I haven’t put up links in a week or two, so I thought I’d give you two posts in one. Above is my cat’s video review of the Adopt A Cat Organic Catnip Toy from GoodThingsGreenThings.com.

And now, links!

OnlineDegrees.org listed The Greenists as #26 on their top 100 list of Green Blogs for Students!!!!

Hudson Valley Green Festival tickets are on sale for the September 4th event!  We’ll be posting more about this event next week.

The Good Human gives helpful hints to finding a car sharing service near you.

Asthma Mom has health tips for the school year.

Crunchy Chicken is going pioneer!

Retro Housewife Goes Green wants you to vote for ethical jewelry.

For information on how to help sea turtles, especially during the oil spill crisis, check out Save the Sea Turtle.

Have you seen it?  Do you plan to?

Okay, so admittedly, the book trailer for STAY has nothing to do with being green. But since STAY is my first novel and I’m super excited, I hope you’ll allow me to veer a little.

And, to make it up to you, here are some things I do to lower Argo & Stella’s carbon footprint:

• Look for quality dog food that comes packaged in paper, not plastic.  I feed Stella and Argo Newman’s Own Organics, and love that it’s plastic free.
• Look for plastic free or low plastic options for leashes and collars when you need new ones, but don’t buy them new ones until you need to.  Argo and Stella both wear hemp martingale collars from EarthDog. There’s only one small piece of plastic on the collar, and they are amazingly durable.  Argo has had his collar since 2007, and Stella has had hers since November 2008.  Neither show any signs of wearing out anytime soon.
• Clean up after your dog, and dispose of the waste properly.  Composting and doggie septic systems may not be the best option, especially if you live in a colder climate, where the waste may not heat up enough to kill water contaminating bacteria and parasites.  This website has a lot of advice for dealing with pet waste.   Unfortunately, bagging and placing in the trash may be the best option for waste.  And if you do compost pet waste anyway, do not use that compost on food crops.
• Keep your lawn chemical-free.  Dogs eat grass and love to roll around on a freshly mowed lawn.  Make your lawn as safe as possible for them.

What do you think?