Stuff We Found Today - 02.26.10

Campaign against trafficking in the chocolate industry

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Cheat Sheet: Natural Toothpaste & BPA Free Toothbrushes For Kids - (Safe Mama)
• Eco-Friendly, Modern Emerson Dollhouse by Brinca Dada - (Inhabitots) Now that's a nice looking dollhouse!

Food Stuff

• Campaign against trafficking in the chocolate industry. - (EcoChic Magazine)
• Chocolate Tantric Tart - (Care 2) Yummy & easy recipe...just be sure to use organic/Fair Trade chocolate!!
• Fairtrade Chocolate, another success story. - (EcoChic Magazine) Video in post.
• World Wildlife Fund: Loyal Ally of Corporate Agribusiness and Monsanto - (Organic Consumers Association) "The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) seems to have become a sort of environmental secretariat for agribusiness companies, as it is playing an increasingly dubious role in greenwashing the operations of global agribusiness. "
• The Fair Trade Chocolate Future - (CRS Fair Trade)
• Environmental Implications Of The Food We Throw Away - (The Good Human)

Home Stuff

• Get Rid of that (Toxic) Dust - (Environmental Working Group) "Dust bunnies aren't just unsightly and sometimes allergenic; they contain toxic chemicals. Why?..."
• La Casa de Botellas: The Santa Cruz Family's Plastic Bottle Palace - (Inhabitots) Wow...check out this house made out of plastic bottles!
• 8 eye-catching shipping container homes - (Mother Nature Network) We just think these are neat.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Green Fashion: 7 Reasons Why You Should Care About Sustainable Fashion - (Treehugger)
• Bamboo Spectacle Frames Inspired by Chinese Ming Dynasty Furniture - (Ecouterre) Kind of artsy and cool...
• What Is Polyethylene And Why Should You Avoid It? - (The Good Human) It could be in your cosmetics and skin care products...
• Warm Winter Coats...AND Their Vegan! - (The Kind Life) ...and they're super cute!

Tech & Science Stuff

• Antro Unveils a Solar Car That Splits into Two Vehicles! - (Inhabitat)

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Oprah Narrates Discovery's New 'LIFE' Nature Series - (Ecorazzi) Another great TV show to watch with the kiddies!
• The Black Eyed Peas Get The Eco-Party Started On Their New Tour - (Ecorazzi)
• Glenn Beck Believes in Global Warming? - (Ecorazzi) ...and does anyone really believe anything this guy says?? People... come on!!
• 10 Sexy Green Celebrity Websites For A Better Planet [Slideshow] - (Ecorazzi) 'Cause we love our green celebs! Of course, nothing beats the orginal green celeb... Ed Begley, Jr.

Website Stuff

• Exchange4Green.com - "...a platform to easily exchange and giveaway items they are finished with, for the ones they want, all for free..." - awesome!

International Stuff

• Seoul Transforms a Freeway into a River and Public Park - (Inhabitat) Cool!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Michelle Obama Want to End 'Food Deserts' In America - (Ecorazzi) Go Mrs. O!!

Stuff We Found Today - 02.15.10

WWF Earth Hour

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

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

Food Stuff

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

Home Stuff

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

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

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

Tech & Science Stuff

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

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

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

Internet Stuff

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

International Stuff

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

Other Random Cool Stuff

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

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 - 11.19.09

Treehouse prep school in UK

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Pregnant moms are exposed to toxic chemicals - (Safer States) Video in post.
• Don't Be Fooled: Target and Walmart Caught Selling Lead-Tainted Products for Children, Again! - (Center for Environmental Health) Take action and sign this letter... we did!
  
• High lead levels found in popular holiday toys - (Mother Nature Network) "How safe are the toys on your holiday shopping list?"

Food Stuff

• What Is Really In Your Olive Oil? - (ShowTheLove) Who knew that many "olive oils" aren't really olive oil???

Home Stuff

• Natural Pet Toys - (ShowTheLove) ...and they're adorable too!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Power Your Music Player With Your Running Pants - (Ecouterre) For real... " the Dancepants converts kinetic energy from running or dancing into electricity for your MP3 player."
• DIY "Colour-In" Dress is a Coloring Book You Can Wear - (Ecouterre) "...the fitted A-line shift is covered in a black-and-white print that you can fill in with the included textile markers." This would be super cool if made for kids!
• Human Teeth Jewelry: Creepy or Cool? - (Ecouterre) We're all for upcycling, but this is just a little too weird, huh??
• Hair Gloss: Hair to the Throne - (Ideal Bite) "Try some eco hair gloss on your crowning glory. Postpregnancy (and with aging, unfortch), hair starts to turn dull and dry; these planet-friendly balms and oils for all hair types court shiny locks."

