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Soopsori: Handmade, Eco-Friendly, Beautiful Toys

Soopsori: Handmade, Eco-Friendly, Beautiful Toys

As we know, kids put all sorts of stuff in their mouths.  While you can’t always stop them from tasting their toys, you can choose eco-friendly and organic toys without nasty chemicals.  I was lucky enough to receive some wooden toys from a Korean company called Soopsori.  Soopsori’s toys are handmade from sustainably harvested wood [...]

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Earth Day Video Redux

Earth Day Video Redux

While Earth Day turns 40 today, for me it's about 19 years old. Here are some old Earth Day videos I remember from growing up...

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Green UpGrade Your Kid’s Toybox

This toy recycling truck is made in the United States from recycled milk jugs.  How’s that for an eco-friendly toy for all of our green kids out there?  The company making this toy, the aptly named Green Toys Inc., produces a whole line of toys from these used milk jugs that contain no BPA, lead [...]

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Chews the Right Diaper for the Environment

Chews the Right Diaper for the Environment

Finally an answer to the diaper debate, which one do I choose? Disposable or Cloth?… Neither! And, no we aren’t talking about gDiapers. We are talking Chewable Pampers.

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President Gore Has Been Too Smug About Reversing Global Warming!

President Gore Has Been Too Smug About Reversing Global Warming!

“After eight long, tiresome years, President Al Gore won’t be missed. Even if he did save the planet” Check out this hilarious hypothetical look back at the last 8 years with President Gore.  via Guardian.co.uk

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Conference Bikes Increase the Peace

Conference Bikes Increase the Peace

The ConferenceBike is a radical concept: a community-building bike. Eric Staller’s invention brings people together, as it is pedaled by 7 riders sitting in a circle, with one steering while the other 6 pedal. It has been used as a corporate team-building tool, a tour bike, a way for blind people to bike, a human-powered [...]

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Energuy Show’s You How to be Efficient at Home

Energuy Show’s You How to be Efficient at Home

This awesome site from the AEE of Quebec, Canada (Agency for Energy Efficiency) lets you interact with Energuy in a virtual household. You literally drag him by the arm to find all the ways you can save power in the house. Its pretty funny too.

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Win a Free BPA Free CamelBak Water Bottle

Win a Free BPA Free CamelBak Water Bottle

Just in time for the holidays The Fun Times Guide is giving away a free BPA Free CamelBak Podium water bottle.  Not only is the bottle free from hormone disrupting chemical, but it sports some cool features, my favorite of which is the self-sealing valve.  No more biting the nozzle to open it and smacking [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Campaign Ads We Missed

Campaign Ads We Missed

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