A green stimulus package for your eyes, ears and mind…

• Think you’ve got what it takes to be the next Green It Girl? Enter Project Green Search before September 16, ’09.
• John Stewart eats Betsy McCaughey’s lunch.  Now this is must-see tv, via salon.com.  Subsequent to her chat with John, the “death panel myth creator” resigned from the Board of Directors of Cantel Medical Corporation.
• This could have been funny. Julia Stiles mocks celeb eco fashion designers @ juliastilesstyles.com
  
• You need to see The Cove.
• Enjoy a round of old fashioned ping pong in a cool setting.  Head to SPiN.  (304 Park Ave S, NYC)
• New eco fashion mag launched last week:  bohomag.com.
  4 issues/year $21.95 (includes shipping)
• Slow Food USA is organizing a Labor Day Eat-In across the country.  On Monday, September 7, folks are gathering for public potlucks to push their message toward Congress: serve real food to kids in school.  Find an Eat-In near you via slowfoodusa.org/timeforlunch and sign their petition.
• Food, Inc. Love your body, feed your head.
• BPA Consumer Alert – Some feel betrayed by SIGG (more…)

The eniCycle is a rechargeable, zero emissions, gyroscope-controlled means of transport that’s probably best suited for circus performers, individuals who are strapped for space and those determined to risk their lives making a statement about alternatives in modern transportation.  Designed by Slovenian engineer Aleksander Polutnik, the eniCycle, though still a prototype, may soon be coming to a bike shop nearby. (more…)

When you think of a rain barrel what do you picture?  Don’t you think of a huge ugly barrel that is an eyesore?  I know I do.  Finally here is an attractive alternative for saving rainwater, the Cascata Rain Barrel.  This environmentally friendly water capture device has to be one of the more appealing rain barrels around.  From a distance it looks like a clay pot, however, on closer inspection, you’ll find it’s made from a durable roto-moulded plastic. (more…)

Wear a tee with “virgin” scrawled across the top and you might garner some attention—or cynical stares. Either way, that’s the point, because below those bright, bold letters is smaller type that reads: [virgin] plastic is what most shampoo and conditioner bottles are made from and they add to over 25% of waste in landfills. Not sexy. (But a decidedly sexy stance, no?)

Made entirely of recycled bottles, these long and short sleeved tees and tanks are by Alot to Say. Created using a no-water printing process called “air dye,” the manufacturing of these sweet shirts requires up to 70 percent less energy and produces zero hazardous by-products. To top it all, every tee is created and manufactured in the U.S., with a percentage of profits going to eco and political charities.

$35.99 a pop at http://shop.alottosay.com/.

New England states will be amping-up rail service under an ambitious plan that taps into federal stimulus cash to revitalize some sleepy burgs like Springfield, Worcester and Manchester.  New rail lines will connect communities both big and small – from Montreal, Boston and NYC to academic towns like Burlington Vermont and Amherst Massachesettes, in what is now called the ‘Knowledge Corridor.’  If you’ve ever taken Amtrak from Worcester to New York City via freight tracks, you know this rail upgrade is much needed.  Good stuff.

Is there a “Muck Monster” in the waters off West Palm Beach?  Speaking of Florida, judging by the state’s glut of foreclosures and short sales it would appear the industry that is ‘over development’ may have run its course.  Sometimes you have to actually make a product to create jobs, as opposed to attracting new residents with low taxes, cheap housing and destroyed wetlands.  (more…)

Next spring, longtime diesel-favoring, car maker BMW plans to debut their first and perhaps only, gas-electric hybrid: the ActiveHybrid X6 “sports activity coupe,” essentially a mini crossover. Blending the smooth appeal and sporty performance of a Bimmer with an electric motor, the vehicle (more…)

Enamore has unveiled its 2010 collection of pin-up inspired and vintage styled eco lingerie and accessories.  The collection is created using soft blends of soya, organic cotton jersey, bamboo and organic or herbal-dyed and printed silks. English lace, buttons and satin ribbons top off the look.

Another reason to take public transportation.

find out more about their 2010 collection @ enamore.co.uk

Here’s a leash and collar combo that expresses my new found affinity for yoga, meditation and Buddhist principles.

The Good Fortune Collar is adorned with a removable “Stone of Heaven” jade amulet, which I presume provides an abundance of positive doggie karma.  Leash and collar are made of handsome organic cotton, durably strong hemp and eco-friendly dyes.  Created by San Francisco-based designer, Harmony Susalla.

collar $22, leash $28 @ olivegreendog.com Be sure to use code OliveAC at checkout and receive 10% off.

• No, this is not the stuff you deposit in a Yankee Stadium lavatory…Beer Waste Makes Fuel – livescience
• There goes your best dating move…Romantic Candle-lit Dinners: An Unrecognized Source of Indoor Pollution – sciencedaily
• Remember when oil spills were big news? Oil Spill Sparks Evacuation Off Australian Coast – reuters
• Is that the commercial fishing lobby I hear writing checks? Arctic Fisheries Get New Plan – Fish Would Approve – enn
• Deep water creatures chuck body parts for protection. Glowing ‘Bomber Worms’ Discovered – bbc
• More science…5 Species That Seem to be Trying to Take Over the Earth – cracked.com