More Hip than Hippie - Snap, Crackle, Pop - The Health and Environmental Impact of Fireworks
This week we explode!
No, not really - actually, we discuss fireworks and their impact on our personal health and the environment. Who knew? Dori and I chat about our "mission: bring your own take out box" and we read email. Tune in!

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Beer and Chocolate:
Beer: Anchor Steam Ale. Recommended by Kellie (ding ding) from San Francisco.

Chocolate: The Chocolate Traveler. It's a tin with wedges of Bittersweet Chocolate. Yum!

Finds & Hip News:

• If you are a carnivore, check out www.eatwild.com for news and sources of grass fed meat. If you're not, ignore this find and move on!
• Design-e2 is a cool website with a whole section devoted to green design. Subscribe to their video and audio podcasts - they cover topics such as 'green apple', 'the green machine' and others. You can view them at www.design-e2.com
• Ever written on paper made from Elephant Dung? Neither have we. But, it may be in your future. Val is looking into carrying it through Greenfeet.com, but in the meantime, see how it's made and the mission of the organization dedicated to saving their native elephants.
• Earth is having a temper tantrum - and the heat is rising!
• Any self respecting beer lover needs to read this.
• Val about had a cow when Dori shared this one. If anyone buys one, well, we don't want to know about it.

Shout-Outs:
We wanna give a big shout out to Tara for mentioning us on her blog and to Doug Pilgrim for doing the same. We appreciate it!

 

Fireworks - Snap, Crackle, Pop - The Health and Environmental Impact of Fireworks
Attention: This recall for "Thunderstick Rocket" Fireworks just released as they are a serious explosion hazard. Read the entire Press Release from the CPSC (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission).

This week we discussed how fireworks affect both our health and our environment. We were both surprised with what we found.

• If you want to learn how Pyrotechnics are made, visit the website of a PBS show called Kaboom. The show was made several years ago, but the information is great. You can learn about the periodic table of elements to the actual design of a commercial firework rocket. You can even learn how they demolish buildings through implosion.
• Read about Disney's advancement in air launch technology (yes, this is from 2004).
• The American Pyrotechnics Association

Listener Emails

• Our new listener forum is very active - Thank You! We hope you are all enjoying it as much as we are. If you haven't registered, do it now!
• Michael and several other listeners were quick to inform us of a possible impending chocolate shortage due to a trio of plant diseases. Here's a link to the podcast version of the NPR story.
• Another Michael shared a story about Peugeot developing a diesel racecar for the 2007 Le Mans classic. Fantastico! Hereâ??s the scoop: www.autoblog.com
• Guess what? According to ABC, a new study by Indian scientists say coffee could provide shield from radiation. Just don't let the cockroaches get a hold of that information.

See ya next week!

 

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