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 - 04.24.11

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 - 01.23.11

GM's EN-V Car of the Future

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 5 Kids Tech Projects that Foster Creativity & Critical Thinking - (Inhabitots) Uhhhh... something us grownups could use more of!
• NEW STUDY: Most Pregnant Women Carry Harmful Toxins - (Inhabitots) "A new study published at The University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) shows that virtually every single pregnant woman in the United States carries multiple harmful environmental chemicals in her body - some that have been banned for years."

Food Stuff

• 'American Wasteland': Why so much food becomes trash in America - (Mother Nature Network) "Author Jonathan Bloom documents how America throws
  away nearly half of its food — and provides ideas for wasting less and enjoying more."

Home Stuff

• Rip + Tatter Kid's Chair by Pete Oyler - (Inhabitots) Cool kids chairs... we know some little boys who would love to go to town on these!
• How I brought my electricity bill down to $5 - (Mother Nature Network) Totally awesome!!
• Ubabub's Modern Eco Pod Cot Grows With Your Child - (Inhabitots) Not the cheapest bed (yeah, it's pricey), but pretty darn cool looking.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Meet "Herself," the World's First Air-Purifying Dress - (Ecouterre) Hmmm... really?? This could be quite innovative.
• Electricity-Generating T-Shirts Could Someday Power Your iPhone - (Ecouterre)

Tech & Science Stuff

• GM Shows Off Their EN-V Car of the Future at the Detroit Auto Show - (Inhabitat) Cool! Hey city drivers who can't ever find parking...this is the car for you!
• The top 5 Greenest Gadgets from CES 2011 - (My Life Scoop) Oh how we love our green gadgets...
• Top 6 Wind Powered Gadgets - (My Life Scoop) Kind of diggin' the foldable, portable wind turbine.

School, College & Student Stuff

• Fourth Annual National Valentine's Day of Action - (Global Exchange) Calling all teachers... win prizes for teaching about Fair Trade Cocoa!!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 12 Weird Animals And Unearthly Creatures - (WebEcoist) Ahhh... nature at it's most interesting and unusual.
• Scientists Discover Solar-Powered Hornets - (Wend Magazine) Wish we could harness solar power to give ourselves a little energy boost...goodbye coffee addiction!
• Striving to Preserve Coral Reefs - (Palisades Post) Cool story about 12yr old fighting to save coral reefs and educating others about it.
• Free Entrance Days in the National Parks - Get out there and enjoy the outdoors... here's list of days where entrance fees will be free. Yosemite anyone??

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Sleeping in Trash, Trains & Drains: 14 Recycled Hotels - (WebEcoist) Most of these are real...and pretty cool.

International Stuff

• Tianjin Eco City is a Futuristic Green Landscape for 350,000 Residents - (Inhabitat) So interesting... China is a dichotomy of industrial pollution and eco innovation.
• Prince Charles To Build Massive Eco-Village In India - (Ecorazzi) "...and epically awesome badass..." Haha, love it! Or should we say "eco-badass"?!!
• Elderly Madrid Man Builds Incredible Spanish Cathedral Entirely From Trash - (Inhabitat) Rather impressive...

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Winter Fun: Homemade Bubble Solution - (Recycle Your Day) Do we really need to spend money on little plastic bottles of stuff we can easily make in 5 min??

Stuff We Found Today - 08.26.10

"Living" Dress - Ecouterre

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Egregious Packaging Hall of Fame: Oral B Pulsar Toothbrush - (Inhabitat) Seriously??? A DISPOSABLE electric toothbrush (batteries and all)?? Should they be rechargeable?
• EWG's Back-To-School Guide - (Environmental Working Group) In the market for non-toxic school supplies?... check this out.
• High Lead Content Found In Bounce Houses - (CBS5.com) Be safe...wash hands and change kids clothes after jumping in the bouncy house.
• President's Cancer Panel: Eat Organic, Avoid Plastics - (Organic Consumers Association) "...the idea of reducing exposure to environmental toxins—like chemicals used in farming and in plastics—to reduce the risk of cancer." Hellooooo...people!
• The Cheyenne Children's LEED Platinum Village Garden is a Place to Grow - (Inhabitots) What an awesome place to take kids!

