It not very nice seeing fruit covered with flies, but at the same time in order to get them off of the fruit that we like to eat, there is a need to kill the flies. As bad as that may be, it is the chemicals and other products which are not very nice either.

So the alternative is to find a way of killing the flies and not the planet, this where a green fly killer on treehugger comes in very handy.

How to make eco friendly fly killer:

1. Combine the following in a small cup or dish.

1 part water

1 part Apple Cider Vinegar

2 or 3 drops of dish soap

2. Place cup and mixture near your fruit.

3. Head outside for a nice bike ride or walk

4. Return later to find your flies resting peacefully dead at the bottom of the cup.

5. Show the cup to the younger fruit flies as a lesson to think twice before messing with you.

So now you know.

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If you love reading about green vehicles and eco friendly rides, check out the blogs listed below for some good reads on the green car market. We also cover green autos here on Keetsa, but i want to showcase and give a little link love to the ones on my feedreader.

Toyota Prius

Before i do that, since you are here and reading this, it means you read blogs. If you haven’t already done so, you should consider getting yourself a RSS feedreader, this will help you to stay updated easily and conveniently. With a feed reader, the content will come to you, as oppose to you searching for it. There are several readers, one of the most popular is the Google Reader.

Once you have gotten your reader all set up, below are 7 eco friendly car blogs you should add to your RSS feed.

Auto Blog Green

Autopia

Hybrid Car Blog

EV Convert

TreeHugger

The Green Motorist

Keetsa (ours, of course)

If you own a Toyota Prius there is an online group especially for you, check out The Prius Owner Group.

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My good friend Twitter alerted me to this eco story. It involves a writer from TreeHugger and an SUV he bought.

The writer is Mark OntKush and he humorously decides to have an interview with himself to explain his decision to acquire a cross-over SUV, the Honda CRV. He pretty much shares that he went with the Honda CRV over a hybrid SUV, or an EV such (as the Prius), because:

• he needed the bigger room, he has a family of three
• he needed the bigger cargo space, he buys alot of lumber
• he lives in-town (irrelevant, but Mark lives in Boston)
• he telecommutes to work
• the wife takes a bus to work
• he logs on average about 6,000 miles a year
• he didn’t want to spend $1,500 on repairs, on his old ailing vehicle
• he is a hyper miler

The piece is an interesting read, as it is a personal choice and decision. To share it with the world, as Mark OntKush has done, is quite brave of him. As of this writing, the article at TreeHugger has garnered alot of attention, over 135 comments (both positive and negative), and loads of opinion on the matter.

What do you think?

Is this SUV purchase total hypocrisy? Is a man looking out for his family in the best nature he can, to be scrutinized and judged highly by others? Should he have bought a Prius? The Hybrid Ford? Should he have blogged about it?

Leave your thoughts below.

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Keetsa launches a new eco-friendly and green search engine called, Gooef.com.

We decided on acronyms ef for “eco-friendly” since Googreen.com and Gooeco.com were taken. Besides, Gooef is a lot shorter than Googreen.

How to use it?

Well, we’ve handpicked some eco-friendly and green blogs and sites so you only get eco-friendly and green search results.

For example, you can type “designer bags” on Gooef and get a good list of eco-friendly designer bags back as the result.

Here’s a current list of sites included in the new eco-friendly and green search engine:

keetsa.com | groovyvegetarian.com | inhabitat.com | treehugger.com | buildinggreentv.com | bdpollution.blogspot.com | blog.jollygreengirl.com | equitygreen.typepad.com | victoria-e.com | ecoshopper.net | g2bgreen.com | carteroosterhouse.com | re-nest.com

If you have an eco-friendly and green site and would like to be added, please send us an e-mail at webmaster [at] gooef.com.

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Have you jumped on the green web 2.0 bandwagon, yet? There are numerous social media sites that are aimed at socially aware individuals and some geared towards green businesses. Let’s take a look at some of the ones i use. Feel free to share your faves in the comment section.

Social Media is Here To Stay

First, lets say a little something about Social Media. A few years ago the social media revolution began with a site called Friendster. This site is one of the first to come on the scene which employed interactivity and encouraged member participation in its content.

Another site which totally blew up the social media landscape is MySpace. (link takes you to my page) (to go to the MySpace homepage, click here) With over a gazillion members, and upwards of a gagooglian visitors daily, this is the site that made social media mainstream and spawned a boatload of imitators and successors. MySpace allows members to create a personal profile, share items of interest with friends, and essentially have not only a net presence, but a social and collaborative one. Do you have a MySpace page? What do yo use it for? And who do you tend to interact with while there?

Enough about MySpace, below are my picks for social networks which are aimed at greenies and those who are environment friendly. Join, find friends, and mingle away!

