GreatGreenGoods has had the pleasure to host the Carnival of the Green three years in a row, during the week after Thanksgiving. COTG is a roving digest of the green blogosphere, managed by Treehugger. Carnival of the Green roams from blog to blog each week, offering entertaining and enlightening bits and bytes - with an ecopolitical-green-sustainable focus.

Last weeks Carnival of the Green was hosted at Savvy Vegetarian. Next week’s carnival is happening at Fish Feet.

Without further ado, here is this week’s carnival:

Tiffany Washko presents Eco Friendly Yoga Socks posted at Natural Family Living Blog. I need some of these!

A new blog called Snarfd, penned by Chris Baskind and Shea Gunther have a post titled: Don’t Water Your Lawn: Paint It! With record droughts spreading across the U.S., Australia, and elsewhere, local officials are clamping down on lawn watering. So how to keep your front yard looking green in an eco-friendly and water-smart way? Paint it!

The Good Human gives us all a good reason to Go Green and Save Money. Going green, as well as helping the environment, can also save the average person a ton of money. Maybe some of these will work on your skeptical Uncle, even if he thinks we are all a bunch of crazy tree-hugging hippies!

Hell’s Handmaiden presents A Climate Grab Bag.
Inside Montana discusses a survey ranking How Green Your State Is.

Pickel gives us a post titles: Discussing Autism - Schools Go Green? over at Discussing Autism.

Adam Williams from Life Goggles has two new interviews:
One with the founder of Eco-Libris and the second with a green house builder.

Colette Chandler, Green Marketing Expert at Keyboard Culture reveals the latest on the green and LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) consumer, who they are and how you can tap into this $230 billion marketplace in her article “LOHAS and Green Tools.”

Intelligent Travel is talking about Tour Guide: Peru.

GreatGreenBaby is having a contest giving away organic cotton onesies from now until the end of the year. Stop by and leave a comment or signup for the newsletter to enter.

Wanta avoid all the tailpipe emissions and traffic hassles while looking for gifts for the holidays? Try these tips from Veggie Revolution, for no-shopping, no-driving, earth-friendly and wildlife-friendly presents.

Melanie Rimmer submitted a post on her blog, Bean Sprouts about a new website that encourages people to share their skills, time, tools and space with their local community, called Freeconomy.

That’s all folks See you next week at Fish Feet.

Welcome to the second annual Black Friday - Cyber Monday edition of the Carnival of the Green hosted by GreatGreenGoods

Thanks to Organic Research for hosting last week and thanks in advance to Urban Eco who will host next week. I am honored to be your host this week. If you would like to host or post to the carnival, please check out this post on treehugger.
Let the fun begin:

Jeremy Bruno presents Polluted Waterways of Western Maryland posted at The Voltage Gate. Very interesting photos and information on acid mine drainage in Western MD.

Joe Kissell presents a look into the future of charging cell phone batteries with Ethanol Batteries / High-energy cocktails posted at Interesting Thing of the Day. The next revolution in battery technology for cell phones, laptops, and portable electronics may be special fuel cells you can recharge with a thimbleful of your favorite cocktail.

Greener Magazine blogs on Global trade: neither free nor fair - Although the advent of so-called free trade has made it much easier for goods and services to cross borders, it hasn’t always made life better for average people.

Groovy Green gets readers to “Convince the Man to Go Green” by finding one small step that anyone can make to start to make a difference in the world.

Riversider presents Views from the Riverbank posted at Save The Ribble!.

Stingy Student presents Why? posted at Stingy Students.

The Evangelical Ecologist suggests that we consider donations to the Salvation Army this time of year.

Graham Caswell presents Imagine posted at Graham Caswell . com which is a positive look at how the next 100 years could develop, and how the challenge of Climate Change could be overcome.

Leon Gettler presents Interview with Al Gore posted at Sox First when Mr. Gore was in Australia last week.