Food Stuff

• Make sure your wheat bread is worth it - (Mother Nature Network) "Not all wheat breads are created equal. What should you look for to get the most nutritional bang from your brown bread?" Some good info here about "whole wheat" versus "wheat" bread.
• Responsible liquors from around the globe - (Tasting Table) Fair Trade vodka, goji berry liqueur and coffee liqueur... we see some new truffle flavors in the making!
• Monsanto & Cancer Milk: Fox News Kills Story & Fires Reporters - (YouTybe) You gotta see this...especially if you're giving your kids regular milk.

Home Stuff

• Extraordinary Japanese Micro-Home Built From A Grid Of Boxes - (Inhabitat) Oh, those Japanese and their super cute little homes.
• Why You Shouldn't Use RoundUp (or Trust Its Labels) - (Generation Green)

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Top 7 Solar-Powered Bags for Back-to-School! - (Inhabitats) Keep your gadgets charged with green energy!
• Jane Bowler's Space-Age Raincoats Make Fantastic Use of Recycled Plastic - (Ecouterre) OK...so these may be a bit too fantastical for the typical person to wear, but they're sure cool to look at!
• "Living" Dress, made From Recycled Inner Tubes, Changes Every Season - (Ecouterre) Who says you can't take your garden with you?

Tech & Science Stuff

• Sonnenschiff: Solar City Produces 4X the Energy it Consumers - (Inhabitat) "...solar city in Freiburg, Germany is very much net positive." Awesome!
• Are e-mail attachments bad for the environment? - (Mother Nature Network) Hmmm...something to think about here...
• French Engineers Design a Pedal-Powered Submarine - (Inhabitat) Hmmm...new toy for wealthy eco adventure seekers? Wonder if Richard Branson has one...

School, College & Student Stuff

• Enter Inhabitat Green Back-To-School Contest - (Inhabitat) Win cool backpack, binders, etc...check it out!
• 9 Green Architecture Student Projects That Make the Grade - (Inhabitat) Some of these are pretty cool...go green students!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 7 U.S. cities with the worst air pollution - (Mother Nature Network) Not too many surprises here.

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Fixing a World That Foster Fat - (NYTimes.com) "Fast-food restaurants can charge lower prices for value meals of hamburgers and French fries than for salad because the government subsidizes the corn and soybeans used for animal feed and vegetable oil... We have made it more expensive to eat healthy in a very big way..."
• Why conservatives are bad on energy - (Mother Nature Network) "...the one-sided logic employed by conservatives to dismiss solar power."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Downsizing an XL water footprint outside the home - (Mother Nature Network) "According to a National Geographic Water Footprint Calculator, effectively curbing the amount of H2O you use may not lie in tweaking habits at home but in taking a closer look at how you shop, eat and travel." Definitely something to think about.
• Suitcase beds for pets - (The GirlieGirl Army) Okay...this is cute - especially if you make it yourself.

Stuff We Found Today - 07.15.10

FLOTUS working up a sweat in the WH garden with elementary school kids - awesome!!

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Reframing climate change as a public health issue - (BMC Public Health) Very interesting study as to how the public reacts...
• AFN honors new crop of young eco-heros - (Mother Nature Network) Kids who get things done...because kids are the future!
• Infants Ingest Nearly 80 Times Safe Level of Dioxin - (Inhabitots)

Food Stuff

• Unusual, healthy homemade popsicles - (Mother Nature Network) Some interesting flavor combos to tryout...thinking that the "Crunchy Peanut Butter-Banana" one is going to be a hit with the kiddies.
• "Agroecology Outperforms Large-Scale Industrial Farming for Global food Security," Says US Expert - (Organic Consumers Association) Organic farming can feed the world and better the environment!
• Stop the Chocolate Industry from Exploiting Children - (The Hunger Site) "The Mars, Cargill, and Hershey corporations use child slavery in western Africa to keep production costs down. Take action!"
• What Your Grocer Won't Tell You About Food Additives [Infographic] - (TheDailyGreen) "What you need to know about nitrates, preservatives, hormones and other ubiquitous additives."
• Do You Know Which Fish Are Safe to Eat? - (TheDailyGreen) "Learn how to avoid mercury contamination."
• Morgan's Gooey Chocolate Brownies - (The Kind Life) Oooohhh...these look too good not to try...just use Fair Trade cocoa powder and chocolate chips!

