A Greener Kitchen

Here's a great article on 10 easy things that you can do to make your kitchen greener. Read it here.

Bye-bye old lightbulbs!

The new energy law passed by Congress will face out all incandescent light bulbs by the year 2012. Read the full story here.

Oil Spill in the San Francisco Bay

58,000 gallons of oil. Read it here.

Lead in Lipstick

Check this out. They are now finding lead in lipstick. P&G and L’oreal are the biggest violators. Besides the fact that both of them still test on animals, here’s another good reason to stop using their products. Thanks to Kerri for sharing this article.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071011/hl_nm/lipstick_lead_dc

-wendy

Climate change disaster is upon us, warns UN

Looks like Al Gore isn't the only one who thinks global warming is happening. Click here to read the story.

Walruses Abandon Ice for Alaska Shore

Good article on walruses moving South because of melting Artic ice. Click here to read.

Austin's Climate Protection Plan

We heard a little bit about this last night during Al Gore's presentation and it sounded awesome. I did a little searching around and found Austin's Climate Protection Plan that Mayor Will Wynn has planned for the city. It is pretty awesome. Austin Energy's GreenChoice Program has been #1 in the nation for four years running! Here's a link to their site and there's a link on their site to download the Climate Protection Plan. Check it out!

-wendy