According to the always great Gizmodo, Sony is showing a green concept phone made of completely biodegradable materials. Since you will break your phone—but you’re way too lazy to donate it because, honestly, who has time when Gossip Girl is on in ten minutes?—it seems pretty neat to make it out of 100% eco-friendly materials.

Of course, why stop there?

We want other biodegradable products.

How about a biodegradable Bluetooth headset that you can throw away once you realize you look like a douche.

Or a biodegradable Nintendo Wii for when you realize Wii Sports is boring.

Or a biodegradable television set which can be safely thrown away after watching the Emmys.

So many options.

Although we wouldn’t want to promote green products for the sake of laziness, let’s be honest: we’re kind of lazy. And if there’s a green way to be lazy, we’d like to have it available to us. Preferably in reaching distance so we don’t have to get out of our chairs.

MD

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As one of the hundreds who braved the humidity in DC this weekend to attend the annual National Book Festival, we were able to score an advanced copy of Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book (available in stores today, September 30). It is organized similarly to The Jungle Book, in the sense that a young boy is raised to adulthood by non-human parents and friends (in this case, a graveyard’s residents instead of a jungle’s inhabitants). The book’s ghosts, ghouls, werewolves, and vampires make it an excellent treat for trick-or-treaters who will need to remember to bring their flashlights this year since places all around the U.S. from Belmont, Massachusetts to Fairbanks, Alaska are turning off street lights to save money. This latest initiative is an effort to battle city’s high energy costs though some cities are trying to handle the costs in different ways ranging from creating an Adopt-A-Light program to putting motion sensors on street lights. As for the wisdom of having dark streets when people will be running around masked and potentially armed with eggs and toilet paper, we’ll have to see what city officials’ houses look like in the morning.

LD

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard that Travis Barker (of Blink 182 fame) and DJ AM (of dating Nicole Richie and Mandy Moore and others fame) were the only survivors of a tragic plane crash last weekend. At the time, the breaking news sent shivers down our spines, and we were glad to hear that Travis and AM, though severely burned, had survived and were recovering in their hospital beds.

Now, a week later, as everyone from Kathy Griffin to Lauren Conrad recounts their near-death scary private plane experiences, all we can think is: will this FINALLY mean celebs will stop being so damn idiotic and wasteful and give up the luxury jets? Sure, LiLo took to her blog to remind us to “treasure every moment” and LC stated that she might shy away from tiny planes for a little while, but does this really signal a change?

We can’t resist taking this moment to remind everyone that private planes are, amongst other things, ridiculously wasteful and pretty much anti-green. Think of it like carpooling, but in the air. Everyone flying their own planes = unnecessary and wasteful. Everyone flying together = much greener.

Sarah

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Paul Newman passed away this Friday at the age of 83. Not only was he "Cool Hand Luke" but he was also a noted philanthropist and created the Newmans Own brand food brand, donating all of the profits (over $200 million) to charity.

So, now the House of Representatives has formed a $700 billion plan to bailout the financial industry. The easy part is over, now uneasy members of both parties have to decide if they want to approve the 110 page bill!

Luckily, the current credit crises may not have a bigger effect on the global economy than oil prices. This should not impede a new world climate deal because, according to a climate official at the United Nations, higher energy prices serve as incentive to improve energy efficiency.

In happy news, (or sad now that ScarJo’s off the market) Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds got hitched this weeked at a "remote wilderness resort outside of Vancouver."

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Three guys try to figure out what it takes to go green.

Sean O’Connor (See him on The Tyra Banks Show), Nick Maritato and Andrew Wright ask Brooklynites hard-hitting questions about the green living.

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Keira Knightley’s latest excuse to dress up in a corset, The Duchess, is the wannabe-epic story of Georgiana Cavendish, the 18th century Duchess of Devonshire. The film spans over a decade in the Duchess’ life, which is supposed to show Knightley’s range. All it really only ends up showing us is some very intense close-ups of her eyes and her perpetually lifted left eyebrow that at times indicates deep thought, at other times is supposed to convey deep sorrow, and still at other times is allegedly a sign of deep infatuation. The slow, long close-ups of Keira’s eyebrows are juxtaposed with the movie’s frantic pace to fit in everything remotely scandalous in the Duchess’ life—from the Duke’s (Ralph Fiennes) numerous affairs to Keira’s own brief lesbian fling to an unwanted pregnancy by her lover.

The film seems determined to prove that the 1700s were a pretty sexy and happening time. While Keira may not win any awards for her performance, she might inspire some vintage-loving fans to raid the racks of Buffalo Exchange. The fashion sharing and recycling site could help Keira inspire creative and extravagant Halloween outfits assembled with pre-existing pieces, given her character’s eccentric headwear choices and all (both Keira and Sarah Jessica Parker appear to want the blue-bird-hat look to be in this season). You don’t really need expressive eyes anyway when you’re in and out of your clothes every 15 minutes and you have more melodrama to contend with than a season of General Hospital.

