I Voted!

Make time to go to the polls today! It's a privilege to vote!

Flag photo from Tiffany's awesome flickr photostream.

A Quick Click, Save a Life

There are tons of organizations set up to send donations of food and water to hungry children as long as we are participating!
Click on these once a day:

http://www.worldofgood.com/sn/f

http://www.bhook.com

http://www.pajacyk.pl

http://www.porloschicos.com/PorLosChicos.NET/index_english.htm

http://www.clickbokin.ekokoro.jp/50.html

http://children.care2.com

http://www.feedsa.com

http://www.hungerfighters.com

http://www.hungrychildren.com
http://www.clickbokin.ekokoro.jp/floq.html

http://www.OneClickOneMeal.com

http://www.definition-of.com

http://www.thehungersite.com

http://www.youthnoise.com/page.php?
page_id=2335

http://www.okruszek.org.pl

http://www.chintai.net/contribution/index.html

http://www.worldhunger.org/contributefood.htm

http://www.spendu.org/beta/index.php

Free Donation Search : http://www.helpuu.com/

Or play these fun games to donate:

http://www.freerice.com - Free Rice
http://www.freeflour.com - Free Flour
http://www.freepoverty.com - Free Water
http://www.helpthirst.com/ - Free Water
http://www.savetheworldwithmusic.com Play a day!

World Hunger: Interactive Map - Want to know more?
Click Here
World Food Inequality: Want to know more?
Click Here

Domino is Eco- Friendly

I just got my March issue of Domino and I was excited to see that it was their "green" issue. I thought it might be hard for a consumer magazine to pull that off, but I really enjoyed looking at all the eco-friendly items they found and the articles were pretty good too. I'm not sure that my budget can withstand a total turn to living green but I am excited to look up some the new websites that were mentioned just to see if one day I might be able to afford something that will make my carbon footprint a little bit smaller...
like these cute eco-friendly low-fire clay and lead/cadmium free glazed coffee cups from Terra Keramik (which I absolutely love.)


Or these organic cloth napkins, which would help me cut down on all the paper ones we use. From Ortolan Organic.




We're considering switching out our lightbulbs to these LED's because they're not made with mercury like the current "green" bulbs are. I'm also thinking of getting a smart strip surge protecter to cut down on our computer's draining "vampire power."




And then there are all the natural beauty products out there that are appealing because they seem good for you (which somewhat justifies the need for beauty products) and the packaging is always simple, clean and screams "buy me!"
Check out Farmaesthetics, Burt's Bees, Aedes, Jurlique, and Acquarella Polish.
And last, there were tons of great places to find natural cleaning products. I already clean with vinegar and lemon juice, but I'm glad to find some good sources for laundry detergent, furniture polish, and other multipurpose cleaners.
For other cleaning tools, try Bioclean Home, 3R Living and Casabella.
GOoooo Green! (if you can afford to.)

Fitzsu for Childhood

I would love for my children to play with cars like these. Designers in the Fitzsu organization (Yves Behar, Richard Meier, Konstantin Grcic and Michael Graves among others) have made these from Playsam toy cars for charity to benefit the Childhood Foundation.

The Original Playsam Streamliner Car
Ulf Hanses
Bjorn Dahlstrom (below)

Richard Holbrook

Michael Graves

Give Your Old Backpacks

Donate your old (usable) backpacks to Osprey and they will be used in several charitable programs, such as: Empowering Woman of Nepal, Climb High Foundation for women in Uganda, Alpine Fund for orphanages, urban youth wilderness programs and Boy Scouts in rural areas. If you donate before Labor Day, you will receive a 10% rebate on your purchase of a new Osprey backpack!