100% recycled polypropylene indoor/outdoor shelving units with a funky geometric design for all you eco modern hipsters. These babies can be stacked vertically, horizontally or arranged as a room divider. Designer Sean Yoo was inspired by cracked desert lakebeds, shattered sidewalks and Roman wall building techniques.

39″x 39″x 14″deep

in white or black

$450 @ design within reach

• SOP in the USA is to appoint an old, fat dude who worked for Exxon. Ex-Pop Star Now Aussie Environmental Chief – msnbc
• Creativity Buoys Outlook for Hydrogen Economy – cs monitor
• Nothing more disconcerting than a wrinkly lil’ mouse. Skin Ageing ‘Reversed’ in Mice – bbc
• Here, let me put those catalogs in a nice plastic shopping bag…Retailers Keep ‘Green’ Behind the Scenes – enn
• Someone has to protect these robots! (video) Dental Robot ‘Feels’ Pain – natgeo
• A nice way to combine two accessories fads: babies and eco-fashion. Eco-Hip Babies Take Over Hollywood – ecorazzi
• This is a crime I can understand. Dublin Beer Bandit Raids Guinness – myway
• The 7 Most Terrifying Celebrity Transformations – cracked.com

We know you’re out there somewhere faithfully watching reruns of the ‘Dog Whisperer,’ all the while racking your brain for a gift to give your own pooch or your bff’s Boston Terrier. Here’s an organic doggie toymaker to help fill Fido’s stocking. SimplyFido’s Organic Pet Toy Collection is made from all-natural organic materials for that all-natural canine in your life.

Prices range from $4.99 to $16.99 with discounts for buying a bunch.

find ‘em @ globalnaturalpetproducts.com or use the simplyfido store locator

Remember that one time you wore your cotton socks on the slopes for a day of snowboarding, and then suffered the blistering consequences? Those of us who run, ski, or hike know how important a good pair of socks can be. That’s why Teko Socks created cute and practical knits from recycled polyester, organic materials, and wool from environmentally sound farms. Plus, they are available in a myriad of colors!

Check out Teko’s entire sock drawer, or the Snowboarding Socks pictured here, ($20.95).

Related: previously on AltCon (7.27.07), men’s bamboo and organic cotton socks

The chimo fireplace by Floz Design for Blomus is a flue-less, chimney-less, instant atmosphere provider that burns nice, green ethanol. This rotating, stand alone model will add all the extra sizzle a bedroom or living labyrnth might require.

Stands approximately 32″h and 12″w and goes for $1,872 @ unicahome.com

• (video) Monkey Banquet Well Attended – natgeo
• I think I’ll sit down to read this. Standing Up May be a Way to Control Weight – abc
• A vast marketing and advertising opportunity… Discovery Sees Planet Green in 70 Million Homes – enn
• Calling Dr. Fine…Cell Phone Blamed in Man’s Death – aol
• This would seem to make sense. Study: Droughts Exacerbate Global Warming – msnbc
• A Fifth of U.N. Carbon Credits May be Bogus – reuters
• Nicole, your face never changes expression. Acting? (pix) Aged to Perfection – tmz

I’m a fan of Sephora, online beauty Mecca to all those who worship soft skin and subtle (or shocking) make-up for work and play. I’m also a frequenter of their newest Web category, one that specializes in Natural Beauty and carries lines like Juice Beauty, vinotherapy master Caudalie, and plant-based Korres. It was here that I fell in love with several eco-minded concoctions created to soothe, shine or add sparkle to my skin and hair.

Until recently, I’ve always headed toward my local Sephora store or ordered online when a beauty craving hit. Now, I’ve got options.

Newer to the worldwide Web is Kaia House, “Home to the Purest Skin on Earth.” Operating with the mission to bring only the best of each brand to customers and carry products both safe and effective, and environmentally and animal friendly, Kaia House consults the Environmental Working Group and their Cosmetics Safety Database to verify the safety of every ingredient in every one of the products offered.

Visitors of the site are also privy to Kaia’s “Most Un-Wanted List” of synthetic chemicals, which I suggest you print out and take along next time you’re scoping beauty buys.

Looking for something new? Brands exclusive to Kaia House include Vitaman and Kimia products. Or, you can check out the gift section, full of beautilicious ideas for friends and family.