LD

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Greetings! Clotheshorse here, Milan Fashion Week may be off and running, but we’ve got plenty of our own fashion news here in New York.

For starters, however, we’ve got the deets on some exciting developments across the pond. Lots of ethical goodness came out of London Fashion Week! Unlike its geographical counterparts, London FW hosted an entire exhibition of eco-fashion! They called it Esthetica and invited thirteen designs that practice the principles of fair trade, organic fabrics and recycling to showcase their wares. Thankfully, all the designs are both cutting edge AND green! Now if only the dollar to pound ratio was better…

In other news, Patricia Field’s SATC-inspired clothing line is officially available on the HSN website. You read that right, sister. The Home Shopping Network. Now, I’ve never even watched HSN, let alone visited the website, so I did some poking around on the Pat Field portion. The clothing is cute, but most of it looks like it belongs to Carrie Bradshaw’s cheaper, and trashier younger sister. Pat Field is such an innovator, and yet her HSN collection looks like stuff I could easily buy on the sale rack at F21. I can’t figure it out.

It’s official! Whitney Port, The Hills resident fashionista, who has recently been spotted filming at the Diane Von Furstenburg offices in the West Village, will indeed have her own spinoff show! Whit-lovers have been crossing their fingers for this news for weeks, and you know I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for a Whitney sighting.

Trend Alert! Ok, so I know I promised I wouldn’t post stupid things like that, but I just had to tell you that I’m majorly crushing on a black maxi skirt. I’d like the James Perse version, but seeing as that’s quite out of my price range, I’ll snag the F21 version instead. This trend can easily go the mommy route, so dress it up with funky low-slung belts and oversized cardigans, or go the route of a large white tee and costume jewelry. Trust me, this is a cozy option that’s not to be missed.

You should know: The Jonathan Saunders for Target collection has hit stores a bit early! A few pieces were spotted in the Brooklyn Target yesterday, so if you have a chance to take a trip downwards, please scout out that Mondrian mini dress I had my eye on and report back! Remember, Target’s very green; they’re LEED certified and totally on top of their eco-friendly game, so spending a bit more than you’re supposed to on the JS collection might just be warranted.

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No, the Academy isn’t planning on giving Ricky Gervais an award for turning theatres into Ghost Town-s this weekend, but he is being considered to host the 2009 awards ceremony. Apparently, Gervais impressed quite a few Hollywood honchos when he joked about Steve Carell “stealing” his Emmy from last year. Nothing has been officially decided yet, not the host and definitely not the alcohol of choice, but if last year is any indication, the Oscars may be getting greener. Last year, VeeV (a certified carbon neutral company that powers its distillers via renewable energy and donates $1 of every bottle sold to the rainforest) sponsored a nonprofit’s annual Oscar party (Global Green) and it may try to be a bigger player in 2009. I guess we’ll have to wait to see who’ll be supplying the drinks as well as the jokes.

LD

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Drew Barrymore is our girl. We’ve loved her long time. But the fact that we caught her at Webster Hall FULL FRONTAL SNOGGING Chuck Bass aka Ed Westwick makes us love her a little less. For starters, Ed is ours (ok, so it’s in our dreams). Not to mention, Drew’s 33, and Ed is what, like 21? There are only a few couples that can pull off that big of an age difference (Demi and Ashton); everyone else should stop robbing the cradle and leave the good youngins’ to us.

Ok, so we’re jealous. We’d love to be the ones straddling Westwick’s leather pants but alas, our life isn’t a movie. If we did get the chance to get up close and personal with Westwick, we might ask him why he wasn’t part of the recent GG initiative to go green. In case you missed them, members of the GG cast teamed up with the NRDC to produce green video clips with UES flair. Ed was noticeably absent, as was Chace Crawford (who was also spotted with Drew recently!). Perhaps they’re too busy courting Miss Barrymore to court the environment? Westwick should know that the line “I’m Chuck Bass” won’t work on Mother Nature.

Sarah

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In case you haven’t noticed, the economy is kind of kicking us in the face. President Bush has proposed a $700 billion bailout aka the amount of money we spent on imported oil this year instead of trying to reform anything. If the plan goes through, Obama has already said his energy plan would probably suffer. Sigh. Sad face.

Happy face! The West Coast + parts of Canadia have proposed a plan to cut emissions from power plants, manufacturers and vehicles. Known as the Western Climate Initiative, the plan would establish a regional market to trade carbon credits, and hopes to get below 2005 levels by 2020.

Happiness continues. Al Gore’s been in cahoots with Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, working on a new United Nations-backed global warming treaty that would better protect tropical forests.

Wait, turn that smile upside down again. House Dems have removed the ban on offshore drilling?! Stupid cowards. Even if the White House did veto it, at least you wouldn’t have sold OUT!

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