lighting By 2016 - (Inhabitat) Guess where we'll be getting our light bulbs?

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Show The Love - These guys make hand-crafted jewelry with recycled metals and ethically sourced stones...and they're super cool!

Tech & Science Stuff

• California Governor Jerry Brown Signs Bill Legalizing Self-Driving Cars - (Inhabitat) Wow...now you really can text while driving.
• Scientists Use Super-Strong Bacteria to Produce 24K Gold - (Inhabitat) Whoa...that's kinda crazy!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Seaside activist tracks waves of 'microplastic' washed onto Oregon beaches - (OregonLive.com) Not so good.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Man Builds One World Trade Center Out of Thousands of Toothpicks for His Wife Suzi - (Inhabitat) These toothpick buildings are absolutely amazing.

Website Stuff

• Google Adds Underwater Panoramic Sea Views - (Inhabitat) Google Maps has gone underwater...so cool!

International Stuff

• Haiti Bans Plastic Bags & Disposable Foam Products - (TreeHugger) "...ban is aimed at attempting to address the nation's massive litter problem and protecting the nation's coastline, shore and remaining mangrove forests."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Lessons from a Waste-Obsessed Traveler - (The New Dream Blog) A perspective we should all take a look at...

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 - 09.03.12

Burning gas crater in Turkmenistan...burning for 41 years



Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 6 Fun Eco-Friendly Kids Backpacks for Back to School - (Inhabitots) Some of these are super cute!
• Built NY Kids Lunch Bags & Reusable Sandwich Bags Make Lunch More Adorable - (Inhabitots)

Food Stuff

• EWG's Newest Guide: Good Food on a Tight Budget - (Environmental Working Group) Exactly what it says...check it out!
• A Week of Bento Box Lunch Ideas for Back to School - (Inhabitots) Some good ones to try out.
• Independent stores press Hershey to tackle child labour - (Confectionerynews.com)

Home Stuff

• EWG's Cleaners Database Hall of Shame - (Environmental Working Group) Some of the worst home cleaners for your health and environment...check out the list, you'll be surprised how many you may have in your home.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Exotic Solar's "PowerCloth" Turns Clothing Into Energy Generators - (Ecouterre) Great when out for a walk or working outdoors.

Tech & Science Stuff

• UCLA Develops Electricity-Generating Transparent Solar Cell Windows - (Inhabitat) Now, when can we get them for our homes?!!

School, College & Student Stuff

• Top Green Back to School Backpacks for a Sustainable Academic Year - (Inhabitat) Some of these are pricey, but a few are affordable...we're digging the Timbuk2 backpack.
• 10 Eco-Friendly Back to School Essentials - (Inhabitat) Some of these are as cool looking as they are eco-friendly.
• 6 Fantastic Furnishings That are Perfect of Small Dorm Room Spaces - (Inhabitat) Any of these would kick up the swank and eco factor of any dorm room.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• The Gates of Hell: Burning Gas Crater in Turkmenistan Has Been Ablaze for 41 Years - (Inhabitat) Yup...and this was a man-made disaster.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Cee Lo Green Launches GreenHouse Foundation to Spread Eco-Friendly Education in Atlanta - (Inhabitat) Yea, Cee Lo!

International Stuff

• Madrid's Tocha Station Doubles as an Indoor Botanical Garden and Turtle Sanctuary - (Inhabitat) Wow... imagine this in your city's train station!

Stuff We Found Today - 06.17.12

Nature's Best Animal Dads

Food Stuff

• DVD Inspires 12 Year-Old's "Slavery in Chocolate Making" - (Fair Trade Judaica) Awesome!
• Pressure mounts on Hershey to source 100% sustainable cocoa - (ConfectioneryNews.com) "Hershey has come under pressure from human right groups to source all its cocoa from certified farms that avoid child labor."
• The 10 Most Impressive College Farmers Markets - (Mother Nature Network) Guess we're going to have to check out the one in San Mateo, CA.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• 10 Eco-Fashion Garments Inspired by Nature and Biomimicry - (Ecouterre) Some pretty neat design...maybe not wearable but definitely artistic and cool to look at.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Nature's 10 best animal dads - (Mother Nature Network) Too cute for words...
• Watch This Polar Bear Use a Stone to Shatter Its Zoo Enclosure - (TreeHugger) Uhhhh...because wild animals do not like to be confined perhaps??

