Dori and Val talk about how you can save some cash while you save the Earth. There's a coupod in this episode so listen closely!

Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Censored Rich Copper Ale by Lagunitas Brewing Company

Chocolate: Organic Dark Chocolate with Orange and Fig by Seeds of Change

Finds:

• Hipster Hero. Christine wanted to everyone to know about her Hipster Hero, Dan Phillips. Dan set out to house the working poor by keeping usable building materials out of the landfill. He builds houses of a town's discarded materials.
• Squares only. Japanese farmers have started growing square watermelons, which are space-saving in small Japanese groceries. To get the square shape, farmers simply grow the watermelons in a square box.
• Go fly a kite! Beluga Skysails, a commercial cargo ship, completed their first trip using giant kites as auxiliary power. The shipping company plans to give 20% of the fuel savings directly to the crew as an incentive.
• Want to win 10 million dollars? The Progressive Automotive X Prize international competition is designed to inspire a new generation of viable, super fuel-efficient vehicles. The winner gets a $10 million prize purse.

• Bushwhacked. President Bush has ordered the EPA to weaken new Ozone standards.
• Soak up the sun. Several companies are investigating the use of solar cells built into US roads to create energy.
• Simply Green. JCPenney joined up with Danny Seo to create their new private label Simply Green, eco-friendly merchandise from apparel to home accessories.
• Hannah Lead-tana. The Center for Environmental Health has reported high levels of lead found in a series of Hannah Montana products sold at Wal-Mart.
• Green Madness. 24 schools in the NCAA men's basketball tournament have signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, pledging to go carbon neutral.

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ comes from Cassi and is a great way to reduce your electricity usage. She took outlet covers and covered one or more outlets in most of the pair or quad outlets in the high use areas around her house. Rather than have her toaster, coffee maker, and cell phone charger all plugged in at once, it forces her to make a choice and plug in one or the other. It also cuts down on the things she has to go around unplugging when they are leaving the house for an extended period of time.

Dori and Val talk about how you can save some cash while you go green. For more tips check out Michael Bluejay's tips for saving electricity and The Green Guide. Be sure to surf by Greenfeet.com to find some of the products mentioned in the show!

• Eco-friendly Lighting
• Deodorant Stone
• RoadRunner low flow showerhead
• Happy to Serve You reusable coffee mug
• Stainless Steel Coffee Mug
• Air Filter Whistle

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!

• Calling all Aussies! Mark in Perth, Western Australia wanted to let all the other Aussies out there know about Choice.com.au. It's a website that tests the performance and energy efficiency of different products.
• Doug sent along an article about mercury in CFL's.
• Get your blog on. Check out Myssi's blog at Smartdame.blogspot.com.

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Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Butte Creek Organic Hop IPA

Chocolate: Equal Exchange Organic Very Dark Chocolate 71%

Finds:

• Music to our ears. A recent article from the New York Times featured 2 styles of eco-friendly MP3 players.

• The Queen of Green. In her annual Commonwealth Day message, Queen Elizabeth urged the 2 billion people that comprise the Commonwealth to come together in defense of the environment.
• Put me in Coach. Major League Baseball has announced the creation of a Team Greening Program. The program coordinates environmentally sound practices pursued by each team in the league.

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ is to create your own lending library at work. Set aside a shelf or box where employees can bring in books they've finished reading.

With World Water Day just around the corner (March 22), Dori and Val talk about water and sanitation. Find out more about this topic by checking out the links below.

• Investing in Sanitation is a Gold Mine
• 10 Things You Need to Know About Sanitation
• Sanitation and Hygiene Improvement Training
• International Year of Sanitation 2008
• WASH-In-School Initiative

Recently, Val took a trip down to Los Angeles for a trade show. Check below for other links from Val's trip.

• Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market
• Fresh & Easy Market environmental statement
• Belmont Brewing

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!

• Baby Blues. Rachel in Texas sent along one of her favorite comic strips (above), Baby Blues.
• Taking ownership. Kellie sent in a great chart from the Consumerist.com that outlines which major food corporations own which organic brands.
• An OASIS. Kristi was excited to hear about the creation of OASIS, the first standard to certify organic cosmetics in the US.
• Fossil Fool's. Michelle had a laugh when she heard about Co-Op America's Fossil Fool of the Year. Place your vote for the worst Fossil Fool of the year and you could win a year's worth of renewable energy credits.

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Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Full Sail LTD

Chocolate: Chocolove Organic Dark Chocolate 61% Cocoa Content

Finds:

• No bones about it. Ellen DeGeneres recently purchased Halo, a well known natural pet food company, and plans to produce her own brand of pet food. You can learn more about the company at HaloPets.com.
• A cut above. One product that will definitely be on all our wish lists this year is the Husqvarna Automower, the world's first solar/electric hybrid robot lawnmower.

