The subject of our last video, Nammy Patel of the Green Dentistry, has started a new website in partnership with HowYouEco.com. HowYouEco is a website that lets green-conscious people and practical ideas connect, and Toothhugger has a focus on oral hygiene and dentistry. Our video with Nammy is featured on the site now so check it out!

During World War II, 40% of the nations produce was grown on small local gardens called Victory Gardens. The gardens lowered the cost of fruits and vegetables, fed troops, and brought communities on the home-front together.

In a time where we as American’s are eating ourselves to death and where climate change could cause unprecedented food shortages, the Victory Garden might be an old idea worth reexamining. If you haven’t already heard, the incoming administration is asking for ideas and the victory garden has been proposed.

Submit your own idea for the Obama administration or vote for the victory gardens at Change.org

For our last episode of 2008, we head to Union Square in downtown San Francisco to check out the offices of the Green Dentist, Nammy Patel. In all aspects of their business, the Green Dentistry strives to be sustainable. From patient care, to interior design, to dental equipment, their common-sense approach to sustainability is a model for green businesses of all types.

When you make coffee at home, do you throw out your cup every day? So then why does Starbucks throw out countless cups, even when people are drinking their java in the store. For a company that markets itself as “conscious”, they sure don’t offer their customers many options to stay green. I’ve only been to one Starbucks where ceramic cups were offered, and when I got my coffee there was a nice layer of dust in the foam.
(Via Justin)

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This week, we’re in Richmond, California visiting Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park. Park Ranger Naomi Torres gives us an inside look at the past, present, and future of this iconic park in the East Bay.

If you need to dispose of E-waste and you want to support the fight against breast cancer, check out recycleforbreastcancer.com. I’ve used the service over the years, primarily to recycle ink jet cartridges, but they will also recycle everything from cellphones, old computers, toner, and magnetic storage. Just check and see if the item you want to recycle is supported, sign up for a pre-paid label and RFBC will mail you a postage sticker so that you can send the item free of charge.

In this episode, we get the inside scoop from Carrie Ellett, National Program Director for Girls For A Change, a national organization that empowers girls to create social change in their own community. Started in the Bay Area, they are quickly expanding to cities all across America with their National Tour. Check it out and click here to find out how to help!