Welcome to Carnival of the Green, a roaming weekly digest of the best in eco-blogging. Last week Allie’s Green Answers hosted the madness; next week cruise on over to The Evangelical Ecologist.

This week in the green blogosphere:

• Cindy Endahl of myrecycledbags.com muses on the ultimate grocery bag; while Deirdre Helfferich of The Ester Republic asks What to do? about our ever growing collections of plastic bags.
• Vihar Sheth announces It’s Electric, Boogie, Woogie, Woogie! posted at green | rising.
• MoneyChangesThings reports on the 2009 Prius’ new feature: solar panels.
• APH debunks an Urbanism Legend: Gas Taxes and Fees Cover All Costs of Road Use posted at Market Urbanism.

• Sally Thompson shares Greener Thumb: 100 Resources to Grow Your Own Organic Fruits and Vegetables posted at Organicasm.
• Fake Plastic Fish attempts to bribe her CA readers with the best fudge sauce in the world to write to their reps about an important plastic bag bill in the state assembly.
• David comments on Rising Gasoline Prices And The Demise Of The Small Town posted at The Good Human.
• After a school year of misery, Sally Kneidel of VeggieRevolutution was ready for total immersion in Lake Llanganuco, Peru.  One problem: the only entree on the menu at Lake Llanganuco was guinea pig.
• SVB @ The Digerati Life reassures us We’re driving less to save money and the environment!
• La Margurite recounts her nostalgie for a time of less trash in a post entitled Garbage Society.
• Kacper Wrzesniewski ennumerates 37 shortest hacks to save on electricity posted at KacperWrzesniewski.com.
• NtJS instructs us on Dumpster Diving Etiquette posted at not the jet set.
• jzulueta presents Green is Righteous posted at jzulueta.
• Lynn from OrganicMania.com writes about the rationale for the launch of The Green Moms Carnival which launches Monday at organicmania.com; and Diane MacEachern shares more on the new carnival over at The Daily Green.
• Matthew Philip presents Removing the Fossil Fuel Blinders posted at EnviroHumanImpact.
• Jason Isbell shares tips on how to Recycle the Waste posted at Tired Garden.
• Emmett Duffy at The Natural Patriot gives us an update on the Tiberneck Biodiversity Restauration Project.
• And here at everydaytrash, Leila talks to Kim Holleman about art, politics and the definition of “TRASHNAMI“.

Happy Reading!

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Please enjoy the show:

First up, we have the inquisitive Ollie Moore of olliesplace who asks: Are Organic farmers just in it for the money?

Next, Harlan of Greener Magazine loads us up with tips to prepare our families for the National Wildlife Federation’s Great American Campout.

On Veggie Revolution this week, Sally looks at the disproportionate burden of environmental exploitation borne by North Carolina and the growing local resistance that is proving the power of grass roots activism. 

Over at the Evangelical Ecologist, Don Bosch compiles a list of “10 things that make climate models hard to build (and understand),” a handy resource for watchdogs of the International Panel on Climate Change.

David of The Good Human examines the ethics of ethanol, wondering “With all the starving and malnourished people in this world, is it terribly irresponsible to use a perfectly good food source just so we can drive our cars?“

John of hell’s handmaiden ruminates over global warming and whether or not humans are to blame in a post entitled “Gambling With Our Lives.”

Way out in the south-western Pacific Ocean, Idiot/Savant of No Right Turn crunches the numbers on the New Zealand National Party’s proposal to halve greenhouse emissions by 2050.

And right here at everydaytrash, professor Joshua Goldstein answered questions about the historical and political role of trash pickers in China.

Happy reading, and don’t forget to check out Sustainablog for next week’s jamboree.