• Off to a promising start. Infinia, a clean energy start up company, has raised $50 million in financing to further develop their clean energy technology. The utility-scale renewable energy technology combines a Stirling engine (which converts heat into electricity) with a large solar collector.
• You might be blown away. Denmark-based Vestas Wind Systems, the world's largest wind-turbine maker, officially opened its first U.S. manufacturing plant just outside of Windsor, Colorado.
• Coal cool down. Grist.org has a great article that brings together several threads into what they call a web of Really Bad News for coal.
• Energy Star cleans up washers. Energy Star will be beefing up the standards ofor washing machines.

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ was sent in by Malie in Germany. She wanted to recommend Interflush, a flushing device for toilets that lets you use only the water you need. The toilet only flushes when the handle is held down, and stops when the handle is released. They say it can save up to 47% of the water normally used for flushing. Another option for decreasing amount of water you waste flushing is to put a container, or some other object that takes up space, in the tank of your toilet.

Dori and Val talk about tips for greening up your refrigerator. Check the links below more information on greening your current fridge and buying a new one.

• Perish the Thought - tips for greening you fridge from Grist.org
• Consumer guide to minimize energy consumption of your refrigerator
• Ease up on fossil fuels with green refrigerator
• Green Buying Guide: Refrigerators

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!

• Whiskey river? Brian sent an article about how researchers in Scotland are using a by-product of whiskey to clean contaminated ground and waste water.
• A good cause. Catherine wanted everyone to know about Goods4Girls, an organization that donates new cloth, reusable menstrual pads to girls and women in Africa.
• Why are we not surprised? Patrick sent an article from Forbes about how child labor is being used in India to produce genetically modified seeds.
• Oh baby! Jamie and her husband are expecting their first baby and wanted to share a great book she found with all the other expecting parents out there. It's called Raising Baby Green: The Earth Friendly Guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care. And Congratulations to Jamie and her husband on expecting their first Teenie Weenie Greenie!

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Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: West Coast IPA from the Green Flash Brewing Co.

Chocolate: Vermont Nut Free Chocolate sent in by listener Celeste

Finds:

• Shout out! Big thanks to the Our Green Babysteps blog for mentioning MHTH!
• Bam! Emeril goes green. Celebrity Chef Emeril Lagasse will be hosting a new show on the Discovery Channel called Emeril Green. For the show, Emeril will shoot on location at Whole Foods Market stores across the country.

• Arizona to become solar hotspot. Spanish company Abengoa Solar is planning on turning 3 square miles of desert in Arizona into one of the world's largest solar power plants.
• Are they kidding? The EPA has justified blocking California and other states from cracking down on auto emissions by saying that the problem of global warming is not unique to one state.

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ is to reuse your old sweaters. You can cut off the sleeves and use the body of the sweater to make a laptop sleeve. Just sew a straight seam across the bottom. You can then use one of the sleeves, cut a small section off and use it as a coffee cup cozy.

Tom Barrett, VP at Richard Heath and Associates here in Chico, stops by the patio to chat with Dori and Val about biofuels. Check below for more information about biofuels.

• California Biomass Energy Alliance
• California Biomass Collaborative administered by the University of California, Davis and sponsored by the California Energy Commission
• Biomass to Energy
• Department of Energy (DOE) Biomass Program
• Biomass Energy Basics
• Alternative Energy News
• Biofuels Journal
• Natural Resourced Defense Council
• NRDC Report on Ethanol Studies
• American Coalition for Ethanol
• Ethanol Producers Magazine
• Make Alcohol Fuel by Lynn Ellen Doxon
• "Grow Your Own Fuel. BioFuel's Gain Interest As Gas Prices Rise" - Work-At-Home Business Opportunities Weblog
• Is ethanol energy-efficient? Journey To Forever website

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!

• Which is greener? Jenny is a knitter and was wondering which is greener: cotton or wool yarn?
• Peddle power. New listener Cassi sent a link to a video of Shift2Bikes, a group of bike riders moving an entire house - lawn chairs, sofa, even a boat.
• Green take-out containers. Katie sent a link to Opal Divines, a restaurant and pub in Austin, Texas that uses take out containers made from sustainable materials. They have also partnered with Austin Energy GreenChoice to start purchase alternative energy.
• Tracking toxins in toys. Charlie sent in an article about two bills up for consideration in Maine. The bills would require toy manufacturers to flag the use of certain chemicals in their products.
• Paper vs. Styrofoam cups. Shayna sent along an article that asks the question, Which is the greener choice: paper or styrofoam cups?

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