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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