6 Green Social Networks You Should Join

1. Hugg - run by TreeHugger, this site allows members to post, rate, and share green related news items. I prefer the old look before they were bought out by the Discovery Channel last year, but it is still a fun and interesting site. A must join.
2. Care 2 - A solid entry in the green social network space, this site is active, well managed, and features loads of great eco friendly content.
3. Zaads - Recently changed their name to Gaia. This site offers an excellent opportunity to meet and mingle with those who are committed to living a planet friendly life. Many members are environmentalists, vegetarians, vegans, and others who who live, eat, and breathe nature.
4. TreeHugger - If you’re looking for late breaking news on anything green living related, this is your must save in RSS reader site. Around since 2003, TH covers it all and has many goodies like a jobs board, an active forum, and as mentioned earlier: Digg like news site, Hugg.
5. Twitter - This one isn’t really green per se, but it is about as web 2.0 as you can get, and it is great for meeting sharing, and staying up to date with those who also follow green. (to follow me, visit here) Twitter is addictive and lots of fun. I use it daily and it is a tool like no other on the web. Try it and see for yourself.
6. Keetsa - Our community here at Keetsa is growing and we want to thank all of our readers for being a part of our small social network. If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed, jump in on any conversation, ask questions, or share a green tip with us. We are happy you visit and read us. Let us know below in the comments section, what we can do to make Keetsa more interactive, fun, and a great eco resource for you.

There are about 100 more i did not cover, this is where you come in. Please share your fave green social networks in the comments section below. Which do you use and recommend to others?

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Other than Keetsa, there are a lot of websites and blogs that cater towards pushing for the overall education of global warming and climate change issues we hear of today. A lot of them provide latest news and information on what to avoid and what to do when it comes towards green living and it would be best to check them out.

Of course we all know of treehugger as one of the leading resources of green living and tips. There are other good sites to check out as well such as:

1. Ecotality
2. It’s Getting Hot in Here
3. Carbon Neutral Journal
4. The Daily Green
5. Groovygreen.com

These blogs are not made just for purely writing anything they want under the sun. They are aimed for a green purpose. Read on them and for sure you can expect to learn a lot and pick up a couple of pointers as well.

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I love it when a plan comes together (bonus points for that 80’s tv reference) and in this case, it’s an eco team made in heaven between natural toothpaste maker Tom’s of Maine and river conservation organization, American Rivers and River Network.

 

The eco friendly tootpaste company has agreed to donate $1 million dollars over the course of 5 years to help raise awareness and to aid in the preservation of our precious river streams. That is alot of money that will definitely help in big ways. Kudos to Tom’s for its continued involvement and support of green issues and causes.

Know that with every daily toothbrushing, your helping to preserve a beautiful river somewhere.

Source: [TreeHugger]

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At a famous Swedish restaurant in Door County, Wisconsin goats are lounging around and grazing on a green roof. The eatery is Al Johnson’s and this is a long standing tradition with the restaurant, not to mention a nice tourist attraction.

The goats according to the owner, are placed up on the roof in the morning via a ramp and then brought down around 5pm or so. The roof has a full grass lawn and it even gets mowed and manicured like a regular lawn.

I would imagine the goats love the room, sun, attention, and outdoor air. The tourists can’t get enough of them, as they take photos and stare at the animals before and after their Swedish meals.

I just hope the sweet goats aren’t part of the “menu”.

Source: [TreeHugger]

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I do not know if any of you remember but in late 2005 and 2006 the organic activist group that goes under the name of the Cornucopia Institute called out a leading organic manufacturer on its organic standards.

Supposedly the Aurora had stuffed thousands of cows into confined areas instead of letting the animals graze freely which is what is supposed to be done under federal organic regulations. In August the USDA soon found Aurora guilty of fourteen violations in the organic standards, the USDA soon after dropped all investigation when Aurora promised to raise there standards.

Cornucopia Institute has now brought the USDA under its sights for not properly penalizing Aurora, Cornucopia institute is also going after some private companies that give out organic licenses.

Source [TreeHugger]

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Some of you have probably heard or even belong to web 2.0 sites such as YouTube, Digg, and of course the big monster of them all, Myspace. These sites all provide a function and the one thing they have in common is that they all have a social and/ or contributory aspect to them. Although the sites i mentioned above are the most popular and most well known, there are a whole slew of them made or tailored just for us, greenies. Yippee.

For all types of green videos, there is empivot and for green news that you can submit your own stuff to such as digg, there is hugg. Are you a vegetarian wanting to hook up with others vegheads? then check out myspace like site called VegSpace.

