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Chicken Poop Lip Balm - Mmmmm

All-Natural Lip Balm Even Has Us Worried Treehugger likes poop – from chicken-poop power stations to worm poop fertilizer, there are lots of ecological uses for what others see as waste. But even I must admit to being a little... more

Appliances Artistically Spill Their Guts

Images used with permission of the photographer When it comes to appliances, they don't build them like they used to, to last a long time and to be relatively easy to repair. Now they are built to be thrown away... more

Ruby Red Offers Organic Lemon Shea Butter For Summer

Image source: Ruby Red Ruby Red, maker of organic and natural skin-care products, now offers their lemon organic shea butter. Shea butter does a great job, possibly the best, of really keeping dry, chapped skin nice and soft. All of... more

Slow Strip Tease: GM Shows 2 New Shots of Production Chevy Volt, GM Share Up 13%

Just Teasing This probably barely qualifies as newsworthy, but for all of those who have been following Volt news since the concept was unveiled in January 2007 (and there are 33,000 names on the unofficial Volt waiting list), here they... more

Michael Phelps Green Entertainment, Madonna's African Charity, Hayden Panettiere Saves Dolphins, and More

...So how does the 'greatest Olympian of all time" chill when he's not in the pool? The gold-medal champ watches the wildlife documentary, "Planet Earth." "....It's pretty much all I've been watching," Phelps told reporters in Beijing. Phelps's coach Bob... more

Sneak Peek: New Straw + Wool Stool by Ryan Frank

A sneak peek from Ryan Frank can only mean one thing. Yes, the London Design Festival is drawing near and getting a preview of new work by this star eco-designer is always a good way to get warmed up for... more

Do Amphibian Deaths Signal the Coming of a Sixth Mass Extinction?

If the rapidly depleting amphibian populations are any indication, we could be in for another mass extinction. That's the conclusion of a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which finds that humans are worsening... more

BPA-Free: Alfi Stainless Steel Vacuum Flask

BPA Free is a new running Greenthinkers feature where we discuss BPA, link to BPA-related pieces in the news, and also discuss and review all the BPA-free products you can handle. Enjoy your new BPA-free life. For over 75 years, Alfi... more

Buenos Aires to Remove 40 Thousand Billboards to Fight Visual Pollution

(Photo: alex-s.) The Buenos Aires government and a group of advertising associations have agreed to remove 40 thousand billboards that are infracting the city's code, Clarin newspaper informed. This represents about 60% of the total amount of billboards. This agreement... more

Long-Term Memory Gives Elephants an Edge Against Climate Change

Image from exfordy It turns out there's a lot of truth to that old saying, "Mom knows best". A new study published in Biology Letters hypothesizes that old female elephants' redoubtable memory may have helped them steer their family groups... more