EarthFirst Blog Week in Review March 31 -April 4

Hi Friends! This week on the ole’ blog we been acting a fool. What with April fools and whatnot. Also, we’ve been renovating, so check out our new look and let us know what you think! (Pub note: Please don’t let us know what you think of the site yet, we’re still stuck in a bit of an ugly phase and we know it) We are going to be shooting a new writer down the EarthFirst pipeline, Ms. Stephanie Rogers will be joining us in creating the snarky, yummy hotness. If you haven’t been watching our every move, flip through the past links and take a gander at Austrialian Whack-a-toad, a shocking new light-switch, the cutest little girl you ever did see reciting Shel Silverstein with a green message, and a Penis-shaped green building. Love your mother!

Dastardly Seal Hunters Die After Boat Flips in Rough Water- No Miracle Seals Come to the Rescue

As The Boos Rained Down: President Bush Throws Out First Pitch in Green(er) Stadium<

Guess What I’ve Done? I Invented a Light That Plugs Into the Sun

When Kenyan Greenbeans Are Better: Why Local Food Isn’t Always The Best Choice

Pavlov’s Fish: Researchers Train Fish to Swim Into Nets For Harvest

Can a Power Company REALLY Be Carbon Neutral?

Electric Feedback: Use Too Much Energy and This Light Switch May Shock You

Happy April Fool’s Day From EarthFirst

Five Star April Fools From the BBC: Flying Penguins

From The ‘Not An April Fools Prank’ Files: FBI’s #1 Priority is Eco-Terrorism

Pranking on The Coal Industry: NRDC Spoofs “America’s Power”

Ann Coulter’s Girlfriend Thinks of Dumbest Law Ever: Lightbulb Freedom of Choice Act

What Are The Other Green Blogs Are Doing Today for April Fools Day?

New Invention Proves Even Old People Can Be Effective In Saving The World

Stealing Copper is the Old Hotness: All The Cool Crackheads Are Swiping Catalytic Converters

It’s So Simple It’s Genius: Green Affordable Homes From Landfill Scrap

The Solar Briefcase Makes You Look So Much Cooler When Searching For Lost Cities

Crying Out For Greener Office Pranks: What Does 187,000 Post It Notes Look Like

Excuse the Mess as We Renovate the Ol’ Site

Billy Knows a Tree When He Googles One: The Soccer Mom Syndrome

Drastic Plastic: From Floating Plastic Crap to Toxic Food Chain Bomb

Get Your Whacking Sticks Out: Australian MP Proposes National Cane Toad Killin’ Day

An Insult to Sewage Plants Everywhere: Renaming the San Fran Zoo Sewage Plant after George Bush

Extremely Phallic, Clean Techonology Skyscaper makes our Editorial Intern Think Dirty Thoughts

Nature Deficit Disorder in the UK: 25 Percent of British 10-Year-Olds Never Play Outside by Themselves

Al Gore on 60 Minutes: Dick Cheney and Other Global Warming Deniers Are Flat Worlders

Gut Buster of the Week: Lindsey Graham Says John McCain Has Done More Than Al Gore for the Environment

The Pedal Powered Flintstones Car Rides Again! Case Tossed Out of Court

Get Your Whacking Sticks Out: Australian MP Proposes National Cane Toad Killin’ Day

I remember watching a video about Australia’s Cane Toad scourge 17 years ago back in 8th grade science class (Great FSM does that make me feel old) and thinking “Australia is screwed, how do you fight that?”. My easy prediction is proving to be pretty spot on- Australia is screwed and getting screweder by the day. Cane Toads are taking over the country.

These large and quick growing voracious monster toads come with the added bonus of being poisonous, killing just about anything that eats it, even while they are in tadpole form. They’re fanning out across the country after being introduced back in the 30’s by farmers looking to take out grub worms and they are eating and killing everything in their path.

An Australian MP, Shane Knuth of Queensland, is now proposing to create a national Cane Toad Whacking Day (OK, so they are calling it Toad Day Out) where people would be encouraged to unleash holy hell upon their local cane toad population. A toad pogrom if you will.

The great thing is that they are getting the kids involved, giving them a good excuse to go outside and blow up, beat down, step on, cut through, and burn up toads. In my day doing that would get me yelled at and grounded- it’s about to become a national freaking holiday in Australia. God Save the Queen.

Link [Telegraph UK]