Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Raspberry Trail Ale by the Marin Brewing Company in Larkspur, CA

Chocolate: A Russian Chocolate sent in by listener Colin

Finds:

• Jack Johnson. We already loved singer/songwriter Jack Johnson, and now we love him even more! Check out this short video about the making of his latest album Sleep Through The Static, which includes a tour of his eco-friendly studio that is made from reclaimed wood and is solarpowered.
• Supermarket Decoder Ring. Ok, so it's not really a ring, but a recent Ideal Bite gave tips for spotting organic fruits and veggies at the market. It's all in the little number stickers on the produce. A four-digit number means it was conventionally grown. A five-digit number starting with 9 means it's organic. A five-digit number starting with 8 means it's genetically modified.
• Speaking of those stickers on fruit. . . Artist Barry Snyder uses the produce stickers found at your grocery store to create detailed artworks.

• A trashy lawsuit. Eddie House, a resident of San Carlos, California, reduced his waste to nearly zero out of concern for the environment. How was he rewarded? With a lawsuit for canceling his trash service. The city of San Carlos says that House broke the city's municipal code requiring all residential properties to contract with Allied Waste for pickup at least once a week. Ridiculous if you ask us.
• Yes, please. As if his ruggedly handsome good looks weren't enough to win your heart, Brad Pitt started the Make It Right organization building affordable, sustainable homes in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. Now, there's buzz that Mr. Pitt might be interested in running for Mayor of New Orleans.

Are you printer-friendly? This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ was sent in by Russell and deals with reducing the amount of printer ink and paper you use. He discovered GreenPrint, a free-to-download application that helps you save paper and printer ink by removing unwanted logos, banners, and orphaned pages that waste your ink cartridge. The best part? It tracks the pages you've saved so you can see the amount of waste you've cut out.

Nuclear power has been emerging as a main issue in the U.S. Presidential election. Dori and Val dive head first into the topic and examine arguments both for and against the use of nuclear energy.

CoopAmerica.org examines the argument against nuclear energy in 10 Strikes Against Nuclear Power. Check out WiseGeek.com for an overview of the argument for the use of nuclear power.

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!

• Home is where the heart is. Christine in NY was fascinated when she read about a woman whose home is made entirely from of found objects.
• Help a Hipster out! Michele sent along one of her blog posts spreading the word about More Hip Than Hippie. For every 1000 views she gets paid $10, so click here and help her out!
• A couple things. Celeste in Saratoga sent along a couple of interesting links. The first is to the Coopers Microbrewery Kit that includes everything you need to brew your own beer. The other link is an article about a Michigan high school student who converted his 1988 Mazda pick up to run off electricity.
• Find your green career. Alison was interested to see what Dori and Val thought of Green Career Central. For $79 per year, you can access hundreds of green job postings, discussion forums, and tests that help you identify your niche in the green job market.

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