The green goods

Cool green stuff we stumbled across this week
Sushi fans beware: the New York Times recently tested sushi from 20 different popular stores and restaurants in Manhattan and found extremely high, possibly even dangerous levels of mercury in the sample pieces they had tested. To find how how much tuna you can safely put back, check out the Environmental Working Group’s tuna calculator.

Sprouts are superfoods. They’re full of digestive enzymes, minerals and vitamins and can provide quick, healthy energy. In Toronto, arguably the best source for sprouts is Toronto Sprouts, an indoor farm and retailer tucked away on a sub-level space on Bathurst Street.

Introducing the Brelli, the world’s first 100% biodegradable umbrella, made of biodegradable plastic and bamboo. Unlike conventional plastic, which takes hundreds of years to biodegrade, the Brelli’s bioplastic canopy will fully break down less than two years in a conventional landfill.

Reverb, known for greening rock stars’ tours and operations, is greening the high seas over the next few weeks with John Mayer and Barenaked Ladies cruises.

A Vancouver businesswoman is launching the Red Dot Campaign to draw attention to a little-known Canada Post policy that allows people to stop unaddressed junk mail from landing in their mailbox or dropping through their mail slot.