Eco Friendly & Fair Trade Jewelry

We are delighted to be the winners of an Envirosax tote from JollyGreenGirl! We received them in the mail the other day and they are gorgeous. I can’t wait to test them out. They seem to hold a lot; 44lb capacity! Anyone who wants to cut out using plastic bags should check out www.envirosax.com. The have lots of really beautiful designs.

While reading blogs this week, I stumbled across this really neat site: Environmental Graffiti. It is a site that brings you an awesome mix of news about the environment. Check it out!

I was particularly drawn to the post about Abkhazia’s Abandoned Railway.  There are some really beautiful photographs of a former USSR railroad station. Taken by Ilya Varlamov, the photographs show a time long since past. It is always fun to imagine what it looked like when at it’s prime, bustling with activity as travelers passed in and out of the town. Nature and time have their way with the structure once full of a different kind of life.

There is a new Green Microgym over in Portland that generates nearly 40% of it’s own electricity. It uses the energy from solar panels and the exercise machines to produce the electricity.  A set of 4 special bikes call the Human Dynamo can produce up to 600 watts of energy an hour!!  There is a long list of ways they are green.

PickupPal: This is a neat service to find and offer rides to other people and their stuff. It is a great way to do a part to help the environment by reducing the number of cars on the road. So far, PickupPal users have clocked in over 637,000 miles, which translates into over 760,000 pounds of CO2 that are not being released into the air!

I’m all signed up and offered my ride around town. I’ll have to spread the word around locally!

If you haven’t seen this clip before you are in for a real treat. This clip was featured on The View and has since had 7 million plus views on Youtube.

It tells the story of 2 people that adopted a lion cub which they released into the wild when it became too large after a year. Years later they wanted to go visit the lion, but were told he wouldn’t remember them and would pose a danger to them.

I just found a really neat and ultra informative thing on a friend’s Myspace profile. It’s a flash application that show some key statistics about the earth, disease and other incidents in a live fashion by calculating their occurences based on varying sources of data. It really should open people’s eyes to how real these troubling issues are and that they are always happening.

Things it calculates include:

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  • World Population
  • Population Growth

We have gathered some great gift ideas for all kinds of occasions. Check it out at Elemental Silver Gift Guide. Whether you need birthday, valentine’s day, or ‘just because’ gifts, you will be sure to find something for that special eco-conscious person in your life.

If you find any great gifts that you think should be added, don’t hesitate to send us suggestions!!

Vending Machine for Bike Parts Introduced by Trek via treehugger.com

How many times have you been out for a long ride without a spare tube, just hoping you don’t get a flat? And then it happens. Bummer. It always happens to me when I actually have to be somewhere.

We just found a really great and comprehensive place to buy all sorts of green & ethical gifts, home decor, clothes and more, all with a very unique style. You won’t find many of these items anywhere else and they will leave a lasting impression if you are purchasing a gift.

Example “COOL” items we love:

I was searching around for some new casual shoes. I had never been to zappos.com before but I checked it out. I typed in casual sneakers, then I went to Vegetarian. Then I saw them. Macbeth Eliot Vegan. Black/Cement. I had to have them. And at $46, they were affordable.

They come in lots of different colors and Men’s and Women’s sizes

Here they are: zappos

Now I just have to wait for them to be delivered!

SustainStyle: Eco Friendly Sun Protection, Eco Fashion, Mothers Day Eco-luxury Gifts+ More

by 1plus1 on 05. 7.08

Fashion & Beauty 

Welcome to SustainStyle, a weekly digest from the writers at 1plus1, a blog dedicated to eco-friendly fashion. SustainStyle runs every Wednesday.

Think of it as eBay with a web 2.0 update and a much easier to use interface. Silkfair.com was recently launched and is an up and comer in the buying-selling category of websites.

We found a user who sells recycled journals & sketch books that are all handmade. The paper is recycled scrap paper. Check out some samples below and view all the items here.

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