Green Living Online has a wonderful list tips for a green new year's party. I will certainly keep this handy as a checklist for the party just to make sure I don't forget anything.

There was one thing in particular that was news to me though:

"If you do need to go disposable then make sure everything is biodegradable. That means no plastic, Styrofoam or foil. There are lots of options available, including disposable dishes made out of potato starch that will decompose. Look for paper napkins that are at least 80 percent post-consumer recycled paper that are naturally brown or bleached. Seventh Generation sells some great green paper products. Read more about the available products in Keeping your plate green."

Plates made of potato starch - neat! I think the only way they could improve on that idea is to make them edible.

More often than not, no matter all your best intentions, your New Year's resolutions still fail. You probably can't even remember your 2007 resolution, can you? Although, I'm certainly one to talk - I can't remember mine either!

However, now more than ever, it is absolutely imperative to fix your carbon carnival lifestyle and work toward living your life a bit more harmoniously with nature. The why's are pretty much known to you, the only problems that remain are how and what. Here is "how", and the upcoming series with 2,008 eco-friendly and green habits will help you out with "what".

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

In an effort to not be a Scrooge, all I'm going to say is I hope you didn't get wrapped up in negligent consumerism and all the typical political correction of Christmas. I mean, come on - Santa is too fat?

Trust me, the gluttony of old Saint Nick is not why we have an obesity epidemic. Kids loving and believing in Santa 200 years ago were just as prone to obesity, due to his obesity, as kids today. This latest assault on "normal" bodies in media could only mean media is still trying to promote anorexia as more and more people try to look like the "beautiful people."

At any rate - here's to hoping your holidays are spent with family, cheer, and generosity at heart. Best wishes to you and yours!

Wow! It is such an honor to be so useful to so many great resources. Thank you all, so very much - I'm totally flattered!

The School for Social Entrepreneurs lists Audeamus as one of their picks for the "most influential / readable / interesting / relevant blogs" on social responsibility. I have to say, the School for Social Entrepreneurs blog is pretty interesting too. Great to have found another awesome addition to my reading list!

Audeamus is also one of the Top 7 Picks for Echoing Green - a group that gives out $90,000 in seed funding to social entrepreneurs through a two year fellowship program. I'm quite honored to be in their top picks with such prestigious blogs as Have Fun Do Good (who also linked to Audeamus), How to Change the World, Spare Change, Social ROI, NonProfit Times, and Social Edge.

The Long Arm of Corporate Social Responsibility is also in Creative Weblogging's Top 10 for December 17, 2007.

And last but most certainly not least, Audeamus is in the blogroll for Hermes' Journeys (a typically political and sociological blog) and Sharing Witness, a blog on "social problems, unique perspectives, [and] innovative solutions", while Buzztracker linked back on my coverage of the fact Australia will remain strong, despite the recent election.

Thanks again!

Tesla's high performance electric car featured in Pure Electric (Horse)Power has asked for another $40 million to get the tech right, according to Earth2Tech (via TechCrunch).



Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has urged the FDA to release a final assessment on the safety of cloned livestock. As mentioned in Losing My Appetite for Food Regulation Part 1, you can rest assured that any "assessment" will be done as per the status quo - sloppily, and against the best interests and wishes of consumers.


Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

W00t! China got a clue - they are requiring a quality safety label on all food before it can gain market access - just like I said they should do in Losing My Appetite for Food Regulation Part 2.

A little known fact about the energy bill (President) Bush signed on December 19 - you will be required to buy and use more efficient - and more expensive - light bulbs.

While this could be considered a good thing, I don't like government regulating what should and should not be done. If we just make everything more transparent, and leave it up to consumers, everything would work more toward the common good.

Bush also signed into law a 35-mpg minimum for new cars. This also will mean a much higher cost for consumers.

A much more interesting alternative - why don't we just start powering everything with human energy? They did it with a super computer.