Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Blue Star wheat beer from North Coast Brewing

Chocolate: Riga Dark Chocolate from listener Janet

Finds:

• Makes you wonder. . . The new 7 wonders of the world were named after over 90 million votes were cast online.

• Beijing cleans up its act. Beijing will ban a million cars from the streets for two weeks as a test-run to ensure clear air at next year's Olympics.

What impact is voluntary car idling having on you, your family, and the planet? An idling engine produces twice as many exhaust emissions as an engine in a moving vehicle. Not only does it negatively effect the environment, but it also can impact your health. Find out more and what you can do to decrease your voluntary idling time by clicking the links below.

• Anti-Idling Primer from Hinkle Charitable Foundation
• School Bus Diesel Campaign by the Sierra Club
• Turn It Off by the New Jersey Environmental Lobby

Did you know that idling for just 5 minutes a day wastes one cup of gas? This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ is to monitor your idling while driving for one week, and then develop solutions to decrease your overall idle time.

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!

• Call to action. Patrick has created a petition urging the Postmaster General to require all Post Offices to provide recycling bins for junk mail and paper waste received in P.O. Boxes. Click here to sign up.
• Way-to-go Oregon! Nev found a great article about Oregon Craft Beer Month.
• Listen up, grownups! Colin and his son Carrick created another short film called "A Message for Grownups".
• An organic dilemma. Sharon thought it was interesting that many organic food businesses are having to source their products globally.

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