This sweet day-pack from Artisan Gear sports a 100% hemp canvas exterior, a spacious main storage compartment and a wide, zippered, kangaroo pocket on the outside flap. This baby is designed to be hung over the shoulder, resting just above the hip.

Shown in natural, it also comes in sage, black or cocoa.

$89 + shipping from Artisan Gear

If you’re a struggling college student or just a parent struggling to support one – you might want to check out the chegg.com website. The local student classified website is launching a service called Hatch, which will be offering popular products at a discount to college students across the USA several times a week. Chegg touts themselves as “positively impacting every facet of students’ daily lives.”

This is not an endorsement of the “green” nature of any of the products offered for sale, simply a shout out to students & parents looking to save some green.

New car buyers worldwide are looking to hybrids, hydrogen-powered and alternative fuel vehicles as the wave of the future. So says a recent Automotive Trends Survey conducted by PLUS. The survey found that recent and potential car buyers in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, India and China were tending toward buying “greener” vehicles. Of the 3,500 people surveyed, 42.7% considered hybrid as the power-train of the future with hydrogen-powered vehicles finishing a close second at 41.9%. A surprisingly low 11.5% saw diesel and traditional fueled cars in their auto buying future. A robust 38.1% saw plant- based fuels as being the next big thing. More than 50% of Chinese vehicle purchasers see hydrogen as the “future automobile power source.”
PRWEB Press Release

Stylish and smart sensibilities spring from co-founders Anthony Cochrane and Jesse Johnson, in the creation of 3-year young,
Q Collection. Featuring eco-friendly furniture, fabrics and accessories like this contemporary and sleek, Tucker Bench; and at the forefront of eco-chic home design and inspiration. Visit their NYC, LA, SanFran or Seattle showroom, and qcollection.com for details.

Fish lovers who enjoy the fine taste of wild ocean-run salmon can always taste the difference when confronted with the farm-raised variety. The term “ocean raised” is the new labeling camouflage for the inferior, less healthy farm-raised salmon. Don’t fall for it.

Quick snapshot of the differences due to different living environments. Wild salmon benefit from a wide-ranging diet, and a tremendous amount exercise. This gives wild salmon vital Omega 3’s (fatty acids, which help eliminate harmful hydrogenated fats), great taste and that rich orange color you’ve come to expect. Farm-raised salmon tend to be lower in Omega 3’s, higher in mercury, prone to disease and bland-tasting. A diet of pellets and crowded growing pens create the need for treatment with antibiotics and food coloring additives. (more…)

Fashion Week in Sao Paolo is featuring clothing by a group of young designers who are turning recycling into a fashion statement. New technology that now makes it possible to manufacture clothing from the polyester fibers from recycled bottles, and organic cotton grown without pesticides, may prove that being environmentally conscious and staying hip can walk hand-in-hand.

Across the pond, English retailing giant Marks & Spencer is also going green. Among several green initiatives undertaken by the retailer is the stocking of a fleece made out of 11 recycled plastic bottles. The retailing giant also launched a campaign this week to cut packaging by 25% and to label all food imported by air.
ENN Sao Paolo story

thisismoney.uk.com

All virgin olive oil contains free fatty acids — it’s the amount of acids which determines the degree of virginity.
extra = less than 1%
fine = 1 to 1.5%
ordinary virgin = 1.5 to 3.3% of these acids.
Extra virgin keeps longer than ordinary. Olive oil doesn’t get better with age — younger is better.

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If you’re a commuter who likes to bike but not pedal, or an individual who wants to fight global warming on a personal level, you might want to consider an eGo electric cycle. Sold in America as the eGo Cycle and in Europe as the Helio Cycle, these rechargeable electric cycles can get you back and forth to work or the store without ever working up a sweat. Road-ready, and meeting registration requirements of all 50 states, these bikes can travel 20 to 25 miles on a charge and sport a top speed of 25mph. Recharging takes 3 to 6 hours.

Giddy-up.

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An ACNielsen poll of 25,000 internet users found that 13% of Americans surveyed haven’t heard of global warming and only 42% would characterize their concern over global warming as “very serious”.   Other areas of the world showed much greater concern over climate change…
Yahoo News/Reuter’s story

Popular with Europeans for more than 30 years — Kindersacks keep infants and toddlers comfy and warm, and give parents peace of mind — knowing that their baby won’t be able to kick-off their blanket or get en-snarled in it. Many believe that infant sleep bags help prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Available w/ organic lining here or at mom4life.com.
baby sleeping tips from sidsalliance.org