Archive for August, 2007

Mariah Power has created a beautiful, tower-like wind power appliance: the Windspire. This propeller free design rises 30 feet into the air and is just 2 feet wide. Rotating at the speed of wind, it is quiet and safe for avian life, so there is no need to take down your bird-feeders. [...]

I find as I get older it gets tougher and tougher to get into the maid’s outfit. Boyfriends do More Housework Than Husbands - livescience
Virgin’s Branson to Shun Fuel Thirsty 4-Engine Planes - reuters
They’ve gone Pete Seeger one better. China Says One-Child Policy Helps Protect Climate - enn
As an Energy Saver the Clothesline Makes a [...]

Babies and kids get all the best stuff. This 100% Certified Organic Cotton Velour Hooded Blanket is velvety soft and available in blackberry with persimmon trim.
I think I’ll get one for my mother-in-law.
$42.00 @ katequinnorganics.com

Townhouse developments - vast tracts of middle-class housing in cookie cutter formations stretching as far the eye can see. Frightening.
PlayStation, Sega and Nintendo - the annual transition to next-generation gaming platforms will create mountains of played-out Gameboys and Xboxes that will soon block out the sun while simultaneously creating a generation of adults with [...]

Convert old magazines into a foot or bottom rest by simply wrapping these straps around a stack. Then kick back and enjoy your new piece of furniture. Great way to save some copies of some favorite mags and de-clutter your home. Recycle, reuse, relax!
Available for $39 @ conranusa.com.
(Source: today’s NYTimes, “Put [...]

The Bushies want to enable the blowing up of mountaintops to allow mining of carcinogenic coal. Stop Mountaintop Mining Rule - friends of the earth
Where’s the fuel? Volvo Announces Greener Truck Engines - reuters/video
World Facing ‘Arsenic Timebomb’ in Drinking Water - bbc
The mighty Hudson could become a giant environmental monitor. Networking the Hudson River - [...]

Wonderfully comfortable, smartly designed and ethically made, CERTAINTEES is a tee shirt collection that embodies earth-friendly, socially responsible ideas and actions.
“Wearable Wisdom” for today’s enlightened consumer was originally conceived by Chicago-based artist, Lee Tracy in 2005. Lee’s artwork is thoughtfully related by theme: Energy, Food, Freedom, Nature, Peace and Women. And each design [...]

Drought Catastrophe Stalks Australia’s Food Bowl - reuters
I’m breathing better but there’s something in my drinking water. Cleaner Power Plants Have a Dirty Side - msnbc
Now about those haircuts and hedge funds…Edwards: Americans Should Sacrifice Their SUV’s - news 13 abc
Greenhouse Gases Responsible for 2006 Record Warmth - livescience
Could this explain America’s rush to obesity? [...]

Ask anyone who knows me, and “trail blazer” is not a term one would apply to me. “Unconventional?” Perhaps. “Bookish?” Certainly. And despite the fact that I do claim bragging rights for having hiked to the summit of Mt. Washington (elev. 6,288 ft.) and for having made a daring midnight escape from [...]

We have finally found a product that combines both our fetish for re-usable bags and all things solar-powered. This solar beach bag from Reware Solarsistem let’s you plug-in and charge small electronic devices while transporting all your essential suntan products and snacks to the beach or lakeside.
Some features:

charges a wide variety of small electronic from [...]

Summer may be flying by, but DON’T MISS OUT on Kaight’s end of season, online sale of boutique fashions. Now through Labor Day, receive 20% off everything online, including sale items of faves, Noir and Bahar Shahpar.
visit kaightshop.com and enter “summer sale” for savings on fabulous, eco designer threads!

What does ’substantial’ mean? George B. has always had trouble with basic English. U.S. Says Steep Climate Curbs May Not Be Needed - enn
Ground-water use is a big deal (see also sports: skiing). Golf Projects May Leave Mexico Wildlife High and Dry - natgeo
Britain may have greener energy and some wind turbines blocking [...]

Used and exhausted office furniture is given a new lease on life with Ryan Frank’s latest design, an elegant eco-furniture range built from the waste wood of old, battered and abused office desks.
‘Strata’, consisting of a chair, stool, coffee table and dining table, has been commissioned by leading Portuguese furniture developer, IMADETrading, who will be [...]

As of right now, Poppy Organic claims to be the first and only organic skincare brand to include birch bark extract in their ingredient mix. Why is this important, or useful, or exciting? For the fair skin-types, like myself, who have to be extra careful in the sun, BBE (birch bark extract) might [...]

Merkel Presses China on Climate Change - enn
Next stop Vegas! Hong Kong’s Green Activists Change Mickey’s ‘Wasteful’ Lightbulbs - yahoo! news
Pulling the Plug on Water Wasting - bbc
If a turbine falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it…Turbine Tower Collapses at Wind Farm - msnbc
Industrial Nanotech Announces Electricity Generating Thermal [...]