Because it’s there. (You have to scroll down a bit to see the article, at least that’s what happened on my browser.)

The good folks over at Green Trust have launched a review site for products with a green tinge. I’m pretty sure they’re not getting eco-corporate payola, just describing what they find worthwhile.

You already know that we’re about to have our first woman Speaker of the House, and you already know that Massachusetts has its first-ever, and the county’s second-ever, African-American governor. Did you also know that one of this week’s winners, Rep.-elect Jerry McNerny (D-California), must surely be the first member of Congress to be an expert in renewable energy and owner of a wind-energy turbine company? The frosting on the cake is that the Republican he ousted was chair of the House Resources Committee. Maybe McNerny will be able to put Congress’s hot air to good use at last.

And then there’s Senator-elect Jon Tester, surely Congress’s first organic farmer. As Grist says, there’s a surprising amount of green in this light at the end of the election tunnel.

Have you got any? The Environmental Working Group would like a sample–with your parents’ permission, of course–to study for the presence of toxic ingredients that might have gotten into you from your cosmetics. It’s part of their Skin Deep project. If you’re interested in participating, here’s a pdf of their flyer. (And if the topic grabs your attention, stay tuned for our as-yet unnamed book coming this Spring by Mark Schapiro.)

Now that’s good news, the kind of news that has a good chance of representing longer term positive change than today’s transitory election news. Vegetables are rapidly becoming my favorite breakfast food.

You don’t get reviews like that every day. Tim, my friend, congratulations on making yet another reader very happy with Sippewissett.

I knew that Sandy, Linda, and Jessica were going to tour together, but didn’t realize they’re already out there shaking things up. Vegetables for Breakfast, however, is in the know. Hooray for veggies!

Co-author of our upcoming book Ethical Markets, Simran Sethi, is the head of Treehugger’s video division–which just was named as one of the “green vloggies of the year” (translation: “environmental video-blog of the year”). Nicely done, Simran!

I’ve been double-dipping in the blogosphere, so to avoid unnecessary retyping, please see:

Annals of unexpected consequences: gay escort to halt global warming?