Beer and Chocolate:

Beer: West Coast IPA from the Green Flash Brewing Co.

Chocolate: Vermont Nut Free Chocolate sent in by listener Celeste

Finds:

• Shout out! Big thanks to the Our Green Babysteps blog for mentioning MHTH!
• Bam! Emeril goes green. Celebrity Chef Emeril Lagasse will be hosting a new show on the Discovery Channel called Emeril Green. For the show, Emeril will shoot on location at Whole Foods Market stores across the country.

• Arizona to become solar hotspot. Spanish company Abengoa Solar is planning on turning 3 square miles of desert in Arizona into one of the world's largest solar power plants.
• Are they kidding? The EPA has justified blocking California and other states from cracking down on auto emissions by saying that the problem of global warming is not unique to one state.

This week's Teenie Weenie Greenie™ is to reuse your old sweaters. You can cut off the sleeves and use the body of the sweater to make a laptop sleeve. Just sew a straight seam across the bottom. You can then use one of the sleeves, cut a small section off and use it as a coffee cup cozy.

Tom Barrett, VP at Richard Heath and Associates here in Chico, stops by the patio to chat with Dori and Val about biofuels. Check below for more information about biofuels.

• California Biomass Energy Alliance
• California Biomass Collaborative administered by the University of California, Davis and sponsored by the California Energy Commission
• Biomass to Energy
• Department of Energy (DOE) Biomass Program
• Biomass Energy Basics
• Alternative Energy News
• Biofuels Journal
• Natural Resourced Defense Council
• NRDC Report on Ethanol Studies
• American Coalition for Ethanol
• Ethanol Producers Magazine
• Make Alcohol Fuel by Lynn Ellen Doxon
• "Grow Your Own Fuel. BioFuel's Gain Interest As Gas Prices Rise" - Work-At-Home Business Opportunities Weblog
• Is ethanol energy-efficient? Journey To Forever website

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!

• Which is greener? Jenny is a knitter and was wondering which is greener: cotton or wool yarn?
• Peddle power. New listener Cassi sent a link to a video of Shift2Bikes, a group of bike riders moving an entire house - lawn chairs, sofa, even a boat.
• Green take-out containers. Katie sent a link to Opal Divines, a restaurant and pub in Austin, Texas that uses take out containers made from sustainable materials. They have also partnered with Austin Energy GreenChoice to start purchase alternative energy.
• Tracking toxins in toys. Charlie sent in an article about two bills up for consideration in Maine. The bills would require toy manufacturers to flag the use of certain chemicals in their products.
• Paper vs. Styrofoam cups. Shayna sent along an article that asks the question, Which is the greener choice: paper or styrofoam cups?

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