More Hip Than Hippie #125 - The Green Festival

Dori and Val recap their adventures at the Green Festival in San Francisco.

Beer and Chocolate

Beer: Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale

Chocolate: Organic Double Dark Truffle 60% by Terra Nostra Chocolates

Hip News and Finds

Finds:

• Val's a star! Val was featured as an Entrepreneur Mom in the latest edition of Working Mother Magazine.
• Mmm. . . ham soda. This holiday season Jones Soda will be coming out with holiday-themed limited edition packs of flavored soda. The Christmas pack includes flavors like sugar plum, Christmas tree, egg nog, and Christmas ham. Kosher? No problem. Just pick up the Hanukkah pack with flavors like jelly doughnut, apple sauce, chocolate coins, and latkes soda.

Hip News:

• Key to energy and climate. The International Energy Agency predicts that India and China will account for around 45% of the increase in global primary energy demand through 2030.

 

Teenie Weenie Greenie™

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ deals with disposing of leftover medications. New advice suggests mixing your old medicines with used cat litter. It's better for the environment than flushing and it renders medicines too yucky to try if children, pets, or drug abusers find them in the trash.

The Green Festival and More

While at the Green Festival in San Francisco, Dori and Val met a lot of people and discovered some amazing green companies. Below are some of their favorites:

• Plug it in! One of Val's favorite booths was all about plug-in cars. Learn more at PluginAmerica.org.
• Eco-friendly holiday cards. Check out Green Field Paper Company for your green holiday cards. Choose from designs made with recycled paper, hemp, or Grow-A-Note, which are imbedded with seeds and can be planted.
• Cute, cuddly, and eco-friendly. Meet the Earth Friends, ragdolls made from natural and recycled materials. Check out their website at TheEarthFriends.com.
• World Centric. Check out WorldCentric.org, a non-profit organization working to reduce economic injustice and environmental degradation through education, community networks & sustainable enterprises.
• New magazine. Positively Green is a new magazine focused on women going green.
• Wrap 'em up! Moby Wrap Baby Carriers are baby carriers in organic cotton that are more comfortable to wear and eco-friendly too!
• Beware of the monster. Have a laugh at Andy, creator of the ChicoBag, dressed as the plastic bag monster and scaring folks around San Francisco.

 

10 Great Green Opportunities. If you're looking for an eco-friendly job, opportunities are popping up across almost every industry. E Magazine lays out 10 of these new green opportunities and some industry contacts if you're interested.

1. Green Globetrotters: Travel and Hospitality. Contact the International Ecotourism Society and the Green Hotels Association.
2. Sustainability Stewards: Planning and Land Use. Contact the American Planning Association and the International City/County Management Association.
3. Complementary Care: Health and Medicine. Contact Dr. Matthew Fisel, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Creative Wellness.
4. Power Pushers: Energy and Renewables. Contact Greenjobs and the Apollo Alliance.
5. Planet Protectors: Legal Careers. Contact Lewis & Clark Law School and Earthjustice.
6. Green Geeks: Information Technology. Contact EcoVentures International.
7. Eco Educators: Green Learning. Contact the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education and the Presidio School of Management.
8. Better Builders: Design and Construction. Contact the U.S. Green Building Council and Amsterdam Village.
9. Improving Industry: Corporate Social Responsibility. Contact the Social Venture Network.
10. Organic Occupations: Food and Farming. Contact WWOOF, the Northeast Organic Farming Association, and Albert's Organics.

 

Listener Emails

Once again, we have a bunch of great listener emails. Keep 'em rolling in at hip@greenfeet.com. And don't forget to post articles, links, and speak your mind at our MHTH forum!

• Canada, eh? While on a recent trip to Canada, Natalie found a great shirt that reminded her of Dori and Val, see the above picture. Check out all her pictures on her blog.
• Problem of poop and plastic. Rick was wondering how to avoid plastic bags when it comes to picking up after your pet. Try the BioBag Dog Waste Bags which are 100% compostable and biodegradable.
• Bike blog. Listener Leslie in New York has pledged to do 75% of her solo traveling by bike. Follow her adventures on her blog at Biketrekking.blogspot.com.

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