International Stuff

• Australia Creates the World's Largest Marine Reserve! - (Inhabitat) "The reserve consists of a series of marine parks that cover more than one third of the Commonwealth waters of Australia..."
• Singapore's Spectacular Solar Supertrees Open this Month at the Gardens by the Bay! - (Inhabitat)
• Italian Firefighter House is Carved Into a Cave Like a Superhero Base! - (Inhabitat) Very, very cool!

Other Random Cool Stuff

• The innovation Generation: 30 fresh thinkers helping humanity adapt to what's next - (Mother Nature Network) One word... inspriational!!

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 - 01.12.12

Wonders of Nature

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Johnson & Johnson's Responds to Pressure and Agrees to Remove Cancer-Causing Chemicals from Baby Shampoo - (Greenwala)

Food Stuff

• Infographic: The Anatomy of Genetically Modified Turkey - (Greenwala) Not a pretty picture.
• Nestle To Investigate Child Labor On Its Cocoa Farms - (NPR) Hey Hershey... maybe you guys could take a cue from this...hello!!
• Mountain Dew: First Flame Retardant and Now It Dissolves Mice? - (Greenwala) Uh...ewww! Check out what this post has to say.
• One hot idea: Coffee cup concept eliminates plastic lid - (Mother Nature Network) Good idea...for when you forget to bring your reusable mug, that is!
• Sugar in Children's Cereals - (Environmental Working Group) "Popular brands pack more sugar than snack cakes and cookies"... parent must read!
• [VIDEO] Monsanto's Micro-Monster Could Kill Us All - "Monsanto's genetically engineered 'RoundUp Ready' crops are responsible for a new micro-monster that's causing an outbreak of new plant, animal and human diseases." Sort of a long video with science speak...but so important for us all to understand how GMO foods are hurting us.

Home Stuff

• 10 of the smallest homes in the world - (Mother Nature Network) Hmmm...talk about down sizing!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• The Lorax: A Fast-Fashion Cautionary Tale - (Slow Fashioned) Probably the first environmental story we were exposed to as kids...and we still love it.

Tech & Science Stuff

• 10 images from NASA's Spitzer telescope - (Mother Nature Network) Some cool space pics.
• Build a Solar Powered USB Charger in an Altoilds Tin for $17 - (Greenwala) OK...who thinks this would be a super cool project? We do!!
• 7 Electric Cars to Watch in 2012 - (Mother Nature Network)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• The World's Most Dazzling Hot Springs - (Greenwala) Close your eyes and imagine soaking in one of these...
• New 7 Wonders of Nature: The 7 Winning Wonders - (WebEcoist) Wow...these are beautifully amazing!
• The best environmental photos of 2011 - (Mother Nature Network) Sort of a pictoral recap of nature's glory and fury over the past year.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Send a message through art: hazel bryce's recycled paper mache seahorse - (The Alternative Consumer) Wow this sculpture is amazing.

International Stuff

• Africa's First Plastic Bottle House Rises in Nigeria - (Inhabitat)

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Plastic Bag Bans Spreading Across The United States - (The Huffington Post) Woohoo!

Other Random Cool Stuff

• 25 Rad Items Made from Reclaimed & Recycled Tires - (WebEcosit) Lovin' the playground stuff.
• How to market deforestation - (Joe Mohr's Cartoon Archives) Virgin tree fibers to wipe our rear ends with?? C'mon people!
• Infographic: Why green is the most cost-effective way to live - (Mother Nature Network) save money??? We like that!