Rich presents Gay and Green posted at Queercents a post on how he justifies paying more for his electricity from renewable sources.

Keith Ripley presents More Construction with PET Bottles posted at The Temas Blog.

And last but not least, on Triple Pundit this week, Pablo looks at the relative efficiencies of getting hot water out of the tap vs. heating it on a gas stove.

If you would like more info on hosting or posting, The Carnival of the Green is managed by TreeHugger . It’s a roving digest of the green blogosphere with a sustainability focus as opposed to green politics in general. Just like a regular real carnival it roams around offering a sample of its world.

This week is full of vacation and sun and hotdogs. Relax after the barb-b-que in this colorful hammock created from recycled seatbelts. Available in two widths for one person or two.

Available at Ting London

Other Links: Hammocks can also be purchased at Yardenvy.com

Welcome to the Greenest Show on Earth, aka this week’s Carnival of the Green! Many thanks to City Hippy and TriplePundit for starting this traveling show. I am honored to be your host this week!!

If you are new to the Carnival of the Green, more information about submitting posts and hosting the carnival can be found at City Hippy and Triple Pundit.

Soooo…… to start things off….we’ll look at the shopping posts…after all, this is a shopping blog and ’tis the season!!!

Jen’s Green Journal continues her series on environmentally friendly and/or fair trade gift giving. (great stuff!!) City Hippy chimes in as well with some green gift solutions just in time for the festivities!!

More gift giving ideas from Greenermagazine featuring the wonderful story behind the company, Green Glass Inc. (They make cool stuff!!)

To wrap it up (hohoho!!) Dee’s ‘Dotes has a timely post titled: “Holidays, Consumerism and Stress”. It is a commentary on the holiday frenzy of consumerism and the stress associated with it. The post also includes links to where people can learn more about alternative gift giving.

Moving on….

TreeHuggerMum pipes in with a great post titled “Say No to Nuclear!” on the recent support of the British Prime Minister Tony Blair of nuclear power, listing the downfalls of nuclear power, and promoting renewables as the way forward for the sake of future generations.

A new blog is next and one we’ll all enjoy reading and getting to know, called Terry! …short for Terra of course! This weeks submitted post is titled A Sustainability F.A.Q. by Jennifer McQeen. Great stuff comparing and contrasting sustainability and environmentalism. The piece ends with: “The most important change a person can make now, is to turn thought and concern into action. From being a knowledgeable consumer to being a responsible producer and becoming involved in local, provincial and national government to both push and allow for changes. It’s pretty much time to turn off that ringing alarm clock. ” HERE HERE!!!

Now, here’s a post I’ll be paying attention to…living in Boston is awesome!! but it is cold and the heating bills hurt. Greenthinkers have a great bost on Winterizing your home in One Day!!” They recommend getting a professional to inspect your heating system every year. I think I’ve skipped that step the last couple of years!! Thanks greenthinkers for all the tips.

Hip and Zen blog brings it home with a post on Lime, a new media company that strives to appeal to those who care about the environment, healthy living…and psychics!! How Green Carnival-esque!!

The Blue Voice (new blog to me!) submitted a tw0-part post on Richard W. Pombo, representative to Congress from Tracy, CA, and currently Chair of the House Resources Committee. Part 1 and Part 2

And keeping up the political theme, Enviropundit: Green Building Blog, has a great post on the apparent contradiction between China’s desire for sustainable growth and its actions.

Animal Broadcast Network brings us up to date with the new Georgia Aquarium. There seems to be two sides to this fishy tale, so check out the post and make your mind up yourself.

And last but certainly not least …Dirty Greek has quite the report on his local Organic yummy Thanksgiving feast.

That’s all for now, thanks everyone for letting me host this week’s Carnival of the Green. Next week, we’ll be at The Greener Side and a big thank you to Sustainablog for doing such a great job last week. This post is also linked to TLB’s Ubercarnival. And we’ll be back tomorrow with some great green goods for all your holiday shopping!!