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The Story of Cosmetics, examines the pervasive use of toxic chemicals in our everyday personal care products, from lipstick to baby shampoo.

Produced with Free Range Studios and hosted by Annie Leonard, the seven-minute film by The Story of Stuff Project reveals the implications for consumer and worker health and the environment, and outlines ways we can move the industry away from hazardous chemicals and towards safer alternatives. The film concludes with a call for viewers to support legislation aimed at ensuring the safety of cosmetics and personal care products.

Ric O’Barry, 70, who now makes a career out of freeing dolphins, said the video highlights the cruelty the animals suffer while in captivity.  Mr O’Barry said: ‘The habitat of that false killer whale is so unnatural it leapt out in desperation.

The footage shows the stricken dolphin, called Kuru, lying on the floor as staff desperately wrap it in a mat and use a crane to lift it back into the water.

The other dolphins in the tank appear to be distressed and gathered around the side where the Kuri leapt out.

Hideshi Teruya, who manages the dolphin section at the park said: ‘It was playing around and jumped out by accident from the momentum.’  Mr Teruya denied the captivity was cruel and said the tank was not overcrowded and followed aquarium guidelines.

BULLSHIT!

But Mr O’Barry said the guidelines were inadequate and that dolphins were used to roaming for many miles a day, not swimming in a circle and doing flips at shows.

Two words: The Cove

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We’ve covered ties and a fedora made from recycled cassette tapes and now Deborah Lindquist has followed suit with a bustier for the ladies.

Sonic fabric is woven from 50% recorded audio cassette tape and 50% colored thread.  The fabric is actually audible if you run a tape head over it! (Visit the youtube channel for a demo here: alyceobvious.)

When I first laid my hands on the solar powered G-spot vibrator, I was blinded by a thousand white glimmering lights that shined upon me from the skies above..and when I first tasted organic vodka bought from my local BevMo!, I felt blessed knowing I was sipping on bottled up tears from the angels up in heaven..but now I KNOW for a fact that baby jesus is answering my prayers one by one from that time my mom forced me to go to church 2 Easters ago because of this new find– Recycle-A-Flask!

Recycle-A-Flask is 100% recyclable, reusable, BPA-free and sexy as hell!  It carries 5 oz of gods nectar, comes with a funnel and has a clear window on the side so you don’t overfill and waste one drop of the precious juice.  That would be cardinal sin.  See, I learned something from all those years spent in catholic school.

These would make perfect gifts for groomsmen, lushy bachelorette participants or at company holiday parties.  You can even get custom logos or images put on them through Fun Flasks.  They’re also very affordable (under $5) and can be found at Hot Topic, Aahs!! and various liquor stores around town.

Now I’m a believer that miracles do happen!  I have a collection of flasks and I’ve always wanted a plastic one.  Yeah, yeah, I know, not very GG&S of me but the metal ones weigh heavily in my small hand clutch during a night of debauchery.  Plus, plastic goes undetected through those pesky metal detectors.  But the fact that these are recyclable and BPA-free clears my guilty conscious and the liquid gold that goes inside of them helps to clear the catholic guilt I was raised with most of my life.  Ok, it only clears it for one night but thats why I keep on drinking.  Chu’uch!

Welcome to the family Recyle-A-Flask!

Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought that I would one day style a model I used to love as a teen.  Ever!  But I did and to boot, we wrapped up the shoot afterwards, drinking wine and talking about rescue animals, chicken coops and the plight of mustangs in the wild.  Swoon!

The concept of the story was simple.  Tatjana’s passion for saving wild horses.  No emphasis on high fashion.  Just beautiful, simple, equestrian style clothing, Tatjana and the horses.  The shoot took place at the Return to Freedom ranch located in Ojai, in which Tatjana is a spokesperson for.

RTF is dedicated to preserving the freedom, diversity and habitat of America’s wild horses through sanctuary, education and conservation, while enriching the human spirit through direct experience with the natural world.

Attention all actors and hoarders in LA:  Comedian and actor Russell Brand is scheduled to host ‘Buy Love Here,’ a swap meet type event on Thursday.

“Buy Love Here‘ is a pop up and exchange shop, where for one day money will have no currency. The shop is the brain child of British comic Russell Brand and will take place between 2pm and 6pm on Thursday the 27th of May 2010, at The Beverly Center in Los Angeles.

The idea is to raise debate about the scale of consumer culture and to promote the re-use of products in a surplus society. It is a social experiment to examine shopping habits whilst providing an opportunity for Russell to speak directly with the public and gauge opinion. The day will be filmed as part of an ongoing documentary Russell is currently filming about the pursuit of happiness.”

Katy Perry, Adrian Grenier and Perez Hilton are scheduled to be part of the event. Art by Shepherd Fairey will be on display.

Via Perez, ABCLocal

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And for more shits and giggles, here’s a live stream of the oil spewing into the ocean.  Who needs puppy cams when we have this to warm our hearts?  Happy Tuesday!  xo

This sucks…FOR THE BULL!  Unfortunately, the world famous matador dude survived and the bull was later slaughtered. Read about it on the Huffington Post.

Photos via Getty

Thanks Dante!

Boo to the ocean killers!   Here’s a celebratory virtual scrapbook in their honor.

DICK QUOTE OF THE YEAR: “We will fix it. I guarantee it. The only question is we do not know when. The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume.”  ~BP CEO Tony Hayward

Thanks for the vid Justin H.

More pictures via Huffington Post.

Two types of cardboard can be recycled: flat cardboard, which is typically used in cereal and shoe boxes, and corrugated cardboard, which has a ruffled layer between the two flat pieces of cardboard and is often used in packing boxes. Check out these audio gadgets that come packaged flat and require assembly, for the geek in you.

Serato lovers, can you handle this?  Human powered record player by GGRP Sound.

Cardboard boombox for your iPod by Suck UK.  Comes with speakers and 4 AA batteries, which I’m sure you’ll want to replace with rechargable batteries.

The cross radio by Ewa Bochen.

To see more cool gadgets made from cardboard, visit Eco Friend.