http://www.thedailygreen.com

Everyone knows that green is the new black.  Recycling, global warming, air pollution and other environmental issues are driving consumer consciousness.  The Daily Green: The Consumer's Guide to the Green Revolution is your one-stop website for all things green.  From environmental news to the “weird weather watch,” The Daily Green has the information you need to be a more environmentally conscious consumer.

The site is clean and easy to navigate.  Daily updated content is available directly on the webpage or via an RSS feed for more tech-savvy web surfers.  The Daily Green offers tips and information in a variety of areas, such as the following:

• New Green Cuisine (including recipes, a safe food watch, and "30 Days to a Greener Diet")
• Green Homes (ways to make your home more eco-friendly)
• Weird Weather Watch (a photoblog of climate change, with pictures contributed by readers)
• Driving Directions (a blog about green commuting, gas prices, hybrid cars, and electric vehicles)
• Current news, blogs, links and more!

Everyday, “One Easy Thing” highlights a simple tip you can use to become more green.  Want to learn how to charge your iPod with a solar panel, find an environmentally friendly natural nail polish, or why putting a cactus in front of your computer may reduce harmful radiation?  Tips and advice can also be submitted by users and contributions are encouraged.  One of the most useful features is the “Get Local Info” connection.  Here you can enter your zip code to find local temperature and air quality reports, and well as recycling centers, farmer's markets, farms and food co-ops near you.  This feature makes it even easier to be environmentally conscious and support green businesses and practices.

This website has lots of information to offer, with more added every day.  Be sure to check out The Daily Green to see what you can do to help sustain our environment!

Reviewed by Library Staff member - Rachel Clarke

According to publisher, Actar, JPG2 “brings together over 20 design teams, showcasing the evolution of teams from the first JPG as well as showcasing new projects, new teams, and the best contemporary design talents.”  It is a visual survey of the last four years in the area of graphic design and illustration.  The work spans a variety of concepts where overlaps are interesting, and common threads are apparent across the various topics.  The book is divided into 13 chapters, and shares concepts, such as:

• photographic images and their collaborative nature with graphic design;
• the visual marriage of collage and scenic, imaginary landscapes;
• the interpretive potential of graphic design into objects

There are literally hundreds of pages displaying colorful and provocative illustrations.  Each page serves as the first step towards a visual journey where readers can discover the talent of the creative designer behind the eye-catching image before them.  Readers are given the opportunity to see and imagine each designer's work space – an intimate snapshot of their everyday life, and the objects that trigger their imagination.

Spend some time browsing through this stunning collection, and prepare to be inspired!

Reviewed by Library Staff member - Lucy Bellamy