The green goods

Cool green stuff we stumbled across this week:
Green My Ride! Facebook has another new green application that allows you to show all your friends how you’re saving the planet, this time by the specific eco-friendly products you use.

An ordinance unanimously adopted by Malibu’s city council this week will soon make plastic bags a thing of the past among its 13,000 residents and four supermarkets. The action follows a number of other efforts in California to ban plastic bags, including a vote in February by Santa Monica’s council to draft similar ordinance. If they can do it, why can’t we?

The Google Store is going green. From organic cotton tees to pencils made of recycled blue jeans, most Google products are now made of recycled material or other stuff that’s easy on the planet. They’re also using more environmentally sound, recycled polybags to individually package and protect items during transit.

Check out blogTO’s glowing review of The Eco Show, the latest offering from Toronto’s theatrical wunderkind, Daniel Brooks. The Eco Show tells the story of a man obsessed with an encroaching environmental catastrophe and how this obsession ultimately affects his family, and continues at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre until June 1.

A UN campaign to plant trees worldwide has a goal of seven billion by late 2009 - that’s just over one for every person on the planet - to help protect the environment and slow climate change.

With the unofficial launch of summer this long weekend, many Ontarians are spending more time outdoors, lapping up the warmer temperatures and enjoying the sun’s sweet rays after a long, snowy winter. But just as you’d wrap up in the cold or grab an umbrella for rain, it’s important to keep your skin protected against damage from the sun. Check out Obviously’s tips to help you stay healthy (and green!) in the sun this summer.

Beware what lurks in your oven cleaner: Wired gets to the bottom of what’s inside foamalicious, vaporlicious Easy-Off Oven Cleaner.

Excited for the return of Indiana Jones? Be sure to catch his small screen appearance, too. Harrison Ford, vice-chairman of Conservation International, did a little clear-cutting of his own highlight the devastative impact of deforestation.

Tokyo might be one of the most technologically advanced cities on earth, but according to pollsters, it’s also the most eco-apathetic. In a survey of 2,600 residents from Tokyo, New York, Paris, London, Milan, Moscow, Toronto and Frankfurt, Tokyoites showed the most resistance to changing their lifestyles to fight global climate change.

Eco fashion for a tight budget? Yay! Ethical designer Rogan Gregory of Edun and Loomstate has created a fashionable collection for Target. The collection debuted at Barneys before moving to Target’s mass market racks last Sunday. Now, if only Target would ship to Canada…