Tech & Science Stuff

• Now you can hear electric cars - (EcoTube) Cool sounds for your electric car...and makes it safer for vision impaired pedestrians.
• ChargeCar Aims to Create Crowdsourced Electric Vehicles - (Inhabitat) Video in post.
  
• CO2, Methane Ousted as Worst Global Climate Change Chemicals - (Gas 2.0) "The majority of 'greenhouse gases' are created by humans." See what they are... and which human made products contain them.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• GPS-fitted marine animals create first-ever atlas of the Patagonian Sea - (Mother Nature Network) "An unprecedented 300-page atlas of the Patagonian Sea has been 'written' by the marine animals that live there -- with the help of fitted GPS collars."

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Eco-Movies: Movies & Shakers - (Ideal Bite) Some great eco-themed movies to check out... and not just little indie films, but some big budget Hollywood ones, too. Personally, we can't wait to see Avatar! (Yeah, we're sci-fi geeks.)
• Jimmy Fallon's eco-jam session - (Mother Nature Network) "Jimmy Fallon turns pop songs into eco-anthems. Will they inspire Justin Timberlake to start 'bringing bottles back'?" (video in post)

International Stuff

• Solar Powered Treehouse Classrooms Unveiled in the UK - (Inhabitat) Wow!! Wish we had a treehouse school when we were kids!

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Everything is OK - (EcoTube) Hiliarious video of protest in the UK... "Thinking is boring! ...sheeple, not people..."
• Cash for caulking? - (Mother Nature Network) "Bill Clinton is behind a home weatherization variation of the cash for clunkers program that he hopes will give the sagging economy -- and the environment -- a boost."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Terrafon Plays the Earth as an Instruments - (Inhabitat) "If the earth could make music, what kind of songs would it sing?" Kinda crazy, but interesting... (video in post)
  
• TerraCycle: Outsmart Waste! - (Recycle Your Day) Upcycling what normally can't be recycled... brilliant!
• San Francisco Offers Christmas Trees that Live on After the Holidays - (Inhabitat)

Stuff We Found Today - 11.12.09

Recycled Billboard Housing

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• H2Go Fuel Cell Car Makes Great Eco Christmas Gift for Kids (and Dad) - (Gas 2.0) "...a toy car aimed at teaching kids about alternative energy in a fun and exciting way... this little number runs on a combination of solar and zero-emission hydrogen."

Food Stuff

• Nestle may move Fairtrade with Kit Kat - (BeverageDaily.com) Great news if really happens...but, currently only in the UK.
• Be a Green Lush: Eco-Chic Fall and Holiday Cocktails - (Eco-Chick) Green cocktail anyone...bring 'em on!
• Michelle Obama On Iron Chef - (GreenMuze) Love it!!
• Michelle Obama's Honey Crop - (GreenMuze) "For the first time, as part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s healthy and local eating project, honey is being produced at the White House..."

Home Stuff

• Paper, Full Circle: Recycler 360 Bins By Way Basics - (Green Your Decor) Made from recycled paper... love the espresso colored one!
• Recycled Billboard Housing - (GreenMuze) How'd you like to live right behind a billboard? ...literally!!

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Dutch Designers' Modular "Refinity" Clothing is Like Legos for Fashion - (Ecouterre) Not sure how wearable this really is, but super cool idea!
• Borrow Designer Dresses for Less at Rent the Runway - (Ecouterre)
• Stunning LED Fashion - (GreenMuze) "More than 24,000 color LEDs and 4,000 hand-applied Swarovski crystals were used to create the stunning Galaxy Dress..."

Tech & Science Stuff

• Detroit sees green future - (Reuters.com) "For decades Detroit has been known for building big gas-guzzling SUVs but these days it looks as though the country's automakers, both big and small, see green in their future." (video in post)
• Forecasts for Future Oil Supplies Are Unrealistic - (Culture Change)
• Fueling the Modern World with... Air? - (EarthFirst.com) Could this be for real??
• Europe Testing "Road Trains" to Cut Fuel Use - (EcoGeek) This is an interesting concept.
• NPR Uncovers Natural Gas' Dirty Secrets - (Enviroblog)
• Ultimate Youthmobile 2030 - (GreenMuze) "Design studios for Audi, GM, Honda, Mazda, Nissan and Toyota, attempted to envision what young people (and middle-aged men seeking their youth), raised on cell phones and online communities, will want from their vehicles in the future..."

