More Hip Than Hippie #135 - I'm Eating a Clone

Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Sonoma Farmhouse Hop Stoopid Ale from Lagunitas Brewing Co.

Chocolate: Dark Chocolate with pumpkinseeds by Choco-Lina sent in by Greenneck Laura

Hip News and Finds

Finds:

• Get more from your food. Check out this list of weird uses for food around the house and discover how milk can combat ink stains.
• Find your Temple. Temple the Zen Compound is the greenest nightclub in world and is located in San Francisco. Future plans for the nightclub include installing a Piezoelectric dance floor that harnesses dancers' energy and converts it into electricity. Too cool.

Hip News:

• "Paper or plastic?" a thing of the past? Grocers are rethinking plastic bags and many might follow in the footsteps of Whole Foods, who recently announced plans to do away with plastic bags all together.
• Winter X Games go for the green. This year, the Winter X Games will encourage attendees to go green by using cups and plates made from corn plastic, composting leftovers, and turning the grease from the kitchen into biofuel to power the buses and snowcats.
• Stop and smell the roses. Sam's club will now offer customers Fair Trade Certified flowers.

Teenie Weenie Greenie™

Are you ready to buy a plug-in electric car vehicle that gets 100+ mpg? This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ comes from Co-Op America and is to take action to bring plug-in electric vehicles to the market by joining the Adopt-a-Dealer effort. You can download the Adopt-a-Dealer Toolkit and start a conversation with your local car dealer. The toolkit provides you with talking points, sample letters, and a step-by-step guide to get your campaign on the road.

I'm Eating a Clone

The FDA recently announced that they found no evidence of risks in food from healthy cloned animals and their offspring. We're not completely convinced, so Dori and Val decided to investigate a little more. Listen in to hear what they found out. Check out the links below for more information.

• Illustration of how cloning works.
• About.com - Food from Clones is Safe, but Farmers Shouldn't Sell It.
• USDA recommends that food from clones stay off the market.

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!

• Wormzilla! Michele sent along this juicy article about the giant Palouse earthworm just for Dori. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is trying to get the mammoth worm endangered species status.
• Dryer drama. Alison has gone 6 months without a dryer and was looking for a good clothesline that doesn't require poles to hang. Val recommends Mrs. Pegg's Handy Line and the Cord-O-Clip automated clothes line.
• First green homeless shelter opens. Kellie sent an article about the East Oakland Community Project, the nation's first green homeless shelter. The 125-bed shelter will utilize solar power to supply electricity and water-based hydronic heaters for warmth.
• Wal-Mart Social Manifesto. Brian sent in an article that details a recent speech made by the CEO of Wal-Mart, H. Lee Scott Jr.. The speech laid out the company's plans for tackling several environmental and health issues.

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More Hip Than Hippie #134 - Visit with a ChicoEco Activist

Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Sierra Nevada ESB

Chocolate: Some type of chocolate with almonds by United Confectioners sent in by Brent and Tracy in Wisconsin who picked it up while in Russia to adopt their first child. Thanks, and more importantly, CONGRATULATIONS on the new addition to your family!

Hip News and Finds

Finds:

• Pop it! What's more fun than bubble wrap? Virtual Bubblewrap! Our only advice is to make sure the sound on your computer is turned up because the popping sound is half the fun!

Hip News:

• We still don't really want to eat it. The FDA has found no safety risks in the meat from healthy cloned cows, pigs, or goats or milk from cloned cows or their offspring.
• Give it up for Google. Google has announced its core initiatives to combat climate change, poverty, and other emerging threats.
• Changes at Safeway. Safeway has announced that they will run its U.S. fleet of trucks on biofuel.

 

Teenie Weenie Greenie™

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ comes from Ines in Connecticut. If you're comfortable that the dish washing soap you use when hand washing dishes is non-toxic, then skip rinsing and just dry it off with a towel. You'll save water!

Visit with a ChicoEco Activist Nani Teves of ChicoEco.org stops by the patio for a chat. Nani is a Chico, California resident who was inspired by Al Gore's famous documentary An Inconvenient Truth and decided to make a difference in her community.

 

Nani got in contact with a local environmental activist group and, with the help of the organization's webmaster, started ChicoEco.org. ChicoEco is an online community that encourages Chico residents and neighbors to share what they're doing to live more sustainably. People can post upcoming eco-events, find local green businesses, and read environmental news.

One project Nani developed is designed to encourage people to bike more often. Since she lives on a bike route, she created a Bike Station. The station has a sitting bench she got for free and a box that houses a battery operated air pump, patches, and tools for changing a flat. What a brilliant idea! And be sure to check out the projects section for other great ideas to green your community.

Listener Emails

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• Recycling made easy. Ines discovered a cool compartmentalized recycling bin at the Container Store. It looks like a regular step-on trash can, but inside it has three different compartments for plastic, glass, and cans.
• Biodegradable foil? Veggy Liz in NYC just got back from her honeymoon in the UK and was seriously impressed by all the eco-friendly things she discovered during her two week trip. One of her favorite discoveries was energy bars wrapped in biodegradable foil.
• Did you know? Shayna sent along an article about 21 Things You Didn't Know You Can Recycle.
• Are you a Texan looking for an electric car? Kristi wanted to let all the Texans out there know that she has a relative who is selling an '81 Escort that was factory converted to run off electricity.
• Spider milking. Dori and Val still won't go there, but Mike sent along a video of spider milking. Also, check out what Mike is building, a shipping container house.

