More Hip Than Hippie #119 - Falloween
Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Salt Spring Porter from Gulf Islands Brewery sent in by listener Cindy
Chocolate: Olivia Perfection sent in by Alvin from Singapore
Hip News and Finds
Finds:
- More Hip t-shirts on sale! If you haven't ordered a More Hip Than Hippie t-shirt, then now is the time!
All More Hip T-shirts are marked down and priced to sell - order yours today!
- Fair Trade Trick-or-Treating. Check out the Fair Trade Trick or Treat Action Kit, complete
with fair trade chocolate, Halloween postcards, and Mexican party streamers.
News:
- It's a step in the right direction, right? President Bush has urged the
nations set goals to curb greenhouse gas emissions, but stops short
of accepting mandatory curbs set out in an existing U.N. accord.
- Wal-Mart works to reduce CO2 emissions. Wal-Mart has joined forces with the Carbon Disclosure Project to
gauge the CO2 emissions to create seven different product categories sold at its stores.
- Green makeover for Fenway Park. The famous baseball stadium, Fenway Park, is cleaning up its act by
expanding its recycling program, using more energy efficient lighting and equipment, and featuring organic and locally grown foods in the
concession stands.
Teenie Weenie Greenie™
This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ was inspired by listener Kathy and is to just
say no to ATM receipts. If everyone were to taking ATM receipts for a year, we'd save a
roll of paper long enough to circle the Earth 12 times!
Falloween
Are you ready to welcome Fall? Dori and Val give you tips to get your home ready
for the change in seasons. Greenfeet.com has all the products you need to make the
transition eco-friendly.
- Make sure you have plenty of charged, rechargeable batteries available, or pick up
a ShakeLight - no batteries necessary!
- Take time to enjoy a warm cup of tea or coffee. Try the Wisdom Tea Wand and
Wisdom Coffee Wand, which allow you to filter out tea leaves and coffee beans
right from your mug.
- The Limited Edition Halloween ChicoBag will a favorite of green ghosts and goblins. Not
only can it be used year after year, but it hauls an impressive 20 lbs. worth of candy!
BOO! Don't let the thought of finding a Halloween costume scare you, Martha has you
covered. Check out Martha Stewart's 8 no-sew costumes that are creative, easy
to make, and sure to be a hit at all those Halloween parties. Suite101 has great ideas
for eco-minded costumes, like dressing up as global
warming or a compact fluorescent light bulb.
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!
- She'll be jammin'. Beth is really excited about attending JamCruise,
a week-long music festival that takes place on a cruise ship. It's a great event that strives to be as green as possible. A few
years ago, they partnered with Trees for the Future, and for every $10 donated
by a cruiser, 100 trees are planted to offset the CO2 of the cruise. JamCruise is also working with Blue Sun Biodiesel to develop a biodiesel fuel for
the ship this year.
- Stay static-free. New listener Michele wanted to let everyone know about Static Eliminator, chemical-free dryer sheets
that work great!
- Take the 2 Mile Challenge. Mike heard about Cliff Bar promoting the 2 Mile Challenge and thought it was pretty cool. The
challenge promotes riding your bike for trips under two miles. Check out 2MileChallenge.com
where you can map your two mile radius and sign up for the challenge.
- Powered by the sun. Shayna sent along an article about the first solar electric bike.
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