Work & Business Stuff

• Great Green Job of the Week: Accountant, Appalachian Sustainable Development - (EarthFirst.com)

Nature & Environment Stuff

• U.S. Fish Contaminated With Mercury And PCBs - (AboutMyPlanet.com) Hello...can't just keep dumping things and think it'll go away.
• Bears Gone Bald! - (AboutMyPlanet.com) Some crazy looking bear pics here...
• Mount Kilimanjaro May Soon Be Without Snow Or Ice - (AboutMyPlanet.com)
• Birth of an Ocean Occurring the the Ethiopian Desert - (Blue Living Ideas)
• 5 Animals Most In Need of a Haircut - (Environmental Graffiti) Just some cute animal pics...

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Daryl Hannah's 'Kill Bill' Trans Am Now Running On Pure Alcohol - (Ecorazzi)
• Planet Green To Debut 'Burn Up' In US - (Ecorazzi) "Burn Up is a two part tele-pic about the international conspiracy behind the oil industry and climate change."
• Fox Show 'Bones' Features Real Factory Farm Footage - (Ecorazzi) "Last week, the hit Fox show featured gruesome footage (courtesy of Farm Sanctuary) of the cruelty that chickens face on a daily basis in slaughterhouses." (video in post)

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• Keep Offshore Drilling Out of Climate Legislation - (Oceana.org) Sign this petition... we just did!
• Senator John Kerry Calls On American Youth For A Green Movement - (Causecast) Video in post.
• Who Says Saving the Planet Has to Cost a Fortune? - (Spiegel Online International) "One of the nagging issues in the run-up to the Copenhagen climate summit are demands that the US and Europe provide massive aid so poorer countries can buy expensive emissions-free technologies. Activist David E. Martin claims many of the patents for today's low-carbon technologies -- including some used in wind power and hybrid cars -- are already in the public domain."
• John Kerry knows his climate science - (Mother Nature Network) "Senator John Kerry makes a good case for a robust, smart, and effective response to the dangers of global warming during a recent Senate hearing." In the words of this writer, Kerry gives a "verbal smackdown"!

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Buying Fair Trade: Real Life Inspiration - (see Jane Advocate) Great little story...everything we do, even small has an effect somewhere or on someone.
• Recyclables Used To Create Blankets For Disaster Victims - (Causecast) "The Tzu Chi Foundation, the largest Buddhist charity in the world, has collected millions of empty plastic bottles from the city’s waste and turned them into 244,000 polyester blankets that it donates along with other relief supplies to victims in disaster areas..."
• Forbes Names America's Top Toxic Cities - (Causecast) A couple surprises...
• Finally! A Recycling Plant for Dirty Diapers - (EcoGeek) This one is planned for the UK...maybe it'll catch on over here??
• The Urban Sleepbox - (GreenMuze) "The small container (2m x 1.4m x 2.3m, 6.6ft x 4.6ft x 7.6ft), proposed for train stations, airports and shopping centers, can be rented for anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours and allows weary tourists to grab a quick nap without the expense of renting a hotel room."
• Moms Against Climate Change Video - (GreenMuze) “If our children knew the facts we do they would take action. Shouldn’t you?”
• Dissolving Magazine Packaging - (GreenMuze) Wow, this could be amazing!

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)

Stuff We Found This Weekend - 05.31.09

Wow!

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• Eco Day Camps: Want kids to head outside this summer...? - (Ideal Bite) "Just sign up your squirts for eco day camp. They'll learn about nature, farming, science, and sustainability - and have some kitschy fun while they're at it." Some great suggestions in this post.
• Solar-Powered 6-in-1 Robot Drives, Flies and Floats - (EarthFirst) "For $21 you can distract your kids – or amuse yourself – with a fun kit that can be transformed into six different solar-powered robots."
• Modularean Eco Prefab Dollhouse - (Inhabitots) Looking for a dollhouse for your little one? This has got to be the coolest we've seen (and it's made from sustainable materials)...wouldn't mind having one of these in full-size!
• Parenting for a peaceful world - (Mother Nature Network) "Does your parenting style affect society as a whole?...an interesting book that delves into how child-rearing customs have shaped societies and major world events."

