Stuff We Found Today - 01.24.13

[Joyce Kushner]

Antony Gibbon's Roost Treehouse

Family, Kids & Health Stuff

• 7 Healthy Family New Year's Resolutions for 2013 - (Inhabitots) Boy...need to get working on the "get organized" one!

Food Stuff

• EWG Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce Video - (YouTube-Envrionmental Working Group) Quick little video about EWG's shopper guide for produce.
• Cocoa economy in 'critical state', says Mars sustainability chief - (ConfectioneryNews.com) the big chocolate companies may recognize it, but how much will they actually do about it???
• Thrive Foods Direct - Organic vegan meals delivered to your door...anywhere in the US. Great for travelers!
• Overfishing Causes Pacific Bluefin Tuna Numbers to Drop 96% - (EcoWatch) Boooo!!!

Home Stuff

• The NanoLight Touts Itself as the World's Most Efficient LED Light Bulb - (Inhabitat) "...the first 100 watt comparable device... the NanoLight claims to be 87% more efficient than a
  standard incandescent and it uses 50% less energy than a compact
  fluorescent."
• Antony Gibbon's Lord of the Rings-Style Treehouses Could Offer Elvish Accommodations for Humans - (Inhabitat) How cool to have one of these in your backyard?!
• How To Start an Oder-Free Freezer Compost Bin as a City or Small Space Dweller - (Inhabitat) Good little tip here.
• National Do Not Call Registry - Get rid of annoying sales calls...yes!

Tech & Science Stuff

• Seven Sizzling Hybrid and Electric Cars from the 2013 Detroit Auto Show - (Inhabitat) Kind of excited about the new Leaf.

Nature & Environment Stuff

• Dispersant makes oil from spills 52 times more toxic - (NBCNews.com) Ughhh...great.
• Video: Close encounter with humpback whale off Australian coast captured on camera - (The Telegraph) What would you do if a what was this close to you??
• Great white shark photographed mid-air - (NYDalyNews.com) Pretty awesome pic.
• First Video Footage of Giant Squid in Natural Habitat Emerges - (Ecorazzi) "...eyes the size of dinner plates..."
• Flushing Nemo? Pet fish pose ocean threat - (NBCnews.com) Don't dispose of aquarium fish in our waterways.

Arts, Entertainment & Travel Stuff

• German Hotel Invites Beer Lovers to Cozy Up Inside a Recycled 19th Century Beer Barrel Bed - (Inhabitat) Bet there are quite a few beer lovers that wouldn't mind having one for themselves!

International Stuff

• Bosco Verticale: The World's First Vertical Forest Nears Completion in Milan - (Inhabitat) Cool!
• The Australian Outback is So Hot that Drivers Are Unable to Pump Gas - (Inhabitat) "...Mother Nature seems to be showing her displeasure for the use of fossil
  fuels by making it so hot that the liquid evaporates before it even hits
  the tank."

Other Random Cool Stuff

• Concord, Mass. Becomes the First US City to Ban Single-Use Plastic Water Bottles - (Inhabitat)
• 'Plastic micro beads' to be removed from soap - (CNN.com) These plastic particles end up in the ocean and ingested by sea animals.