We’re jumping for joy:)

Eberjey, designer of fashion-forward lingerie, has an exclusive offer for Alternative Consumers — enter code GREEN20 and receive a fabulous 20 percent discount site-wide through June 1, 2010.

(above, L) Be sure to check out their eco line of intimates, made of 100 percent organic cotton and bamboo blends…(above, R) is the Eco Dream Robe – (eberjey means joy).

STAY TUNED…our next Great Green Giveaway will be announced soon!

(above) Balloon Earrings made from recycled sterling silver & vintage beads, finely crafted in San Francisco, ($56) @ BTC Elements.

(above) Lounge in eco comfort — 100 Percent organic cotton jersey knit pj’s ($39) and robe ($49), available in different colors; now @ gaiam

(above) LOOP’s soft and luxurious organic cotton turkish towels ($10-34) in soothing colors from The Ultimate Green Store; (free shipping with orders over $75)…or just give a gift card.

(above) Send a beautifully animated e-card with your own personalized sentiments, via JacquieLawson.com (1 year membership, $12; 2-year @ $18 – for easily emailing unlimited cards, year-round.)

Or just fix mom her favorite homemade meal; create a simple, comfy setting and enjoy one other’s company… instant happy mother and daughter/son!

Here’s a great way for salons, dog groomers and people who obsessively cut, and/or, collect hair to contribute to fighting oil spills.

Human hair and animal fur do a great job of absorbing oil while allowing water to pass through, making them a great lining for the booms and mats used to contain oil spills.  The folks at Matter of Trust can help you get your hair where it’s needed most right now.

Ask your hair salon or dog groomer to get involved. It’s also a great opportunity for teachers to get their students involved in both current events and helping the eco system.  Matter of Trust will get you started with all the info you need.

You can also donate cash to Matter of Trust directly, to help fund their educational and planet-friendly programs.

Take one recycled steel auto part, solder on a little eye-hook, add 4 magnetic interchangeable lids – are you thinking Mother’s Day?

Just add your favorite little picture inside.  The locket comes in a cute little tin, perfect for both gift giving, and storage.

$18 @ polarity’s etsy shop

Buying power.  It’s the most critical tool in the alternative consumer’s arsenal.  And as more shoppers consider the brands their dollars support, more businesses are taking the time to rethink the practices and processes that have long shaped success.

For those businesses, and the consumers that rely on their positive impact, is a new book written by Seventh Generation co-founder Jeffrey Hollender. (more…)

What if I told you, there’s an easy way to feel as hot and sexy as Italy, without leaving the country…Snazz up your ride with a Vespa Scooter.

Easy to use, easy to park, easy on the gas, and easy on the eyes.  Your best buds, accountant and mother earth will be all singing your praises…while feeling a tad green with envy.

Check out the new 150cc Vespa family — this generation can sip fuel up 75/90 mpg.  In Capri Blue, Dragon Red, Taormina Orange and my personal fave, Portofino Green.  Put a smile on your face…gas guzzling vehicles are so last decade. S 50 4V gets 85-90 mpg; S 150 i.e. gets 70-75 mpg for a fun set of eco wheels.

Innovative alternative energy companies will soon be having a bigger impact, both in our energy and transportation infrastructure, and on Wall Street.  One such company,  Envision Solar International – a global solar planner, architect and inventor of clean energy systems – officially became a publicly traded company, yesterday.

Envision Solar is the first company to invent and build structures for generating solar energy from the millions of acres of unused, underutilized parking spaces.  Parking lots that previously just provided a home for your car while bouncing vast amounts of heat into the atmosphere can now become a clean energy source with the potential to optimize power production during hot summer afternoons when electricity is most valuable.  Envision Solar is helping top companies like McDonald’s, Dell, Johnson & Johnson and Kyocera (pictured above) with their green efforts by installing solar parking arrays that visibly demonstrate their commitment to sustainable energy.

As of today, Envision Solar has designed and/or installed more than nine megawatts of solar arrays for (more…)

• This is not good…Gulf Oil Spill Could Reach East Coast Beaches – natgeo
• This is better – but the flow is still not reduced…Coast Guard: BP Caps 1 of 3 Oil Leaks – msnbc
• Turn up that AC – just kidding.  Global Warming: Researchers Find Future Temperatures Could Exceed Livable Limits – sciencedaily
• Does the Oil Spill Put Seafood Restaurants at Risk? – cnn
• I guess PETA couldn’t text those votes fast enough…Pamela Anderson Voted Off DWTS – abc
• (video) Man Purported to have Survived 70 Years Without Food – orange uk

German automaker Volkswagen has finally announced plans to plug-in to the popular crowd with a hybrid version of the Jetta, set to launch in 2012.  The car maker, who has long appeased the eco-minded with its clean diesel engines, badged TDI, is slowly shifting gears.

Currently, the only hybrid to be officially available on VW lots is a version of the ever-awkwardly-named 2011 Touareg crossover, touting an impressive lineup of gasoline, diesel, and hybrid engine options.  But new plans, recently unveiled in Berlin, (more…)