Home Stuff

• Tips for cooling off this summer - (Mother Nature Network) Tips for keeping cool that will save you $$ and the environment.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• New York City to Recycle Clothing, Shoes, Textiles Starting This Fall - (Ecouterre) "Over 190,000 tons of textiles made their way into Big Apple landfills in 2008 alone..." That's a lot of clothes!
• Toms Shoes Make A Splash for Clean Water - (EcoStiletto) Another reason to get a pair this summer!
• BioCouture: U.K. Design "Grows" an Entire Wardrobe From Bacteria - (Ecouterre) Wow...talk about biodegradable!!

Tech & Science Stuff

• GE and Yves Behar Unveil Superfast WattStation EV Charger - (Inhabitat) Powers up cars in 4-8 hours and it's way cool looking!!

School, College & Student Stuff

• 10 of the Best Colleges for Environmental Studies - (TheDailyGreen)
• LA students rethink lunch - (Mother Nature Network) "A coalition of New Orleans students joins together to evaluate and offer better solutions to improve school lunches."

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Forty-One Years Late, Have Things Changed? - (Sierra Club) A look back at the Santa Barbara Oil spill...
• Corn is the Biggest Culprit in Gulf Dead Zone - (Organic Consumers Association) "...a biofuel is contributing to a Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" the size of New Jersey..."
• Oil Spills By the Numbers [Infographic] - (TheDailyGreen) "The BP Gulf Oil Spill focuses new attention on a problem that has plagued the oceans for decades."

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Stunning Swedish Treehotel Opens This Weekend! - (Inhabitat) With mirrored walls, it seems to blend into the forest...way cool looking!

Website Stuff

• A social network for 'off-gridders' - (Mother Nature Network) "Off-grid guru offers a social network and news source for people looking to drop out of the grind and to power up with solar." Interesting movement...
• Cool interactive maps track Gulf oil impacts - (Mother Nature Network) "Two new data maps let you see the scope of various Gulf oil impacts and raise questions about why certain beaches remain open."
• FarmVille to offer organic crop - (Mother Nature Network) "For the first time, gamers can grow organic blueberries and learn the principals of sustainable farming." Hmmm...guess this if for all you Facebook FarmVille junkies!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Toxic Chemicals Lobby: Exclusive Footage - (Organic Consumers Association) "Safer Chemicals Healthy Families created this wacky video to galvanize public support for Congressional action to make sure the products we reach for, sleep on, and eat from every day aren't loaded with toxic chemicals."
• New Law Prevents Media From Photographing Oil-Soaked Wildlife - (Change.org)
• FLOTUS working up a sweat in the WH garden - (Obama Pics Daily) Yes...we think this lady rocks. Love that she's OK being photographed getting all hot and sweaty in the garden.

Stuff We Found Today - 05.24.10

Lace Hill: A Living Green Mountain Building for Armenia

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Healthy Home Tips - Give kids a green and healthy start - (Environmental Working Group) "...it's important for our children's long-term health that we focus on the toxic chemicals they're exposed to, and do our best to keep them away when it matters most."
• Study: ADHD linked to pesticide exposure - (CNN.com) Uhhh, organics anyone???

Food Stuff

• Non-toxic, Reusable 'Zoo Lunchies' Lunch Bags from Skip Hop - (Inhabitots) These are CUUUUUTE!
• Acquiescence in slavery must end - the appalling state of the chocolate industry - (The Comment Factory) "The simplest explanation for the status quo is that a large number of consumers are unaware of the issue. Slavery is so far off the radar of the average person that they do not make any inquiry. This needs to change."

Home Stuff

• Philips Unveils World's First LED Replacement for Most common Bulb - (Inhabitat) Waiting to see how much this will cost...

