Info on Vinyl

Info on what makes certain vinyls bad from Heathy Building...

http://www.healthybuilding.net/pvc/SortingOutVinyls.html

green Stocking Stuffers List

From Inhabit

http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/11/26/gift-guide-green-stocking-stuffers/

thanks to Jamie for the link!

canvas bag for shopping

Lazst weekend my friend monica invited me to her place and we decorated canvas bags for shopping. I think mine came out good!

Plastic Bag Ban Bash

bring you idea for plastic ban re-use to this party in SF

http://flavorpill.com/sanfrancisco/events/2007/11/20/plastic-bag-ban-bash

Sierra Club Green Life Blog

http://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife/

Recycled Candy wrappers make handbags

http://www.unicahome.com/p29514/everything-anything-hand-made-recycled-candy-wrapper-handbags.html

Energy Blog

http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/

blog

A green energy pact between Europe and Africa. Some very interesting articles...

http://biopact.com/

Collecting Rainwater

We are experiencing drougts all around the country, so collecting rainwater is an especially timely topic...I remember on a trip to Bermuda how great I thought it was that all the homes there collected rainwater and had their own cisterns. Why don't we do this in the US I thought?

Here are two sites that provide helpful tips on collecting and using rainwater.

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Urban/Components.htm
http://heartspring.net/water_filters_guide.html

Chickens

Chickens are a big help in the garden, they eat all those pesky bugs that eat your veggies. and there poop fertilizes your plants. Plus you get fresh Eggs! But where on earth do you get them?

I saw these suggestions on an organic gardening mailing list:

Try http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/ If you find that to overwhelming try Meyer
Hatchery. You can order day old chicks from them in the spring there
are alot of choices you should start slow another good site is
Backyardchickens.com

Blog Round-up

Blogger's list of environmental blogs...http://buzz.blogger.com/2007/10/environmental-blog-roundup.html

Backyard Gardener

An awesome gardening site with tons of references.

http://www.backyardgardener.com/