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The bathroom is the room where we begin and end each day, with a variety of cleaning routines designed to help keep us healthy. Odd then, that the room in which we clean our teeth, our skin and the rest of our bodies (not to mention dispose of our waste) is often filled with toxic chemicals, and, even then, not very clean itself. So, how do you stay clean, promote good health, and go green in your bathroom?

We've answered these questions (and more) in the all new How to Go Green: In the Bathroom guide over on Planet Green. Check it out for all the details about going green in your bathroom, and keep reading for a taste of the green bathroom tips.

Large Hadron Collider is Either the Greenest or the Least Green Experiment Ever Made
Someone hit a switch today and began either the greenest or one of the most environmentally disastrous experiments in the world: The Large Hadron Collider. It carries a ridiculous price tag of $9 billion, and requires 14 trillion electron volts of energy. That's the energy equivalent to running all the households in Geneva. Mairi Beautyman

:: Do a little eco-activism on Facebook to enter the chance to win a $1,000 scholarship.

:: Chew gum the green way.

:: Re-shape your old shower curtain into an outdoors furniture cover or kite.

With the school year just beginning and Christmas not too far away there’s a great line of plush toys designed to help teach kids about the world around them that just may work well in the early elementary or PreK classroom or even as a stocking stuffer.

The toys, called Idbids, are a trio of colorful characters that each encourage kids to make “iddy biddy” steps to go green through various activities that work to simplify complex issues and make them easy for kids to understand.

Each character has green feet, it’s very own personality and is dedicated to a particular environmental element.

:: Calling all foodies and locavores! Delight in the cookbook Roast Chicken and Other Stories.

:: Forward this green classroom tip to your child's school teacher.

:: Don't let an old Scrabble board collect dust. Turn it into unique wall art.

Fake Plastic Fish: Affluence: Sustaining the flow by Beth Terry
"Having affluence means that the good things in life flow toward you. But if affluence is flow, then do those of us lucky enough to have been born into great (relative) wealth have a responsibility to keep the waters moving, to sustain (our word from last month) the flow? Or is it our right to dam it up and stop it, thinking we can keep all the goodies for ourselves?"

Inhabitots: MEET THE MAKER: Kristen Angelo of Boopalina & Bebe by Desmond Williams. "Boopalina & Bebe is a playful, independent children’s eco-lifestyle brand with an offbeat, alternative design edge. Today we’d like to share our interview with Boopalina & Bebe founder Kristen Angelo. This interview is the first of our ‘Meet the Maker’ series where Inhabitots writers go behind the scenes to chat with designers about what inspired them to ‘go green’ and push forward on the frontier of sustainable design for families."

:: Travel green in one of the world's most polluted cities: Mexico City.

:: Make a scrumptious and seasonal Green Bean Salad with Pumpkin Seed Dressing.

:: Instead of tossing your orange peels, put 'em to good use!

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!