Jennifer Arbuckle, the Recycling Diva, stops by to talk about the do's and don'ts of recycling.

Beer: Samuel Smith's Organic Ale

Chocolate: Citron & Poivre extra fine dark chocolate with lemon and black pepper by Chocolat Frey.

Finds:

• More Hip t-shirts on sale! If you haven't ordered a More Hip Than Hippie t-shirt, then now is the time! All More Hip T-shirts are marked down and priced to sell - order yours today!
• BOO! Place your order for the limited edition Halloween ChicoBag.
• Lots of Lefty's. According to a recent study, the number of left-handed people is increasing.
• Stick with Your Beliefs! Ditch the super glue for the much more earth-friendly Eco-Glue.
• Cradle-to-Cradle. Products with Cradle-to-Cradle certification have an overall design that takes into the consideration the entire life cycle of the product.

• Phasing out ozone-killers. Almost 200 countries have agreed to speed up the elimination of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC's).
• Lights out in San Francisco. An organization called Lights Out San Francisco is asking city residents and businesses to install CFL's and turn out all unnecessary lights from 8-9 PM on Saturday October 20th.

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ is to just say no to the phone book! Did you know that 10% of our landfills are old phone books? Try calling your phone company and see if they have a list that you can be removed from. If not, ask who prints the phone book and call them. If you can't stop the delivery of the phone book, make sure you recycle them!

Jennifer Arbuckle, the Recycling Diva, stops by the patio to discuss the do's and don'ts of recycling. Check out Co-op America's list of 21 Things You Didn't Know You Could Recycle.

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!

• Pollution deaths. Kristi sent along a recent study conducted by Cornell University concluding that pollution is responsible for 40% of the planet's death toll.
• Save the tress! Raz wanted to let us know about Eco-Libris, a new business that lets book readers balance out the paper used for their books by planting trees.
• Plastic-free. CB wanted everyone to know about EnviroWoman's Plastic-Free Challenge. She's been plastic-free for almost 9 months now!
• Earth-friendly sealant. Chuck is looking for a low VOC sealant for his basement floor. Val's a fan of the water-based AFM Safe Coat.

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Amy Tucker, Inventor of the Xeko trading card game, calls in for an interview.

Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Kill Ugly Radio Ale from Lagunitas Brewing Co. in Petaluma, CA

Chocolate: Ginger crystallized in dark chocolate from Chocolove.

Finds:

• More Hip t-shirts on sale! If you haven't ordered a More Hip Than Hippie t-shirt, then now is the time! All More Hip T-shirts are marked down and priced to sell - order yours today!
• BOO! Place your order for the limited edition Halloween ChicoBag.
• Sun in a jar? Check out the Sun Jar - a jar with LED lights inside that are charged by solar power.
• Welcome back! A triumphant return of the essential oil of the week. The return was inspired by Aromatherapy Thymes magazine that Val picked up last weekend.
• Essential Oil: Black Pepper. Click here for information and recipes for black pepper essential oil. Warning for moms-to-be: Avoid black pepper essential oil while pregnant.

• Try again, Fred Thompson. Fred Thompson explained his position on climate change in a rather humorous way during an interview with Paul Harvey.
• A victory for industrial hemp. California Legislature recently passed the Industrial Hemp Bill for the second time in two years. Up next? The office of Governor Schwarzenegger.
• Judge rejects carmakers' carbon lawsuit. A federal judge ruled that states can regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles to the dismay of the auto industry who claimed it was a power of the federal government.

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ is to cut down on waste, as well as use of toxic chemicals, by saying no to doubles at the photo shop, unless you really plan to use them. Instead of doubles, save the negatives that come with your prints, or archive your photos digitally. That way you can make reproductions later for images you really want.

Amy Tucker, Inventor of the Xeko trading card game, calls in for an interview. The game is not only fun and educational, but the company is very eco-friendly. All the cards are printed on 100% recycled paper with soy inks. Xeko even has a recycling program that recycles the wrappers of their products. Now that's closing the loop!

Be sure to surf by Xeko.com - it's a wonderful, interactive website with tons of information and fun!

Order your Xeko game sets at Greenfeet.com. Keep an eye out for the release of Xeko Mission: Indonesia - Coming Soon to Greenfeet!

We've Been Nomiated!

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!

• We love Sierra Nevada! Diana thought we'd be excited to hear that Sierra Nevada is going off the grid.
• The Village. Fiona wrote in to tell us about the great eco-minded community she lives in, called The Village. It's located in Ireland and is being developed by a group of people who are committed to ecological, social, and economical sustainability.
• Great new blog. Jessica has started her own blog called Moms Living Green. Check it out!
• Sustainable knitting needles. Laura in Michigan wanted to spread the word about her favorite sustainable knitting needles made from birch wood, Brittany Knitting Needles.
• A platform for social good. Sara is a big fan of Razoo, a community united around making a positive difference in the world.
• Salt water as fue? Sarabadera sent us a link on myspace about a man who figured out how to burn salt water, raising questions about the use of salt water as fuel.
• Videos from Colin, Carrick, and Gareth. Check out their YouTube webpage for all their eco-minded videos.

