
This week is
Carnival of the Green # 144 and it's being hosted by
Tiny Choices, a blog that about the small choices we all make in the world for the environment, and what kind of impact we want to (or don’t want to) have on it. So head on over to
this week's Carnival and check out a round up of green news and events from the past week, submitted by other bloggers and green sites.
To learn more about Carnival of the Green, where it will be and how to host, please
click here to link to our previous post.
PLEASE NOTE: Because the Carnival of the Green books so far in advance (thanks to all of you!), we are currently
not accepting hosting requests. Please stay tuned - we'll open 2010 soon!...

:: Are you a
dried fruit fiend? Invest in a fruit dryer to save money, packaging and waste.
:: Impress your study group with your eco-luxe dorm room--inspired by our
How to Go Green: Dorm Rooms guide, of course!
:: Tie the knot the eco-way with these tips for greening your
bridesmaids....
Photo credit: Getty Images / James Woodson
Every year, intrepid young men and women set out for college. Even more exciting than this, is that for many of them, it's their first chance to live away from home. But, with the excitement and fun of furnishing a new dorm room comes a price. Every year, college students (and their parents) generate thousands of tons of garbage, because of the choices they make in buying furniture and accessories. Luckily, getting your dorm room to be green has never been easier. All it takes is a little effort, a little creativity, and a few tips and tricks. Click through for the best ways to make it happen. ...

If you can believe it, there was a time when colleges and universities didn’t have people looking after eco issues. Energy and water meters went unwatched, pesticides floated freely across quads, organics were laughed out of the cafeteria, and recycle bins were used strictly as gravity bongs. But no more, my mortarboarded friends. Today, schools are grade grubbing on
green report cards and The Princeton Review is
rating colleges on their green stats. Here is a roundup of the sustainability spearheads from five major universities (Stanford, University of Maryland, Arizona State, Sacramento State, and Ohio State) each giving their elevator speech in what has become a very competitive race.
Also check out
How to Go Green: Back to School
Listen to the podcast of this interview via
iTunes, or just click
here to listen, right-click to download....

With kids across America heading back to school there’s no better time to take a look at a unique line of notebooks that just may make a difference while helping them realize the importance of considering their paper usage on a daily basis as The Banana Paper Company has put out these spiral notebooks with the eco-conscious child in mind....

:: Hop the pond to a greener
London with help from our
Green City Guide series.
:: Jump-start your vegetarian diet with Emeril's mouthwatering recipe for
Creamy Polenta.
:: Have you converted your car to
biodiesel? Here's where to find the fuel....

Image source: Greener Perspective
Wedding season. Holiday season. Birthdays. Baby Showers. You name it, at some point you are going to have to (or want to) give someone a gift, but it sure seems hard to give an eco-friendly gift without it also looking like a fifth-grade arts and crafts project. Not to worry,
The Greener Perspective has launched a new line of gift bags that are eco-friendly inside and out.
Currently only 4 options (Green Essentials, Intro to Green, Green Your Kitchen, Green Mom + Eco Baby) are available, but more are on the way. Gifts range in price from $40USD to $115USD and can be used for housewarming, new baby or helping someone get started greening their life. The outside bag is a reusable cloth bag, and it is filled with specially selected eco-gifts, like bamboo cutting boards, biodegradable soaps or non-toxic cleaning products. If you have a 'gift' in mind, you can also customize a bag by contacting Greener Perspective and can find more resources on green and Philly in their "Community" section....

This week is
Carnival of the Green # 143 and it's being hosted by
Savvy Vegetarian, a blog that supports a vegetarian diet, healthy eating and sustainable living for a green planet. So head on over to
this week's Carnival and check out a round up of green news and events from the past week, submitted by other bloggers and green sites.
To learn more about Carnival of the Green, where it will be and how to host, please
click here to link to our previous post.
PLEASE NOTE: Because the Carnival of the Green books so far in advance (thanks to all of you!), we are currently
not accepting hosting requests. Please stay tuned - we'll open 2010 soon!...

