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This may seem like a weird conversation starter, but the folks over at eco-chic-design.com have the reasoning behind it.

"The Conversation Table designed by Leo Kempf is imaginative, functional and sustainable. It’s made out of cardboard with a highly recycled content and hardboard from compressed secondary wood fibers without formaldehyde and resin. The designer uses birch spacers to add strength to the Speech Bubble Coffee Table so that a person could even sit on it."

eco-chic-design.com July 2009

When greening your kitchen, a sticking point may be your cookware.

Re-Nest.com has an ancedote about tofu gone wrong and how this led to a seach for non-sticky green cookware.

"Sadly, our trusted source didn't find one pan they'd highly recommend that held up to the rigors of test kitchen cooking--which means it definitely wouldn't hold up for a couple of years in the kitchen. So what are we to do?"

The answer? Simpler than you may think: cast iron.

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Chaori Solar Energy of China is trying to capitalize on the solar panel market. While making profits off of solar panels are fine, this company has some major issues that need to be examined before you look at their solar panels. ChinaEnvironmentalLaw.com has the scoop

There has been a lot of discussion about Wal-Mart's effort to green their entire business.

While they have yet to fully implement their program, aboutmyplanet.com has good analysis of Wal-Mart's efforts

"Well apparently, it looks like that Wal-Mart may be getting the green message. According to some reports, the company is going to be implementing a huge sustainibility index that will measure the environmental impact of everything the company buys and sells. If something isn’t sustainable, it does not get sold."

Many of us make regular trips to the auto body shop to have our vehicle’s oil changed, whether we want to or not. Our mechanized world requires that we stay lubed up in order to keep the cogs moving without interruption, but what does this cost our environment? And is there a way to give your car a green oil change?

The ten greenest cities in the United States list is here.

"MNN considered key areas to measure the effectiveness of a municipality’s efforts at carbon footprint reduction, including air and water quality, efficient recycling and management of waste, percentage of LEED certified buildings, acres of land devoted to green space, use of renewable energy, and easy access to green products and services."

You want to save energy, but have you taken a look at your lights lately? Compact fluorescent bulbs are changing the lighting game. Greenproductsonline.org has an article worth reading on CFLs

"So do green products help? Yes, you save up to 75% of the electricity used to power an incandescent bulb every time you turn on a ENERGY STAR® CFL instead. If you add up the savings that is about $30 a year off of your electric bill. Add to that the fact that a single CFL will last 10 times longer, around 8000 hours, which is about 7 years."

One month. Then it is time to go back to school. For eco-friendly parents scrambling to get supplies, lighterfootstep.com has some great tips for you.

Eco-friendly cooking doesn't get a whole lot of attention. Over at growing-upgreen.com, they posted a video on quality eco-friendly cookware that is used by professional chefs.

A lot of people are talking about solar panels, but did you know there are two distinct types?

My Green Earth Online covers the two basic types and how they work.