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Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Eeel River Brewing Organic Amber Ale

Chocolate: Bayano dark chocolate 70% with cacao nibs and cinnamon oil from Seeds of Change

Finds:

• More Hip t-shirts on sale! If you haven't ordered a More Hip Than Hippie t-shirt, then now is the time! All More Hip T-shirts are marked down and priced to sell - order yours today!
• BOO! Place your order for the limited edition Halloween ChicoBag.
• DIY from Danny Seo. Check out Danny Seo's blog for instructions on how to make curly ribbons for gift giving from old magazines.
• Serious Materials. Serious Materials makes eco-friendly building materials and recently received a GoingGreen award.

• Convicts go green. Convicts at a Norwegian prison are serving time by working to decrease their carbon footprint. The inmates recycle their waste and install solar panels to make the facility more eco-friendly.

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ is to make a commitment to yourself to be informed. Then make the decision that you feel comfortable with and feel good about it. A good example of this would be to purchase locally grown grapes instead of ones flown in from thousands of miles away.

Has all the news about global warming got you down? Cheer up - you are making a difference! Don't believe us? Check out the links below - they'll lift your spirits!

• The Good Environmental News Page
• Progress with the Montreal Protocol
• Good News from Patigonia.com
• Attention shoppers: Fayetteville, AR - new sustainability hotspot?
• Coca-Cola takes on environmental initiatives
• Global Bird Conservation Effort Lifts Off

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!

• Have to see it to believe it. Longtime listener Brian sent in a link some interesting pictures of waste - such as the number of plastic bags used in the US every five seconds.
• A couple of links. Derek sent in a couple of links. The first is for NatureClean toxin-free cleaning solutions. The other link is for an enlightening article about green cars and how it's illegal to sell them in some states.
• Shout out! We just want to give a big shout out and thank you to Neurotica Girl for mentioning us on her blog.
• Don't label me! Thanks to Galina for sending in a link to My Brand New Life, an article about an English man who removed all branded products from his life for a year.
• Beware of microwave popcorn. Patrick sent along an article about the danger of microwave popcorn fumes.

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Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: Redbridge beer made with sorgum

Chocolate: Organic Milk Chocolate with Key Lime by Endagered Species

Hip News and Finds

Finds:

• More Hip t-shirts on sale! If you haven't ordered a More Hip Than Hippie t-shirt, then now is the time! All More Hip T-shirts are marked down and priced to sell - order yours today!
• BOO! Place your order for the limited edition Halloween ChicoBag.
• Knit up something special. The recent toy recalls have many parents worried about what their kids are being exposed to. KnittingDaily.com offers new patterns for handmade toys, so lead in the paint is not an issue.
• They're moms, and they're angry. Two Angry Moms is a documentary about two moms who are "fed-up" with the poor quality of their children's school lunches.
• Check it out. FixingThePlanet.com is a new one-stop resource for sustainable living put together by one of our favorite guys - Ed Begley Jr.
• Is a flood coming? Climate Appraisal Services is a new online service that will tell you if your home will be submerged by water due to climate change in the next century.

• Have you sinned against the planet? Whether you have some residual guilt from not recycling that newspaper the other day or neglecting to carbon offset your recent vacation, you can now ease your soul and rest your mind. Festival-goers attending the Waveney Greenpeace festival will have a chance to confess green sins to a priest.
• Congratulations, Dirk. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has been awarded the Rubber Dodo award by the Center for Biological Diversity in honor going one year and 90 days without listing a new species as endangered or threatened.
• Bravo, Starbucks. Starbucks has vowed to be rBGH-free by the end of 2007. The cows of America thank you.
• Climate Compromise. Rough targets have been agreed upon after a weeklong U.N. climate conference. 158 countries were in attendance.

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ comes from Katie in Portland, OR. Her family had a shrinky dink party and made reusable gift tags for the whole family. By making reusable tags, you can reduce the waste created from gift giving.

Mike Tidwell calls the patio from Takoma Park, Maryland to talk to Dori and Val about how to start your own home energy revolution.

With a budget of $7,500, Mike Tidwell set out to cut his household CO2 emissions by 80 percent. By making changes such as installing a corn burning stove, switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs, line drying clothes, and investing in an extremely high efficiency refridgerator, he was able to cut his family's electricity use by 52%. For more tips, check out his organization the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and ClimateEmergency.org for those living outside the Maryland and D.C. area.

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!

• Veggie-fest! Liz and Scott just wanted to remind everyone that October 1st is World Vegetarian Day.
• The world without us. Mr. Designer found WorldWithoutUs.com, which shows the effects humankind will have on the earth long after we're gone.
• For pets with a sophisticated style. Check out Grand Cru Whiner and Diner pet dishes, elevated pet dishes made from recycled wooden wine crates.

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