Eco-Beat, 4/10
Looking for some timely tips about greening your Easter celebration, taxes, or even taxidermy? Today's Eco-Beat has got the scoop on all sorts of awesome green news.
Green in a Flash:
 Welcome To Solar City, FloridaWanna live in the first completely solar-powered city in the US? With the world's largest solar farm, citywide WiFi, and electric car chargers, this place sounds like an eco-topia. |
 The Egg Crate LampSo, you just bought a ton of eggs for Easter and now you've got a five-foot stack of egg crates in your kitchen. No worries, you can use them to build a sweet upcycled light fixture. |
 Going Green on the Job HuntNew phone apps make going paperless a cinch. No more late night trips to buy printer ink and goofy paper with watermarks -- just BeamME your resume. |
 Taxidermy is TrendyA new wave of taxidermists are recycling animals to make eclectic home furnishings. It may freak out some animal activists, but artists say they're preserving animals they didn't kill. Stuffed squirrel lamp anyone? |
 $6 Solar Cooker: The Next George Foreman Grill?The Kyoto Box costs about $6 to make, and it can help stop deforestation in places where wood fires are the primary means of cooking. This design won the $75,000 grand prize in the Climate Challenge? And, yes, it's just a box and some tin foil. |
- Oregon considers making cyclists pay road taxes. How?
- Extreme water shortages cause officials to shut off the tap for two million peeps in Mexico City -- for 36 hours.
- Upgrade your home's energy efficiency and you can save some green on your taxes.
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