Lunch Break Eco Links Of The Week

Head on over to the water cooler and start your Friday gossip session, but make sure you review this week in green first.

• Your garage probably contains more potentially hazardous materials than any other location in your home. To find out what some of the more common chemicals are so that you can safely store them and know where or how to properly recycle or dispose of them, head on over to Ecollo.

• New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed that NYC begin charging shoppers 6 cents for each plastic bag issued at registers across the city. The policy is the latest attempt by the city to go green and reduce its environmental footprint. To read the full story, head over to Inhabitat.

• There are several leaders who demonstrate exceptional commitment to the environment in their home countries and in the international arena. Treehugger has highlighted the 5 most inspiring leaders in green.

• How do you green your bathroom? A few small changes will leave you “clean” of both body and conscience, while leaving enough water for the rest of us. Grist has a few great tips to greening your bathroom. Click here.

• Want to know how to fight toxic exposure and protect your home from dangerous chemicals? Elephant Journal offers us tons of resources about companies you can trust and products you shouldn’t.

• Environmental Graffiti has a great story on homes that are as far from “traditional” as you can get. Just clean, green, natural buildings smoothed from dirt, straw, clay, and loads of ingenuity. Click here view.