Food Stuff

• Massaged Kale & Current Salad with Gorgonzola - (Cookus Interruptus) Massaging your food...this looks like a fun recipe to try!
• Best-Selling Author John Robbins Gives The Low Down On Meat-Free Diets - (Ecorazzi) Warning - video in this post is graphic and difficult to watch.
• The Green Review: New Documentary "Fresh" Inspires Food Reform - (Ecorazzi) "Fresh featured a cast of real life characters who literally spend every minute of every day inspiribg the world to change our relationship with food."
• The unhealthy truth - (Mother Nature Network) Book - The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food is Making Us Sick – and What We Can Do About It - "...modern developments in our food system very well might be the reason that so many children in the United States are disproportionately sick..."

Home Stuff

• Growing Chair: From the Forest to Your Living Room - (EarthFirst) This could be cool as backyard furniture so that it can keep growing as stay green.
• Helpful Tips On What To Do With Baking Soda - (EcoFriendlyDaily.com) Who knew you could do so much with baking soda...okay, well maybe our grandmas...
  
• Salvaged Dreams: Recycled Plates & Bowls by Fox & Clover - (Green Your Decor) These are gorgeous, handpainted plates and bowls made of recycled/repurposed glass.
• 32 amazing Examples of Recycled Furniture Art - (WebEcoist) Some of these are a bit odd, but some are pretty cool.

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Reviving Vintage Bags - (GirlSustainable.com) We love vintage, and these reworked bags are gorgeous.
  
• Berries - Ingredients in Anti-Aging Skincare - (Green Living Ideas) You can even make your own skin toner - see post.

Tech & Science Stuff

• Concentrated Solar Power Could Generate 25% of the World's Electricity by 2050 - (CleanTechnica) "...study from Greenpeace, the European Solar Thermal Agency, and the International Energy Agency’s SolarPACES Group..."
• General Motors First Hybrid: from 1969! - (Gas 2.0) Just imagine where we could be today if we actually made and bought hybrids back then.
  
• Google's new formula for energy independence - (Mother Nature Network) "Google lays out a plan to make renewable energy cheaper than coal."

Work & Business Stuff

• Great Green Job of the Week: Communications Director, Amazon Watch - (EarthFirst) "Join Amazon Watch, a dynamic organization that has led the way to ground breaking victories for indigenous peoples’ rights and the environment..."
• Green Jobs From Home - May 30, 2009 - (Green Gigs)
  
• Choose a green career - (Mother Nature Network) Now there's an Idiot's Guide to Green Careers!

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Climate Change Kills 300,000 A Year - (AboutMyPlanet.com) "Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan led a think-tank study which...found that climate change related deaths number around 300,000 a year.
• Can Desalination Projects Remedy California's Drought Problem? - (Blue Living Ideas) Possible in the short run...but bad in the long run?
• Carbon Emissions in U.S. Make Biggest Decline Since 1982 - (Global Warming Is Real) Just too bad that it took a dive in the economy for this to happen.
  
• Agency says climate change amplifying animal disease - (Grist) "Climate change is widening viral disease among farm animals, expanding the spread of some microbes that are also a known risk to humans, the world’s top agency for animal health said on Monday."
• Global Warming Will Harm U.S. Poor Disproportionately - (TheDailyGreen) "Study highlights risks of climate change to poor and minority populations within the U.S."

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Why Cate cares about climate change - (Celebs Gone Good) "She traveled to Copenhagen on Monday to participate in the World Business Summit and give business leaders a piece of her mind."
• HOME - a date with the planet video - (CTN Green News) "Spectacular Videography of the Planet, in a Film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. THIS FILM IS STUNNING. We all have the power to change … so what are we waiting for?" (trailer video in post)
• Prius Stars in Casual Mafia's Rap Video - (EarthFirst) this is funny.
  
• ECO ART: Plastic Bottle Installation in NYC - (Inhabitat) "Sometimes it is hard to truly grasp how much waste we create as a society. That’s why NYC-based graphic design agency, MSLK is creating an installation that is an in-your-face visual of the amount of water bottles consumed in the United States. " (video in post)

International Stuff

• China to Impost Stricter Gas Mileage Rules Than U.S. - (EcoGeek) "While China still has a long way to go in cleaning up their technologies, they've repeatedly shown great ambition and advancements in areas like electric cars and renewable energy."

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• The Prez hits up DC's "Five Guys" restaurant for lunch - (Obama Pics Daily) Fun pics.
• The FLOTUS @ Bancroft Elementary School - (Obama Pics Daily) Kids just seem to love her.
• Photos from Obama's Great-Uncle - (Obama Pics Daily) Kind of neat to see...
  