Tech & Science Stuff

• Japanese Company Turns Adult Diapers into Energy Source - (Inhabitat) Start using this for baby diapers, and maybe we can end the cloth vs. disposable debate???
• Palestinian girls get tickets to Intel science fair in California - (Mother Nature Network) "The girls invented an obstacle-detecting cane for the blind." Love inventive youth who want to help!
• Werk It: Powering Gadgets by Bike - (Urban Daddy) Here's a cellphone, iPod, gizmo charger that uses energy generated from riding your bike... cool!
• MIT Team Unveils Airplane that Uses 70 Percent Less Fuel - (Inhabitat) Kind of looks like a flying fish... what do you think?
• Charging Ahead: Cities are working with car companies to prepare for the arrival of electric vehicles - (The Wall Street Journal)

School, College & Student Stuff

• Green charter schools take off - (Mother Nature Network) "There are currently about 200 green charter schools in the United States, and the number of schools focusing on green education continues to grow."
• The Great Power Race - "...a clean energy competition between students in China, India and the United States. The aim is to kick-start hundreds of new climate solution projects on campuses and in communities in all three countries and to demonstrate to governments and businesses our generation's leadership in transforming our world towards a green economy." AWESOME!!
• Recycle Ziploc Bags With TerraCycle And Earn Money For Your School - (Causecast) Terracycle is a great way for schools (and other non-profit groups) to fundraise.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 5 Innovative Solutions That Clean Up Oil Spills - (Inhabitat) Just sad we need to do this in the first place...
• Lend Your Locks, Used Pantyhose to Help Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts - (Ecouterre) Supercool video in post, too. If you know any haircutters, barbers, salon owners...pass this along to them.

International Stuff

• Lace Hill: A Living Green Mountain Building for Armenia - (Inhabitat) Wow... imagine a whole landscape of buildings like this...

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• President Obama Allocates $800 Million to Repurpose Old GM Factories - (Inhabitat)

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Memorialize Loved Ones in an Eco-friendly Way - (AboutMyPlanet.com) Did you know you can create diamonds from cremated remains?? Cool or creepy??

Stuff We Found Today - 03.11.10

Renault's Flying Sailboats

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 'Pesticide Drift' Eluding Efforts To Combat It - (NPR) "The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a petition from farm worker and public health advocates to ban pesticide spraying near schools, hospitals and child care centers..."

Food Stuff

• NeighborhoodFruit.com - If you've got a fruit tree or two in your backyard and never have time to pick it, check out this website... and share your fruit!

Home Stuff

• 15 houseplants for improving indoor air quality - (Mother Nature Network) Good to have a few of these around!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Your T-shirt's life story (before it met you)- (Mother Nature Network) Good reminder of where our clothes come from... and how.

Tech & Science Stuff

• From the man who brought you the $100 laptop, an electric vehicle for the developing world - (Mother Nature Network) This car even has interchangeable parts that allows it to "easily be transformed into a pickup, SUV, station wagon or other variant." Pretty cool!
• ...Wheego Whip Life, an affordable electric vehicle - (Mother Nature Network) "Wheego is a lean operation, with only five employees. Their new highway-capable electric car can get 90 miles on a charge, will be available this summer, and will sell for $32,000 -- and there's a $7,500 federal tax credit."
• Microsoft's Skinput System Turns Skin into a Touchscreen - (Inhabitat) OK... this is kind of crazy - video in post.
• Flying Sailboat Soars Through the Sky On Solar Power - (Inhabitat) Whoa... pretty cool if this thing becomes reality (video in post).
• Bubble Shaped Skyscraper is a Fresh Water Factory - (Inhabitat)

School, College & Student Stuff

• The Best Internship on Earth - (Sierra Club) High school and college students... check this out!!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Protect Our Clean Water from Mine Waste Dumping - (Sierra Club) Send a message to the EPA and sign this petition... we did!
• Josh Dorfman: Let's Stop Debating Global Warming, Instead Convince People To Solve It - (Huffington Post)
• Infographic: Top 20 countries with most endangered species - (Mother Nature Network) ...and yes, the US is on this list!