 

Here is the complete list, of My Top 10 Web 2.0 Green Sites:

• Empivot (green videos)
• Hugg (digg like site for greenies)
• VegSpace (myspace for vegetarians and vegans)
• ShopGreen (a shopping engine for green products)
• Care 2 (news portal covering all things eco friendly)
• Keetsa (eco blog)
• DreamHost (a webhost company that is certified green)
• Groovy Vegetarian (my vegetarian blog) shameless plug…
• TreeHugger (popular green blog and creators of hugg)
• Kaboodle (a social shopping site that has an eco friendly section)

Any others i should have mentioned? tell me in the comments below.

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Don’t look now but Discovery Communications is damn serious about enhancing and pushing for a greener world. With plans of renaming its entire cable television program to the Planet Green, it has added another blockbuster transaction to its planning stages by making it public that they will buy Treehugger.com, a well-known green loyalist and contributor towards the whole world green effort.

“Bringing TreeHugger.com into the Discovery family gives it the resources to continue doing what it does best: bringing green living to the masses,” Bruce Campbell, president of Discovery’s digital media, said in a written statement.

Related Articles:

Discovery Brings Green to the Masses

Discovery Acquires Treehugger.com

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Besides your daily visit here at Keetsa, which other green blogs do you like and visit? This is an opportunity for our wonderful readers to start a discussion on green blogs and eco friendly bloggers. I will list my 11 personal favorites below for you.

As i spend alot of time throughout my days looking for articles, products, news, and more for this blog, i too have my personal faves. I pretty much visit green gossip blog, Ecorazzi, on a daily basis. The blog is run by Michael, i do not know him personally but he is a groovy green blogger who reports on all the hot green celebrity gossip and does it with style. I love his team of witty and funny writers, i look forward to their entries and you should too.

Another earth-friendly blog i visit daily is the classic green bible, TreeHugger. They cover it all and then some, they have a great staff of insightful writers and also operate the digg like site, Hugg. Lots of good green information at their site.

Perhaps my absolute favorite green site is Etsy, it’s a shop that has great green goodies. Everything from recycled clothing, jewelry, art, stationery, furniture, bags to designer handmade purses from cheap eco art to sustainable-fabric accessories. Love this site to pieces, and have done many a post on this eco friendly retailer. If you have not visited them, please go now. You will love what you see. I promise.

And of course, Keetsa, we definitely try and do a good job for you (our readers) we like to think we are doing a good effort at keeping abreast of the latest hot green products, showcasing the latest green news and videos, and answering the question “How can we make this world better”? I also want to give a shout-out to the many readers that keep sending in tips to us, you guys rock! Thanks for all your awesome ideas.

In case you haven’t met the writers yet, there is Erin, David, Bryan, (and myself) Missy. And now my top faves are below.

My personal Top 11 Green Sites and Blogs:

• Keetsa
• Ecorazzi
• TreeHugger
• Etsy
  
• Vegan Shoe Blog
• Plenty
• Lime
• Moo Shoes
• GreenFeet
• Good Humans
• Make-Stuff

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Treehugger, the number one green site on the ‘net, was purchased by the Discovery Channel for $10 million dollars.

From the release,

The deal brings TreeHugger.com’s rich mix of news, blogs and advice to Planet Green and furthers Discovery’s previously announced goal of developing original programming related to the environment, sustainable development, conservation and organic living. In acquiring TreeHugger.com, Discovery is pursuing its multiplatform strategy of being the leading content provider across nonfiction genres around the world. The transaction will not have a material impact on earnings in year one.

Graham Hill, founder of Treehugger, had this to say: “I’m really excited. Discovery is an awesome, international brand. We love the people we have met so far and they have made the largest commitment by far of any media company towards green; and it’s all the way from the top of the company.”

Read the full press release at Ecorazzi

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Kelly B Couture makes beautiful dresses, skirts, shirts, coats,swimsuits, pants, shorts and bathing suits. She only uses all natural and eco-friendly materials, like bamboo and organic cotton.

 Kelly B Couture debuted in Spring 2006, with the goal of making “unique and comfortable clothing for the conscious consumer.”

Kelly has been featured in San Francisco Fashion Week, on Treehugger, and in OK! Magazine!

To find out where a retailer near you, click here. Or shop online at BTC Elements.

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Check out this video about Sustainable Design at Postopolis.

Postopolis was an NYC-based event where designers, architects and bloggers had a chat about how we can all come together to work for a more sustainable future. On the panel were Graham Hill from Treehugger, Metropolis magazine Editor Susan Szenasy, Jill from Inhabitat and Allan Chochinov at Core77.

They talked about sustainability, design, green building and urbanism and tons more.

via treehugger & inhabitat