All Things Eco Blog Carnival Volume Fifty

Welcome to the May 11th, 2009 edition of All Things Eco.

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I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day yesterday. Wish I could have been with my mom for the day, but I did spend some time on the phone with her.

We're at blog carnival number 50... can you believe it? Here's to another 50!

agollop presents G20, Dinosaurs and Living Within Our Means ("This recession is an opportunity to do things differently and better, I hope we take it before we go the way of the dinosaurs,") and Bio-degradable Pots posted at sustainablelivingproject.co.uk.

Eric Michael Johnson presents Priming the Pump of a Swine Flu Pandemic posted at The Primate Diaries. Eric says, "Please consider this post as an example of the problems we've gotten into with our current food policy and how we need to move towards local alternatives."

Guffly presents How to Go Green at Work posted at Guffly. Guffly shares a green office idea and another article with more ideas.

Lindsay presents Should You Order Beneficial Insects for Your Garden? posted at Off the Urban Grid. Lindsay details steps to take in your gardening to help keep pests out.

Elizabeth Alexander presents Save (a little bit of) the World posted at Pull Up A Chair.

Saving the earth sounds like an enormous task to me, impossible really to comprehend. I am only one of a several, several billion people, another grain of sand. What does it mean to someone starving in Darfur that I recycle my Pepsi can? Who am I saving the world for exactly… and is there something more important I could be doing?

It's Frugal Being Green presents Mixed Paper Recycling Guidelines posted at It's Frugal Being Green. If your town provides recycling pick-up, you may want to get in touch with someone to find out your guidelines.

Free organic news presents Choose Safe Natural Organic Products For Babies And Children posted at Free organic news. Free organic news says, "You may think of your skin as a barrier, but in reality it is more like a sponge. It can absorb up to 60 per cent of whatever you put on it. Children's skins are particularly vulnerable to the chemicals in bath products and in the environment."

Darren Collins presents DIY Tumbling Compost Bin posted at Green-Change.com. Darren says, "Tumbling compost bins are a great, fast way to make batches of compost for your garden. Commercial ones cost a bomb, though! Here I show a really cheap and easy way to make a tumbling compost bin from a big olive barrel."

Condo Blues presents Can't Compost? Use Coffee and Eggs Instead! posted at Condo Blues. Condo Blues says, "A great alternative if you don't have room for a compost or worm bin."

Alex presents Ant Killing Spray posted at Home Life Weekly. Alex says, "Ant killing sprays can be expensive; here is an easy and cheap way to make your own homemade ant killer spray." My preference is to deter ants from entering in the first place, though.

Jessica Nagel presents Go green with Greensburg! posted at Sustainable Halo. Jessica discusses the Planet Green show, Greensburg and how we can learn and be inspired by it.

Chris Moore presents 5 Ways to Decrease Rainwater Runoff posted at Be Moore Green. Chris also includes a link to another of his articles, explaining what rainwater runoff is.

Praveen presents 10 Ways to Go Green to Help the Environment posted at Tao of Simplicity. Praveen shares 10 products that can help us go green.

Peter Jones presents Destination Wildlife: Saving Endangered Species In The World posted at Great New Books that Are a Must Read and Movie On Bioprospecting Indigenous Traditional Knowledge In Bolivia posted at Indigenous People's Issues Today.

Wren Caulfield presents How to Commute By Bike posted at True Adventures in Money Hacking. Tips for getting around on two wheels.

Jim presents Six Ways to Get Green & Gorgeous For Under $20 posted at Bargaineering. Green beauty product recommendations.

Host Green presents Living A Carbon Neutral Lifestyle Through Green Web Hosting and What Is A Carbon Footprint? posted at Green Web Hosting. Host Green says, "Green Web Hosting is an excellent way to live an eco-friendly, carbon neutral lifestyle."

Justin Allison presents Obama and Geo-Engineering posted at Old Testament Ecology. Justin says, "I am pro-environment, but not for things which we do not have hard data to support. My environmental perspective comes from my faith in God as Creator." While I am not Christian, I do agree that we should be skeptical of a device whose potential effects are unknown.

Rob presents Go Green for Mother’s Day with these 10 Gift Ideas posted at Energy Saving Gadgets. Rob says, "Get mom a great mother's day gift with these 10 green gift ideas." While it's too late for Mother's Day now (unless you're late giving her a present, shame on you!), these gift ideas can be used year-round for anyone.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents 20 Ways To Earn More and Spend Less: Steps To Becoming A Frugal Capitalist posted at The Digerati Life. Includes eco-friendly ideas.

Make it from Scratch presents Rainwater Collection posted at Make It From Scratch. A collection system for reusing rainwater.

Marina K. Villatoro presents The Travel Expert(a): Organic Produce in Costa Rica? Where to shop! posted at The Travel Expert(a). Marina says her article is, "about organic produce, and if you can't get organic produce, there are ways to clean the pesticides!"

RecycleCindy presents Recycled Plastic Bracelet posted at My Recycled Bags.com. RecycleCindy says, "Upcycle your old plastic bread bags and other plastic packaging material into a fashion bracelet. It's crocheted from recycled plastic into what one could call an eco fashion piece."

The Smarter Wallet presents How To Own A Car For Cheap posted at The Smarter Wallet. The Smarter Wallet says, "Drive your car to the ground -- an eco-friendly approach?"

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