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

• The Age of Stupid, our film review.  There’s an Age of Stupid LIVE EVENT taking place on 9/21/09 with a performance by Moby, live discussions about the rain forests and climate change, and more – 425 cinemas across the USA will be participating simultaneously, with screenings in 50 countries worldwide.  NY screenings are already sold out. Elsewhere, tickets are on sale now at your local cinema.  more @ ageofstupid.net
• Tonight and tomorrow (9/19 & 9/20), 8pm – an avant garde fashion event with one of a kind fashion, performances and music – Williamsburg Fashion Weekend at Secret Project Robot – 210 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY – Five Bucks gets you in the door. (more…)

I guess for a NASA engineer, designing an eco friendly bag presents a different set of challenges.  Rocket scientist Kirsten James left her job at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to stay at home with her one year-old and start her own handbag and diaper bag line.  Looks like hings have really taken off:)

Check out the practical pockets, clean lines and use of durable organic cotton/hemp fabric in the Seeds in Olive diaper bag,  (above, left).  It’s printed with solvent free inks and (more…)

If you live west of the Rockies, or in Canada you may want to help your flowering fruit trees and gardens by providing a comfy home to a local hive of Mason bees.  The solitary Mason bees are great early spring pollinators, aren’t feisty and make their nest out of mud.

This handmade bee house is designed to hang from a wall, fence or tree.

We can all use a little more pollination.

$23.50 @ andrewsreclaimed etsy shop