Stuff We Found Today - 11.06.11

FLOTUS at the White House Autumn Harvest 2011

Food Stuff

• How to roast pumpkin seeds - (Mother Nature Network) In case you still have those seeds from your jack-o-lantern.
• Iron: Dark Chocolate Contains More than Beef? - (Care2) Get our iron from chocolate...we like that idea! OK - not really advocating that, but still...
• Recipe: Kale with Lemon Sauce - (Celebrate Green!) Mmmm...always on the lookout for yummy kale recipes to get more green into dinner.

Home Stuff

• Recycled Skateboard Bench - (EcoSalon) These would be super cool in a hip office...wishful thinking on our part??
• Don't get slimed: Skip the fabric softener - (Enviroblog) "Fabric softeners contain toxic ingredients that are bad for your health and the environment."

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Triumph Japan Recycles Old Bras Into Power-Generating Fuel - (Ecouterre) Sounds like a pretty good idea to us.
• Is Synthetic Clothing Causing "Microplastic" Pollution in Our Oceans? - (Ecouterre) Great...another way we're polluting with plastic.
• 6 DIY Pumpkin-Skincare Products You Can Make at Home - (Ecouterre) These are really easy... and good enough to eat right off your skin!
• 18 Vegan Shoe Brands That Are Eco-Friendly and Ethical, to Boot - (Ecouterre)
• 7 Beauty Ingredients To Avoid - (EcoSalon) Read the labels ladies!

Tech & Science Stuff

• Power the economy and grid with local solar [Infographic] - (Grist)
• Northeast States Teaming Up to Build EV Charging Network - (EcoGeek.org)
• Dow Solar Shingles Finally Hitting U.S. Markets - (EcoGeek.org) Can replace regular roof shingles.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Up to 20 million tons of debris from Japan's tsunami moving toward Hawaii - (Yahoo! News) Yikes!
• The Simpsons Called It; Three Eyed Fish Caught Outside a Nuclear Power Plant - (Gizimodo) No joke...caught in a resevoir in Argentina. Check it out.
• Carbon Emissions Rise By Six Percent In 2010; Largest Rise Ever Recorded Concerns Scientists - (AboutMyPlanet.com) Not good!
• 12 Incredible Long Exposure Waterfall Photos - (Environmental Graffiti) Seriously beautiful pics.
• 6 Bizarre Alien-Looking Life Forms - (Environmental Graffiti) Nature...both beautiful and bizarre.

Website Stuff

• Vegan Cuts - A deal site just for vegans...check it out!

International Stuff

• Ikea to Build Massive 26-Acre Suburb in East London - (Inhabitat) Wow...welcome to IKEAland! Hey, at least it's planned to be eco-friendly.
• Saudi Arabia Begins Operations At First Solar Plant - (AboutMyPlanet.com) Hey...when oil rich nations start going solar...

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• An Urban Garden Prepares Inmates for Green-Collar Jobs - (NYTimes.com) Like!!
• White House Autumn Harvest 2011 - (Obama Pics Daily) Love seeing FLOTUS in the veggie garden with all the kids!
• Guerilla Gardening at Occupy Wall Street - (350.org) "...a beautiful film from the crew at Seismologik.com on a unique way to connect food, direct action, and a fundamental new way of looking at the world around us..."
• Big News on the Keystone pipeline: Obama Steps Up and takes ownership of decision - (350.org) Question is... what will he decide?

Other Random Cool Stuff

• How many people have ever lived on Earth? - (Mother Nature Network) "As humanity welcomes its 7 billionth member this month, the Population Reference Bureau calculates our net population from 50,000 BC to today." Kind of interesting...
• Olly - An air freshener that works when you get pinged - OK...we know this isn't a "green" post, but thought it was so outrageous that we had to share. For reals people...c'mon!
• Too Many Halloween Treats? 10 good ways to get rid of the haul! - (Celebrate Green)