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• South African Reverse Graffiti Artists Tag Up Walls By Scrubbing Them Clean - (Inhabitat) Hmmm...wonder if our inner city taggers would consider this??

Website Stuff

• Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature - (Mother Nature Network) "Now you can find routes that avoid big hills and heavily congested areas, as well as locate bike trails." Perfect for those of us that aren't up to tackling those SF hills!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Earth Day Revolution...Patriots Needed! Tell Your Elected Leaders to Join the Revolution - (Sierra Club) We just signed this petition... will you join us?
• White House to host eco-friendly Easter Egg roll - (Mother Nature Network) "Annual Easter event will feature wellness activities and official White House Earth-friendly wooden eggs."

Stuff We Found Today - 1.14.10 (We're back!!)

We know it's been a while since we last posted the "Stuff We Found". It was a far busier than expected holiday season for us (yea!!!), and then we decided to take a little break to catch our breath. Well, we're back now, and here's some of the stuff we found!

**Haiti Earthquake Relief - If you're interested in donating to the relief efforts for the Haiti earthquake disaster, here are some organizations to consider...

• American Red Cross International Response Fund
• Clinton Foundation - President Clinton is the UN's Special Envoy to Haiti
  
• Doctors Without Borders
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Mercy Corps Haiti Earthquake Fund
• Oxfam America
  
• Partners in Health
• Unicef
• UN World Food Programme
• Yele Haiti
• The Goods Store (Causecast & The Huffington Post) - If you want to buy needed supplies that will go directly to aid the disaster victims rather than donate money, check this site out.

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 6 Major US Manufacturers of Baby Bottles Agree to Stop Using BPA - (Greenwala) Great news!!

Food Stuff

• Monsanto's GMO Corn Linked to Organ Failure, Study Reveals - (Yahoo! News: Huffington Post)
• Michael Pollan Talks Food Rules with Jon Stewart - (EarthFirst.com) "Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual offers 64 tools for eating well, including this gem: 'avoid edible foodlike substances.'" Haha!! (video in post)

Home Stuff

• IKEA Unveils New Line of Solar-Powered Lighting - (Inhabitat) Fun, affordable and earth-friendly!
• Energy Efficient Appliances Program To Begin In USA - (AboutMyPlanet.com) A "Cash For Clunkers" type program for household appliances is coming this year.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Mr. Larkin Organic Clothing Made From Milk - (EcoStiletto) His gowns may be a little out of reach for our pocket books, but... ohhhhhh so gorgeous!!

Tech & Science Stuff

• Toyota unveils pint-sized hybrid concept car - (Greenwala News) "... smaller than the Prius and geared toward younger buyers..."
• Top 5 Greener Gadgets Unveiled at CES - (Inhabitat) From video projectors, to laptops to smartphone bracelets (yeah, that's right!) check out these picks from the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas.
• NASA Grace Satellites Track Groundwater Levels from Space - (Blue Living Ideas) ...and the news is not so good...

School, College & Student Stuff

• College Students Seek Out More Green Classes - (EarthFirst.com)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Global Warming Effects: 10 Startling Facts from 2009 - (Environmental Defense Fund)
• Frog Devours Snake in Bizarre Food Chain Twist - (EarthFirst.com) Oh... wacky nature...

International Stuff

• Wall of Trees Hopes to Stand Ready Against the Sahara - (AboutMyPlanet.com) "A green barrier could be the only defense against the marching sand dunes of the Sahara..."
• 'Green pope' again speaks out for environment, slams world leaders - (USAToday.com)

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Coal Ash is So Safe, I'd Eat it on Cereal, Doctor Says - (EarthFirst.com) "...according to the GOP’s star witness at a December 10th hearing on “Drinking Water and Public Health Impacts of Coal Combustion Waste Disposal”, arsenic-packed coal ash is so safe, he’d eat it on cereal." Say what??!!!!! (video in post)

Stuff We Found Today - 10.29.09

Michael has an eco message for us all...

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Toxins Make Halloween Face Paints Scary - (U.S. News) "Report finds all product tested contained lead and some had know skin allergens."
• Boys will be ... girls? - (Mother Nature Network) "Everyday chemicals may be feminizing an increasing number of babies."