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More Hip Than Hippie #133 - Green Tech from the CES

Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Maudite Ale from Unibroue Brewery in Canada, sent in by Mr. Designer

Chocolate: Newman's Own Sweet Dark Chocolate Orange

Hip News and Finds

Finds:

• Art for Conservation. Art for Conservation helps provide financial and printing resources to support artists and photographers pursuing grassroots conservation efforts.
• Rental cars go green. Enterprise, National, and Alamo rental car companies are now offering customers the option of purchasing carbon offsets for their trips.
• Green Dentist in the Bay Area. Listener Cathy wrote in to tell us about where she works Marshall and Martz DDS, a green dentistry practice. Check it out if you're in the Bay Area.
• Earth-friendly water. Check out Earth Friendly Ice Water, whose innovative packaging has less of an impact on the planet.

Hip News:

• She spends WHAT? According to Ecorazzi, Madonna spends $120,000 a year on bottled water.
• Foot in mouth. According to the Carbon Trust, David Beckham has the largest carbon footprint on the planet.
• The world's cheapest car. India's Tata Motors have unveiled the Nano, a four-door subcompact car that will retail for $2,500.

Teenie Weenie Greenie™

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™. is to remember to recycle your old electronics. Check Earth911.org to find recycling facilities near you.

Green Tech at the CES

Dori and Val are highlighting some of the eco-friendly technology coming out of the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. Check 'em out!

• Philips eco-friendly HDTV that is lead-free and uses the same amount of energy as a light bulb
• Fujitsu laptop made with corn plastic
• Green Plug universal power adapter
• Belkin's conserve surge protector
• Cruzin Cooler cooler and electric powered transportation device
• Samsung's LED powered flat panel tv

Listener Emails

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• Disposing of old CFL's. Chantel was wondering how to properly dispose of old CFL's. Check Earth911.org for a facility near you.
• Shout out! Thanks to The Bond Girls blog, who named More Hip Than Hippie their top podcast of 2007!

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More Hip Than Hippie #132 - Frankenfoods

You've asked about it and now we're delivering. Dori and Val discuss genetically engineered foods.

Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Pete Brown's Tribute Ale by Bear Republic Brewery

Chocolate: Green & Blacks Organic Espresso

Hip News and Finds

Finds:

• Open up and say "ahhh". Jiva Dental in Kingston is set to be the UK's first carbon neutral dental surgery facility. Unfortunately, that doesn't make going to the dentist suck any less.

Hip News:

• 2007 in review. According to NBC (and we can't disagree), 2007 will be remembered as the year green went mainstream. Check out the article and find out what we can look forward to in our eco-friendly future.

Teenie Weenie Greenie™

The rough weather this past week in California inspired This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™. Make sure you have an emergency preparedness kit in the case of unexpected weather and power outages. Check with your local Red Cross for a complete list of items for the kit. Some items we recommend are:

• 1 gallon of water per person per day for 3 days
• Flashlight, like the Shakelight
• Plenty of blankets
• Candles and matches and/or a lighter
• A hand crank radio to keep updated

Frankenfoods

There's been plenty of controversy surrounding genetically modified foods, aka GMO's. Listen in as Dori and Val go over GMO 101. Check out the links below for more information about GMO's.

• About.com - What are genetically engineered foods?
• About.com - Are genetically engineered foods healthy?
• About.com - What's For Dinner? Genetically Modified Foods
• FDA.gov - Genetically Engineered Foods: Fears and Facts

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!

• Listen up! Green Neck Laura wrote in about LibriVox.org, a website that takes books in the public domain and has volunteers record them. Then you can download the audio version onto your MP3 player for free! She also started up a blog this year. Check it out at grannyshippiethreads.blogspot.com.
• Canada, Eh? Martin in Canada sent along a link to a thesis paper about the suitability of using popcorn as a packaging material.
• The power of chocolate. Michele sent a link to an article about a truck fueled by chocolate traveling across the Sahara Desert.

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More Hip Than Hippie #131 - Yipee, Yahoo

Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Okocim Porter sent in by Mike from Florida

Chocolate: Ghana 84% dark chocolate by Theo Chocolate

Hip News and Finds

Finds:

• How sweet it is. Honey, a natural antibiotic, is making a comeback in the medical community.

Hip News:

• Cutting lefts loose. In an effort to be more efficient and less wasteful, UPS is working to eliminate left-hand turns. The idling that occurs as delivery drivers wait to make left turns is causing increased pollution and wasting of gas.

Teenie Weenie Greenie™

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ is to set a goal to reduce your energy consumption by 10% this year.

Yipee, Yahoo

Trystan Bass, Senior Editor at Yahoo! calls in for a chat. Check out some of her work at Green.Yahoo.com and her blog Green Picks.

Listener Emails

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