• The Military responds to Global Warming - (Change.org: Stop Global Warming) "Could the U.S. military help lead the nation into a clean energy future?" Could be the best way to get naysayers to realize how important this issue is.

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Activist Nuns convince Chevron to Track its Carbon Footprint - (EarthFirst) That's what we call "good sisters".
• The Butts Remain - (EcoSalon) Cigarette butts, that is... "Cigarettes might go up in smoke but the butts remain and account for 1.7 billion pounds of non-biodegradable trash."
• Global Warming's Six Americas 2009: An Audience Segmentation -(Goerge Mason University: Center for Climate Change Communication) Interesting report on on how Americans are divided on their perception of global warming...eye opening. This is a PDF file to download.
• Blowin In The Wind - (Ecopreneurist) Funny cartoon.
• Trade this for that: Compact discs - (Mother Nature Network) "CD-Rs are wasteful. Why not try CD-RWs packaged in recycled plastic?"
• Ka-ching, ka-green - (Mother Nature Network) "Save the planet -- one credit card purchase at a time."

Stuff We Found Today - 05.07.09

Dragonfly Vertical Farm designed for New York

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• HealthyToys.org: The Consumer Guide to Toxic Chemicals in Toys - Found these guys on Twitter...informative site that provides "test results for more than 2,200 toys and children’s products. This site is a first step in providing consumers with the information they need to make better choices when purchasing toys and other children’s products."
  

Food Stuff

• Seasonal recipe: Asparagus guacamole - (Mother Nature Network) With so much fresh asparagus available at all the farmer's markets, this sounds like a good recipe to tryout.
  

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Just for Mom Week - Eco-Lubes: Wanna jump start your sex life? - (Ideal Bite) Hey mamas...looking for a little eco-lovin'? (wink, wink) "...rev up the engine with water-based, synthetic-free lubricants."

Tech & Science Stuff

• The air car is poised for mass production - (Mother Nature Network) "A French engineer's uber-green invention may become more than just an environmentalist's dream - a car with zero emissions."
• New iPhone app gets you in the 'green habit' - (Mother Nature Network)
  

Work & Business Stuff

• This Week's Sustainable Jobs - (Just Means) See list on left side of page for this week's job postings.
  

School, College & Student Stuff

• Green schools 101 - (Mother Nature Network) "Everything you need to know about greening your child's school."

Nature & Environment Stuff

• The Prince's Rainforests Project - (Mother Nature Network) "Prince Charles tapped his very deep Rolodex to bring together some of the world's biggest stars to remind us that we still need to save the rain forests." (video in post)
• Ghost Nets Live On - (GreenMuze) "Abandoned and lost fishing gear is having a serious impact on the marine environment ...ocean debris is mounting and the consequences of dumping fishing gear and other garbage into the ocean is starting to have lethal consequences for marine life and seabirds."

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Celebrity Chatter About Going Green - (Sierra Club: The Green Life)....just for fun.
• Age of Stupid on DVD - (GreenMuze) "The climate change documentary/drama hybrid follows Pete Postlethwaite, the narrator of the film, an old man living alone in what is a devastated world of 2055, looking at 'archive footage” from 2008, asking “why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?'."

International Stuff

• Empire strike bags - (Mother Nature Network) "Which countries are banning plastic bags?"

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• ILU Oprah - (Obama Pics Daily) "Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey were seated next to each other at Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala at Rose Hall - Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 5, 2009 in New York City."
• First Lady Visits Sesame Street for PSA - (Obama Pics Daily) Apparently this pic has gone viral on the web...we're just adding to the frenzy. Of course, it's all the comments below the pics on this blog that we love.
  
• Obama passes a major test, but most of the class doesn't notice - (Jeff McMahon - Scorched Earth) ...putting science before politics...

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Mother of the Year Video - This is hilarious, put in the name of your favorite mom and sit back and watch.
• 6 Eco Myths Debunked - (TheDailyGreen) "Congratulations, Factcheck.org, on your well-deserved Webby. Here's a look at six recent environmental and energy myths that the fact-checking site has debunked."
• Recycle Yourself: Green Burial and Eco-Coffins - (Sierra Club: The Green Life) "...Americans entomb more than 1.6 million tons of concrete and nearly 830,000 gallons of toxic embalming fluid annually, plus immense amounts of steel."
• Ways to tell good plasitcs from bad ones - (Mother Nature Network) "Some plastics are more recyclable than others."
• Dragonfly Vertical Farm - (GreenMuze) "Designed for New York City, the self-contained vertical farm prototype is modeled after a dragonfly and works to provide food, housing and renewable energy via a closed system in densely populated urban settings." Would be crazy to see this for real!
  

