Reclaimed and recycled HDPE (hard plastic) is transformed into a wall clock of timeless style. Comes with a quartz clock mechanism, snap-on hands and a couple of batteries.

In either lemon or orange.

$49 @ ecobydesign.com

(with an eye on New Year’s Eve…)

Just a few of our Top Green Reads for 2007. Hit the library, or any second-hand shop. Feel free to jump-in with your faves.
(book shelf tree – photo credit: hoipippo)

• An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergence of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It – by, Al Gore @ amazon
• The Rammed Earth House – by, David Easton @ amazon
• Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage – by, Daniel C. Esty and Andrew S. Winston @ amazon
• Green Marketing: Opportunity for Innovation – by, Jacquelyn A. Ottman @ amazon
• The Sustainability Handbook: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic and Environmental Responsibility – by, William R. Blackburn @ amazon
• Cradle to Cradle – by, William McDonough and Michael Braungart @ amazon
• When Rivers Run Dry – by, Fred Pearce @ amazon
• Ecopsychology – Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind @ amazon
• Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology – @ amazon
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma – by, Michael Pallon @ amazon
• Many titles @ chelseagreen.com/bookstore
• Tears of the Cheetah @ amazon
• 50 Ways to Save the Ocean @ amazon
• The Tree Farmer – by, Chuck Leavell @ amazon
• A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids – by, Julie Hall
• The Sensual Home – by, Ilse Crawford

Dive in with goods from Green Wave: The Eco-Surf Company which opened its doors in June of ‘07. Green Wave sells clothing and gear that are made only by environmentally responsible companies. And they donate a portion of proceeds to Kids Saving the Rainforest, another worthy organization, started by 2 school children in Costa Rica.

Why not make a statement with this organic cotton t-shirt, ($22.99) printed by Sector 9 with water-based inks, to show your support for organics? As we say in California, awesome! Also gotta love these Sprout Board Shorts (made from hemp and recycled plastic bottles) for guys, on sale for $43. And of course, don’t forget the biofoam boards by Nielson…catch the green wave Christmas Sale going on now.

• Rain Saves Atlanta From Drought Record – breitbart
• Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Saves Energy – msnbc
• Berkeley, Calif. Man Saves All His Trash for a Year in Statement About Consumerism – breitbart
• 2007 A Year of Record Weather in U.S. – myway/ap
• Bodies Point to Alaska’s Past – bbc
• Week in Photos: Bhutto Killed, Java Flood, More… – natgeo
• (video) Elephants Race to Glory – reuters

For anything from kitschy paper coasters to practical rubber pots for growing your plants, check out Rose and Radish. They provide accessories for your dwelling, as well as incredible flowers for your special events. Many of their home supplies are made out of natural products such as paper, rubber, or wood, combined with a unique, artistic and contemporary style.

All Rose and Radish designers have backgrounds in assemblage, illustration, painting, photography, and graphic design, which can be seen in the hip yet elegant styles displayed by their product array and floral treatments.

More @ roseandradish.com

How to place an order for their exquisite, artful floral displays.

Vitamin D(esign) offers eco-friendly furniture made by forward-thinking artists and designers. Their line of green goods can be found @ vitamindesignshop, under the cleverly titled category d-ECO-rate. They offer a wide variety of furniture, from art easels for kids, to bookshelves and lounge chairs. All of the furniture is made with all-natural materials, water-based inks and/or sustainable woods. Some of the products are fashioned with recycled paper, recycled packing materials, reclaimed hardwoods and plastics, etc. For a list of all the materials used in making the furniture, visit vitamindesignshop.com. If you’ve got a modern look in mind, Vitamin D(esign) may have just what you’re looking for!

Tammy Roy has created this perfect complement to the lava lamp farm in your family room. This fixture casts some crazy shadows.

measure 5″W at bottom and 10″H comes in white, black, copper and steel

$95 @ realmdekor.com

Looking for fashionable, yet environmentally sustainable clothing? Then check out Loyale! They offer a line of trendy yet eco-friendly clothing for women, with a children’s and men’s line coming soon. Some of the materials used in the made in the USA clothing include sustainable bamboo fiber, organic cotton, surplus fabrics and tree-free papers. Loyale has been featured in many fashion magazines, such as Vogue, Glamour, InStyle, and more.

Loyale also gives 3% of annual profits to green corps, a non-profit organization that addresses current environmental issues. To read more about green corps, go to www.greencorps.org.

So why not look good and feel good about what you’re wearing?
Check out more @ loyaleclothing.com or here’s where you can shop in-store.

Want to make a difference in someone’s life for the new year and receive a free laptop in return? Check out www.laptopgiving.org. The website is extending their deadline for the Give One Get One program until December 31. If you donate an XO laptop to a child in a developing nation who needs one, then you will also receive a laptop for a child in your life. The site offers 3 different programs for donating the laptops.