If it wasn't for Ignace Schops, one of the seven winners of the
2008 Goldman Environmental Prize, Belgium may have lost much of its natural habitat. A herpetologist, Schops studies amphibians and reptiles and has worked in the field since 1990. With tremendous effort and much help, the Belgium native was able to change his country's approach to conservation.
Belgian Beer and a Can-do Attitude
One night in 1997, Schops and a trio of friends (over a few Belgian beers) came to the realization that nobody else was going to work to create a nature preserve in northeastern Belgium: It was up to them. Schops used his many connections within government, the private sector, and at the
Regionaal Landschap Kempen and Maasland (RLKM) , a partnership between Belgium's largest coal company and its leading nature conservation organization.
Over nine years, Schops was an important figure in fundraising efforts, coming up with a whopping $90 million to bring about
Hoge Kempen, Belgium's first national park. The park is located in the northern region of the country, an area suffering from the effects of coal mining. Key to the plan was the idea that the park should provide jobs through eco-tourism -- and since opening officially in 2006, 40 jobs and 400,000 visitors to the 6,000 hectare park have made this idea reality.
TreeHugger (TH): In your Goldman speech, you said you were inspired by Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Why did it take so long for Belgium to establish a park?...

:: Use up your old nail polish with these
three ideas.
:: Give your simple tomato soup a twist by trying this
Tomato Potato Soup recipe instead!
:: Find a friend to go
biking with you to make cycling more fun--and safe....

Silicon Valley has officially had green fever for some time, now. A case in point is our recent interview with
Chris Page, Yahoo’s sustainability maven. Adobe, the maker of Photoshop, Acrobat, Flash, etc. is also taking some of these lessons to heart and putting
its buildings under the lens—and no, this isn’t a green Photoshop job. Adobe’s Randy Knox takes care of the company’s growing physical presence in San Jose, CA. Adobe’s buildings feature
a bevy of cost-saving, energy-saving systems, including a computer network that checks the weather forecast before turning on the sprinklers. Adobe is also employing its infamous knack for slick visuals to illustrate and inform the process. ::
TreeHugger Radio
Listen to the podcast of this interview via
iTunes, or just click
here to listen, right-click to download.
Special thanks goes to
CraigMichaels, the organizer of the Sustainable Operations Summit, for arranging this interview....
BBC Thread: Junky Styling Interview
"The forward-thinking design team who have turned fashion on its head. Annika Sanders from Junky Styling discusses their unique approach to designing clothes. All their designs are made from second hand suits, shirts, woollen garments and vintage fabrics."
DH Love Life: Earth Prize by Daryl Hannah
Daryl visits Richard Branson at home in his own patch of the Carribbean - Necker Island. She finds out how Branson is making his island 100% carbon neutral, what he's doing with the profits from his airlines and what the Earth Prize is all about.
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Uhm. Yeah. We're not sure exactly what this is even used for. Maybe if you need to make enough margaritas to feed an entire army, literally, and in under 2.5 seconds, then what you need my friend is this gas-powered-party-blender. The best thing they have to say about it is that it is "the
sensible alternative to cutting ice with a chain-saw."
It has a "2-stroke, 43cc gas powered variable speed engine" so you can go from chop to puree to obliterate with just the flick of a switch. Did we mention it's gas-powered? Get one now before gas prices go back up again. Seriously. At $275 USD, don't worry there's free shipping, you'd better sell more than lemonade with this thing if you want to recoup the cost....
Pet Fashion Week may be a bit of a misnomer for the two-day pet-lifestyle trade show that took place in New York City over the weekend, but don't tell that to the dogs who roamed the floors of the sprawling exhibition space dressed to maim, if not to kill, in rock 'n roll-themed hoodies, blinged-out collars, and hand-crocheted "pupooses."
And if cat lovers felt marginalized, well, who could blame 'em? The event, now into its third year, was all about man's best friend. Click below the fold for some of Pet Fashion Week 2008's eco-friendly highlights.
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