Free shipping on purchases over $75.

Scandinavian style with a rock attitude, nudiejeans is all about jeans forming a second skin that reflects your lifestyle, attitude and individuality. They use premium quality raw indigo (the stuff that gives jeans their blue) so your wear pattern creates a pair of jeans all your own.

Nudie donates a portion of their sales to Amnesty International, uses uncompromising eco-friendly manufacturing processes and organic cotton.

If you’re bopping around Stockholm peruse their flagship store at 75 Skanegatan, or if you’re just trolling the web buy nudie fashions online @ revolveclothing.com, jepboutique.com, or use the nudie store locator

if you’re nudie jeans obsessed checkout mynudies.com

• I’m scrambling to find how many were cut down. More Than a Billion Trees Planted in 2007: U.N. – yahoo! news
• Sometimes it just is the weather…Ancient Greenland Mystery Has Simple Answer – cs monitor
• (video) I get car sick just driving on the winding road to the mall. Cool buildings…cool video. Dancing in the Wind – livescience
• I’ll have to call Lee Majors. Imagining a Bionic Future – msnbc
• Winds of Change Blow into Roscoe, Texas (audio) – npr
• Say it ain’t so! Marie Osmond Fainting Spell a Fake? – tmz
• This situation will affect our energy policy and a whole lot more. Chavez Vows Referendum ‘Cannot Fail’ – breitbart
• (photo) Madge takes ‘accessorizing’ to a whole other level. I like the teal one. Madonna’s Colored Sheep Has Animal Group Seeing Red – ecorazzi

This past weekend, I went on a shopping excursion at the famous Haight and Ashbury in San Francisco. There, I browsed tie dyed tees, hemp clothing creations, and a vast assortment of incense.

At soul-flower.com, you can buy the same vendor-style clothing online – with the same giant selection. Short on jam band merchandise? There’s an entire section here to fulfill your needs. Plus, most of the merchandise is organic.

Their selection for kiddies really impressed me. I want this shirt!

Here are a few of my faves from ourgreenhouse.com to yours, for the upcoming holiday season.

bioviva – award-winning, eco board game, $34
twig crayons – 8 colors in a birch basket, $22
organically grown – toddler’s tee shirt, $22.50
jack frost pine-scented, soy candle, $21
Isabooties – vegan baby booties, $26
seek balance – long-sleeved organic cotton ladies’ tee, $38.50

Ever feel guilty about driving your car around, knowing that you’re contributing to global warming? Well, for you U.K. drivers, Ibuyeco, a carbon neutral car insurance company, can help you offset your carbon emissions. Ibuyeco invests the money they receive from their clients, into renewable energy and energy sustainable projects, thereby offsetting CO2 emissions from cars. Ibuyeco will save 1kg of CO2 with an eco-friendly project somewhere in the world, for every 1kg of CO2 that your car will produce each year.

The money you spend on car insurance will be spent saving the Earth’s atmosphere. For a list of some of the projects that your money will be invested in, check out their Web site.
For more, go to ibuyeco.co.uk

JULY 15, 2009 UPDATE: IbuyEco recently changed their policy.  Now, for every policy purchased by a customer, they make a £5 donation to an eco charity.  They no longer automatically offset their car’s yearly carbon dioxide emissions, but they give every customer the option to offset if they so desire.

• The cold air generated by this handshake could reduce global warming. Bush Welcomes Gore to Oval Office – breitbart
• Undoubtedly a federal agency was involved. Levee Repair Leads to Calif. Fish Kill – yahoo! news
• The public strongly opposes genetically modified crops but big agri-biz is pushing hard for their adoption and importation. Guess who will win. France and Germany Seek to Break GMO Deadlock – enn
• It’s not suprising that one of the Hanson Brothers would be an eco-guy, just that anyone would care. Isaac Hanson is Twice Shy – ecorazzi
• Money talks in impoverished communities. Mexico Pushes Butterfly Protection Via Tourism – natgeo
• There was also the little detail about dropping trou. Cyclist Nabbed for Motel Hallway Ride – aol news
• This is why I run my summer bootcamp…err, nature camp for kids. Bad Behavior in Youth Linked to Career Problems Later – livescience