Most corporate execs are full of it so here’s a bag to put it in…alright I’m just kidding, these bags are for the other kind of poop, doggy-do. Made of corn and fully biodegradable in 45 days — a great way to help you, the earth and your pooch deal with his daily business.

40 bags in each box for $5.95 @ 3rliving.com

• Brighter and more economical than current LEDs. New Efficient Bulb Sees the Light – bbc
• He and ‘big oil’ get greener together. Bush Finally Warms to Warming – msnbc
• Ancient Pandas Competed With Giant Apes for Bamboo – natgeo
• First convincing people to buy ringtones then this. Appalling. Cell Phones the Next Great Ad Frontier? – breitbart
• A turtle is a terrible thing to waste. (video) Man Spends 10 Years Teaching His Pet Turtle Tricks – nothing to do with arbroath

The following individuals are recognized by AltCon for exceptional excellence in their dogged and determined avoidance of all things green.

FINALISTS:

• Take your pick of fur wearers and fur packers (small pets) Paris, Mary J Blige, Cindy Crawford and the Oslen twins. These ladies and their BFF’s have endangered more small creatures and been swathed in more dead animal pelts than the Inuits, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Davey Crockett combined.
• Baseball’s Roger Clemens for his efforts to aid ‘human growth’ and better living through chemicals. The ‘Rocket’ is also rumored to have filled several Toronto and Staten Island landfills with his personal medical waste.
• Neo-con Man of the Decade, Dick ‘WMD’ Cheney for his tireless work (in tandem with noted global warming experts Ford, Exxon and GM) in support of the EPA’s torpedoing of California’s tougher emissions laws.
• Britney’s little sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, for her enthusiastic work with Zero Population Growth, Planned Parenthood and the National Association for Abstinence and Christian Values.
• The Japanese Government for its noble pursuit of vital whale research. This whale-saving study just happens to include the harpooning of 1,000 whales. (they may have second thoughts)

But enough of these underachievers, our one man environmental wrecking crew, and winner for the seventh consecutive year…the 2007 ‘I Hate the Color Green’ winner…no mystery here… G.W. Bush!!!

We doubt any one politician or individual will ever equal the damage and destruction wrought by our honoree and his unflagging disdain and disregard for all manner of environmental regs and protections which, coupled with his squinty-eyed, oblivious disregard for all scientific gobbledygook and reasoned environmental analysis makes George our anti-treehugger of the year.

His proud stand against all things eco-friendly bespeaks a man hellbent on maximizing profits and shareholder value. G.W. has opened our National Parks to mining and logging, held fast against tightening emissions laws, threatened tiny owls, salmon, wolves, polar bears, and I presume kittens, rolled back powerplant emissions standards, weakened all manner of environmental regs and agencies, pushed for oil drilling in wilderness preserves, ignored Katrina victims, developed thousands of acres of wetlands, dumped vats of cash into Iraq and just generally run amok.

But, when all is said and done; it’s his tireless work as the ultimate global warming naysayer that sets him apart from the run-of-the-mill celeb-utards, auto manufacturers and big oil execs. As the Anti-Gore, George has tried his best to paint over all things green with a gray, oil soaked patina. The man has set a standard that will take decades, and dozens upon dozens of corrupt Congressmen to dismantle. Congratulations G.W.!!

In recognition of his work against nature and the environment Georgie will be receiving our coveted ‘green-free’ gift bag shipped directly to his ranch in a non-biodegradable Styrofoam container, carved in the shape of Greenland circa 1957, which includes:

• two rayon/polyester blend ‘I Hate Green’ tees with vinyl lettering and 20 year spot resistant coating
• a 100% wild coyote fur all-weather parka
• a choice of puppies from the Caged in Arkansas Puppy Mill
• a one year lease of the lowest mpg gas guzzler we can find – made in Detroit of course
• 50 cases of Jennifer Aniston-endorsed Smart Water
• a one year subscription to Appalachian Strip Miner Weekly
• an impressive assortment of certified animal tested skincare products – a $200 value
• an all-leather wardrobe from Louis Vuitton with matching monogrammed baby-sealskin luggage
• steaks, steaks steaks – all the Kobe beef and pen-raised veal you can eat
• a $500 gift certificate to ShopChinese.com
• all the Frito Lay products you can fit in your Humvie courtesy of Lime.com

Related: 13 ways to spot an eco-poser

More people would recycle if they had attractive and hygienic containers like these recycling bins made of 90% recycled polypropylene from the UK. These containers are designed to last a lifetime, although fully recyclable themselves. Each bin has a 37 litre capacity – enough for 15 wine bottles, two weeks of newspapers or 50 cans. They claim that three bins will provide enough storage for all the recyclables generated by the average four-person household in a week. They can be used individually or stacked.

Made and sold in the UK. Anyone seen them in the U.S.?
£49.99 @ natural collection
Standard UK Delivery £4.50