Food Stuff

• Take Action!: Is There Life on Mars? - (Center for Environmental Health) Tells Mars Candy to stop using sugar made from untested GM sugar beets in their candy...sign the letter - we did!
• Organic Sparkling Wine - (Ideal Bite) Korbel now has a sparkling wine made from 100% organic grapes - California Brut!
• 22 Fish You Mustn't Eat - (EcoWorldly) See the "red fish list" published by Greenpeace. Maybe if the market price of fish reflected the "real" price of the fish, we'd eat accordingly.

Home Stuff

• Planet Green Announces New Green Material Guide - (Twilight Earth) "...a fabulous source for information on wall coverings, flooring, insulation, windows, heating and cooling, bathrooms, kitchens and general green building techniques."

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Organic Underwear - (Ideal Bite) "...eco-underwear made from organic cotton and recycled polyester..."

Tech & Science Stuff

• Build your own cheap electric car? These guys did - (Mother Nature Network) "Starting with junkyard finds and bargain buys, people are converting common cars to state-of-the-art electric vehicles." (video in post)

School, College & Student Stuff

• EPA Names Top 20 Green Powered Schools - (Twilight Earth)
• HS students: Get $1K for you eco-idea - (Mother Nature Network) "Got a good idea for saving the planet? Planet Connect may give you $1,000 to make it happen."

Nature & Environment Stuff

• 100 coastsiders spell out 350 on Linda Mar Beach to promote environmental awareness - (SFGate.com) Our little town of Pacifica came out to support 350.org's International Day of Climate Action...Joyce & family are at the top right corner of the "5".
• Concern About Climate Change Waning - (NPR) Interesting radio story/interview. Sad...there are actually people out there that believe "scientists making up statistics for their own job security." WHAT???!!!
• Gorgeous But Deadly: 13 Unassuming Poisonous Plants - (WebEcoist) Who knew such pretty plants could be so deadly?
• Inland Seas Worth Seeing: The 10 Most Amazing Lakes - (WebEcoist) ...and some of them are shrinking...fast!

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Eco-themed Cartoons - (Ideal Bite) Online and TV shows "for ages 4-12 (and up) cover stuff like wildlife and global warming, and are fun to watch."
• World Series gets eco-friendly in game 2 - (Mother Nature Network) "The Natural Resources Defense Council adds some green to Philly red and Yankee blue."
• Without cheap oil, it all will Collapse - (Mother Nature Network) "The new documentary/horror flick Collapse from the director of The Yes Men examines life in a world without cheap oil." Definitely NOT a feel good film!
• Michael Jackson's 'This is It' movie sends an eco-message - (Mother Nature Network) "Over the next two weeks, millions are expected to flock to theaters to see the King of Pop's final concert. Besides catching a terrific film, they'll also get a glimpse of Jackson's eco-activism."

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Michelle Obama on cover of Glamour - (Obama Pics Daily) What can we say? We love this lady...and what a great looking staff of White House interns!
• Obama Administration Outlines Newest Economic Sustainability Retrofitting Plan - (Green Energy News) "Initiative Allows Homeowners to Support Cost of Energy Improvements via Property Tax Assessments-"

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Geeks, Gamers, Gory Flick: 114 Cool Pumpkin Art Carvings - (WebEcoist) Some of these are pretty amazing.
• Bill Gates Forced to Support GMO's (cartoon) - (Red, Green and Blue)
• Climate Change Commercials - (Twilight Earth) Check out their top 10 picks.

Stuff We Found Today - 09.08.09

Hungarian EcoCar - the I+Solo

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Toys That Go Vroom - (Ideal Bite) "Keep 'em rolling with planet-friendly toy cars, trucks, and trains." These are made in the US with eco-friendly materials.

Food Stuff

• The Cruelty Of Eggs - (GreenMuze) The practice of grinding male chicks alive??? This is horrible. Warning - video in post is graphic and hard to watch.
• Male Chicks Macerated for Our Eggs -- But We Can Take Action! - (Fake Plastic Fish) There's something we can do... Thanks to TheSmartMama for pointing us to this article.

