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A massive African reforestation initiative launches... one of this week's Five for Friday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yep… it’s still all oil spill in terms of the top subjects indexed by Regator<\/a>. Fortunately, it’s been a good week on that front: the cap seems to be holding, and a video of one of the most moving pleas for help every went viral… if you haven’t seen crawfisher Drew Landry<\/a> singing to the White House oil spill commission, take a look… but have a\u00a0handkerchief\u00a0nearby.<\/p>\n

Once you’ve checked that out, see what else caught our attention this week… from the hopeful to the kind of weird…
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Our green blog post picks for the week: Five for Friday<\/h2>\n
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  1. Flushing the dead — not just for goldfish anymore: <\/strong>Blisstree<\/a> describes itself as “a new women’s wellness site with a sense of humor,” and yesterday’s post on a process to make dead bodies “flushable”<\/a> certainly highlights the latter element… and, yes, this is a real story.<\/li>\n
  2. But can you see it from space?<\/strong> Green Living Ideas<\/a> takes note of the “Great Green Wall<\/a>” project, a plan to fight desertification in Africa by planting a 9 mile by 4400 mile wall of trees “through 11 countries in the Sahel-Saharan region.”<\/li>\n
  3. Climate change… it’s whats for dinner: <\/strong>Eat.Drink…Better<\/a> points us to a new short film from non-profit WHY Hunger<\/a> that explores the connection between climate change and our food system<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. Smart grid hurdles… that can be overcome:<\/strong> Tim Hurst at Celsias<\/a> provides a very thorough overview of some of the challenges facing the development of a smart electricity grid<\/a>… and why they’re not insurmountable.<\/li>\n
  5. Cork fashion: <\/strong>Apparently, cork’s good for more than stopping wine bottles and covering the floors — Rowena Ritchie at EcoSalon<\/a> takes a look at a rather stylish bag<\/a> made from this renewable material.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That’s five from us… what caught your eye this week?<\/p>\n

    No cork bags (yet), but we do have a wide range of fashion accessory<\/a> listings in the Green Choices product comparison engine, including belts<\/a>, handkerchiefs<\/a>, gloves<\/a>, and Citizen Eco Drive<\/a> watches.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Image credit:<\/strong> Stig Nygaard at Flickr<\/a> under a Creative Commons license<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Yep… it’s still all oil spill in terms of the top subjects indexed by Regator. 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