Stuff We Found Today - 04.29.09

Boeing 747 Restaurant of South Korea

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• In Latest Round of Tests, 10 of 13 Toys Have Low LEvels of Toxic Stuff (But Those Other 3...) - (TheDailyGreen) "How did Candyland fare? Or Thomas toys? See HealthyToys.org results here." (video in post)
  

Home Stuff

• 7 Smart Uses for Vinegar - (TheDailyGreen) "Save money, feel better and get clean clothes and a non-toxic home."
• 7 Tips for Healthy Pets - (EcoSalon)
  

Beauty & Fashion Stuff

• Making Poop Beautiful: L'Oreal Cosmetics to Run Factory on Cow Waste - (EcoGeek) "It's great to see a large beauty company like L'Oreal making substantial commitments to reducing their emissions and water use. Now, to get them to make significant changes in their packaging and ingredients..." Our thoughts exactly!
• Dying Your Hair Without Harming the Environment - (EcoFriendlyDaily.com) "...a list of hair dyes that are natural and can be easily purchased online."
• Pamela Anderson's Shoes - (EcoFashionWorld) "...the PETA activist will soon be launching a line of vegan shoes to complement Muse, the new eco-friendly collection by designer Richie Rich..."

Tech & Science Stuff

• Green chemistry happens: Olestra finds a new use - (Enviroblog) "Painting the wall with potato chips... Olestra, the laxative fat substitute, could represent a green replacement for hazardous volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in newer low voc paints."
• Portable, Solar-Powered Speakers for Your Summer Parties - (EcoGeek) Now, these are kinda cool...
  

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Sixty Percent of American Live in High Pollution Areas - (TakePart Social Action Network)
• The 8th continent: Pacific Ocean garbage patch - (Mother Nature Network) "A zone of the Pacific Ocean larger than the U.S. has more plastic floating in it than sea life. It's an environmental disaster, and it's all our fault."
• Will Arctic Summer Ice Disappear By 2015 - (Global Warming Is Real)
• 18 Beautiful Rainbows from Around the World - (Environmental Graffiti) Pretty...
• Escaping Global Warming: Climate Refugees in Alaska - (EarthFirst) "Residents of a tiny coastal town in Alaska will soon be among America’s first climate change refugees, forced from their homes by flooding caused by melting permafrost."
• DEforestation - Sting, Google, trees - (CTN Green News) "Rising rates of deforestation around the world have a double environmental whammy..."

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• Recycled Appliance Music - (GreenMuze) "Considered to be the world’s only kitchen appliance rock band, Norwegian Hurra Torpedo use recycled stoves, washing machines, freezers and dryers to create their unique industrial style music." Watch their cover of Total Eclipse of The Heart on YouTube (video in post).
• Toronto Hot Docs Festival - (GreenMuze) "Canada’s coolest documentary film festival – Hot Docs – is about to get underway in Toronto from April 30-May 10, 2009...is North America’s largest documentary film festival..." Watch trailers of some of the more notable entries (videos in post).
  

Website Stuff

• BarterQuest - Trade goods, services and real estate...trade both locally and internationally. Let someone else reuse what you don't want anymore.
  

International Stuff

• The greenest countries in the world - (Mother Nature Network) By the way, the US ranked 39th out of 149 countries...we're not the worst, but we can certainly do better.
• The Boeing 747 Restaurant of South Korea - (Environmental Graffiti) "A Boeing 747, the first jumbo jet to be flown commercially, sits in South Korea – a decommissioned airliner that found a new lease of life converted into a restaurant."

Political, Social & Economy Stuff

• The Official WH Photostream | Pete Souza - (Obama Pics Daily) Some really great pics here.
• As Specter moves to Democratic Party, will he help pass a climate bill? - (Grist) "Specter, a moderate who sits on the Senate Environment and Public Works committee, has been considered a key swing vote on climate and energy, among other issues."
• Obama's first 100 days of coal - (Grist) "With those proverbial first 100 days coming to a close, here are ten moments—some good, some confusing, some hair-raising—in the short swift time of coal in the Obama administration’s new era of 'clean, renewable energy that will lead the 21st century.'"

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Ranking the 10 Greenest Oil Companies - (TheDailyGreen) "Although oil is often a dirty word among greens, Greenopia shows that where we spend our petrol dollars can make a difference."
• Dancing With The Stars Spoofs PETA - (Ecorazzi) Okay...this is funny.