Home Stuff

• Pick Plastics Carefully - (Environmental Working Group) Tips on choosing better plastics for home and family.
• Green Lawns That Really Are: LEHR, Brill and Eco-Lawn - (EcoStiletto)
• Affordable Housing Made of Recycled Materials - (Inhabitat)

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• 5 Calorie-Free Organic Chocolate Skincare Treats (You Won't Gain a Pound, We Promise!) - (TreeHugger.com) Coco-Zen Chocolate Body Treats are featured on page 2!!
• Simple Shoes on sale: Comfy eco-minded shoes for under $10 a pair - (green LA girl)

Tech & Science Stuff

• Can Electrifying Highways Liberate Electric Cars from the Tyranny of Batteries? (TheDailyGreen) "A look at the next-generation of car technology, including 'driverless' models." Wow, this could be cool.
• Fueling the World With Solar - (Sierra Club: The Green Life) "Ever wonder how much surface area it would take to fuel the world with solar power?" An interesting article...
• The Hungarian EcoCar - (GreenMuze) Check out this funky little car...
• 10 (More!) Green Apps for You iPhone - (EcoSalon) For all you iPhone lovers out there...
  
  
  

Work & Business Stuff

• Cleantech jobs map - (Mother Nature Network) "Earth2Tech's 101 Cleantech Startups map provides a quick look at cleantech-friendly areas in the United States."
• Greener Jobs Roundup 9/5/2009 - (Jetson Green)
• Great Green Job of the Week: Ecological Restoration Intern, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy - (EarthFirst) "The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy’s Site Stewardship Program is seeking a motivated intern to work in a dynamic community-based habitat restoration program in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the San Francisco bay area."

School, College & Student Stuff

• Obama to kids: Pay attention - (Mother Nature Network) "President Obama addresses children across the country asking them to stay in school, set goals and wash their hands." Check out the video of his speech on C-SPAN.
• Green College Spotlight: Pomona College - (EarthFirst)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Nature's Exotic Athletes: 12 Strange Animal Sports - (WebEcoist) Fun animal facts and stuff.
• Flying Fish - (Environmental Graffiti) Seriously, fish that fly...well sort of. Check out the video in post.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Movie Review: Crude - (Sierra Club: The Green Life) "...a stunning portrayal of a polluting industry run amok and its impact on indigenous people and their lush Amazonian environment." (movie trailer in post)
• Age of Stupid Premiere - (CTN Green News) "Why didn’t we save ourselves when we had the chance? This is the question the soon-to-be released film, Age of Stupid, poses to us." Movie premiers on Sep 21st (movie trailer in post).

Website Stuff

• Eco-Websites for Teachers: Want your kids to learn eco-lessons in school that'll register? - (Ideal Bite) "These resources are packed with lesson plans, activities, and links for grades K-5, so pass 'em on to your kid's teacher or bag a few lessons of your own."

International Stuff

• Iran Gets its First Electric Car - (Inhabitat) "When a country that has the world’s third largest supply of oil reserves starts to pay attention to electric vehicle technology, it’s time for all of us to pay attention."

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Tell Your Senators: the World Can't Wait for Clean Energy - (Change.org) Just signed this petition...will you?
• Van Jones Resigns - (Twilight Earth) "White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after a Republican smear campaign stemming from his past activism." So sad...
• The Wilderness Act: A 'Down Payment on Forever' - (TheDailyGreen) "Why the 45-year-old Wilderness Act is a bipartisan landmark to legislative common sense and the potential of the human spirit."
• Why the resignation of green jobs czar Van Jones matters - (Mother Nature Network)

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Global Warming - Somewhere between THE truth and YOUR truth, is Denial - (Twilight Earth) Please take a moment to read and think about this...
• 7 Individuals Taking Extraordinary Steps to Protect the Earth - (TheDailyGreen)
• 10 Recycling Oddities - (TheDailyGreen) "The Green Cheapskate explains how to recycle some of the oddest (dentures?) things, from soap to nuts."
• Big Oil creates phony climate denial site, lies about it - (Grist)