Hi! Welcome to this week’s Carnival. Bean Sprouts hosted last week, and TechnoVerde is in the hopper for next week. Learn about the Carnival of the Green and get advice for submitting posts at Kara’s TreeHugger blog.
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Yesterday was a blast. A bit cool but very sunny. We had a great time taking the Eco-Wife* out for Mother’s Day. Fried dough and corn dogs, enough roundy-round rides to make Linda Blair heave, and we even figured out which midway game was the one to beat (hint: ballon darts).
Was riding my bike in to work this morning (heh!) and passed Newport’s “first beach” where the carnival had been running all weekend. Nothing but a vacant parking lot now.
So in that same spirit of great fun that lasts about as long as a bag of cotton candy once a busy Monday starts, here’s a quick rundown of your posts from this week.
Enjoy them, visit some links, have a few high-fives, and then get back to work!…
Green Mom Lynn from OrganicMania reflects on what Mom’s really want for Mother’s Day…but often feel too guilty to ask for. Yes, yes, I know it was yesterday. But as we say around our house, “Every day is Mother’s Day.” I know my kids’ mom will appreciate these year-round.
GM Tries to Become “Green Motors” by Ryan Mickle at Triplepundit:
I was actually looking forward to writing a positive review about GM and its efforts to become a leader in environmentally conscious auto manufacturing. Cynicism gets pretty boring. Yet, in Wagoner’s carefully scripted speech, there was little to genuinely get excited about.
MamaBird of SurelyYouNest posts about her efforts to throw an eco friendly birthday party for her five year old, complete with real flower petal confetti.
A new blogger inquires:
Hello, I maintain a blog at pennywise-poundfoolish.typepad.com. I am looking for a good way to grow my readership and get some fresh ideas for articles, possibly some guest posts. What would I have to do to get involved in your carnival?
Well, you’re here now my friend. Feel free to drop PW-PF a note when you get a second.
Melanie Rimmer has this short parable explaining what “sustainability” means.
A foolish builder wanted to build himself a house that would be grander and taller than all the other houses in his neighbourhood. He built it as tall as he could until he ran out of bricks. But still the house was not tall enough to satisfy the builder. So he took a chisel and carefully chipped away the cement around one of the bricks at the bottom of his house…
A three’fer from Beth at Fake Plastic Fish this week: Let Me Be Your Guinea Pig, Please!, some Earth Day pics, and a concern about toxic chemicals in her pets. Refering to the first of these three, she writes:
I love it when green craftspeople send me their wares to test out. Here’s a report on two items from a couple of eco seamstress divas that will actually help to reduce waste!
Some submissions from Adam at Life Goggles: Joel reviews the Stubby Pencil Studio and LetsGoGreen products. He also takes a look at a clothing company run by, er, you.
Sadie has begun the summer season of selling produce & seedlings at her local farmers’ market. In this week’s blog post, she reflects on a moment of gardening inspiration.
All of a sudden I was awash in this wave of… like… pure joy. A wave of… I don’t know how to describe it. Realness. Like, at that moment I was my authentic, unadulterated self.
Wow! Now I need to figure out what brings me such joy.
Read Sadie’s post this week on Veggie Revolution blog. Btw, Sally and Sadie Kneidel’s new book Going Green: A Wise Consumer’s Guide to a Shrinking Planet comes out this week, May 15! See it on Amazon.com.
Smart Home: Green + Wired Debuts at MSI Chicago by Bryan Kelly, Guest Author at JetsonGreen:
Architect Michelle Kaufmann has made a big splash in Chicago this week during the opening of her Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. The PrairieMod crew and myself were fortunate enough to be able to spend the past two days previewing the home and are excited to share some details with you. If you’re interested, feel free to check out our podcast interview with Michelle where she explains how the project came to be and the 5 eco-principles utilized by her firm.
Lill Hawkins at Lillslist.com:
Climate Count’s new report was an eye opener in some areas, especially for the food service sector. They can do better than this, don’t you think?
Lisa Spinelli looks at her personal carbon footrpint at Greener Pastures. Can’t resist posting her kind thoughts too:
I realize I may be too late for this week’s carnival, but when I saw who was hosting, I thought this would be a good post…Thanks for your consideration! Love your site.
Finally, Tash at VintagePretty writes about why sometimes products aren’t as green as they may make out, and how to shop ethically in a “green”, conscientious manner. Good call, though I wish the stuff was cheaper.
That’s all the posts I’ve received so far. Happy to take more throughout the day, and as always goes with Green Carnival duties, drop me a note if I broke a link or missed your entry.
Grace and peace,
Don
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*Pretty cool that the Lovely Eco-Wife was in a green striped shirt for the Carnival - yeh, I planned that…