More Hip Than Hippie - Chill and Grill
It's hot! Summer is upon us and this week we're discussing cheap, eco-friendly ways to stay cool and beat the summer heat. We also talk BBQ - Options, health hazards and some tasty, meat free recipes (yes, we are gearing up to take a listeners challenge to go vegetarian for a week). Of course, we cover listener email and don't forget to submit your answers to our questionnaire!

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Beer and Chocolate:

The Beer: Three Philosophers Belgian Style Blend from Brewery Ommegang. It's an ale with cherry lambic added.

The Chocolate: Dagoba Organic Chocolate Conacado 73%

Finds & Hip News:

The Finds:

• Guide to Less Toxic Products - for all you Canadian listeners (eh) www.lesstoxicguide.ca Great resource!
• Co-op America Quarterly - a quarterly publication for members. Join today!
• Priority Magazine (if your office has any Pitney Bowes machinery, you'd probably qualify)
• Val's new favorite magazine is from the U.K. Organiclife
• Dandelion Communitea Cafe - casual urban teahouse located near downtown Orlando, Florida.
• The Flat Tire Condom Val mentioned during the Grilling portion of the show.
• Go see "An Inconvenient Truth" - Al Gore's new movie. See the trailer here.

Hip News:

• Brad and Angelina's Baby Shilo - her legal age countdown!
• Fast Food Chain Wendy's is switching to healthier cooking oil.

Shout-Outs:

• Squidoo.com - Go Green. Thanks for the nice review!
• Listener hannah8ball for listing us on her blog! Muchas Gracias!

Chill & Grill

Ideas to Beat the Heat During the Summer Heat.

 

Grill tips and ideas.
For Coconut Shell Briquettes check out:

• www.nakedwhiz.com
• www.purefirecharcoal.com

Great cookbooks to read and own:

The Vegetarian Grill 200 Recipes for Flame Kissed Meals by Andrea Chesman

Celebrate Lavender Festival Cookbook

Try these recipes and email us how you like them!

• Wild New Brunswick Strawberry Salad with Pepper Toasted Parmesan Crisps and Blueberry Dressing
• Roasted Vegetable Stacks

Val mentioned her friend, John Lingle's cookbook now out of print. However, here is a link to some of the recipes.

Check out John's website for a wide selection of herb plants shipped directly to your home.

• Orange Cleaner for the grill
• The Luminarium - warm up a bit on a cool evening

 

Listener Emails

• Christine from NY shared this hilarious video of a Minneapolis Pizza Delivery man who drives a gizmo electric car wearing tights and a cape. The ringer? He came to the rescue of a victim of crime.
• Doug sent a big Thank You to everyone who participated in the Lancaster Relay for Life. They met and exceeded their goal of $1 million for Breast Cancer research. Wahoo!
• Allison, a new listener, sent us an email to introduce us to her eco-handbag line, aGaiN. They're gorgeous! Check them out at www.againnyc.com
• Tom, a long time listener in Japan, sent us an article how Japan is trying to cut down on plastic bags. Yeah!
• Craig is struggling to find hemp jeans in South Africa. Turns out Hemp in Afrikaans means shirt so it turns up a bazillion (yes, with a b) results when Googled. Any one out there who can help?
• Caroline in NH (thanks for the 5 star review in iTunes!), sent us several links regarding organic farming, goats milk and the like. Here are a few for you all to check out: www.findarticles.com.
  To find a farm in your area check out one of our favorite sites www.localharvest.org and to find out more about the plight of the American farmer check out nonais.org
• Rachel is a new listener (welcome!) and put us up to a one week challenge of going Vegetarian. We're working toward it Rachel! She shared a band that she likes very much called A Perfect Circle. Here's their web site.
• Canadian listener Burridge.C (can you share your real first name?) sent us an interesting bit of info on a company called Enertia Builiding Systems that build homes that heat and cool themselves without fuel or electricity. The technology is fully explained at www.EnergyWithoutOil.org.