>> Got a home you want to green? Tonight’s free Co-opportunity Community Greening Class, led by Nancy Astrid Lindo, will suggest the next greening steps once you’ve purchased a house and want to start making changes. Be there at the Santa Monica Synagogue on 18th and Broadway, Santa Monica, by 7 pm.

>> Already got green cleaning products? Get green tools to match: Quickie’s “Green and It’s Clean” products — made with post consumer waste plastics molded with ground wood chips as well as bamboo — are available at Home Depot and Wal-Mart. Prices range from $4.99 to $24.99.

>> Michael Pollan was right: The FDA’s now approved irradiated spinach. Let’s just hope irradiation never becomes mandatory….

>> What’s up with black names, anyway? “Take a quick glance down the Olympic roster. It is the black names that disproportionately stand out: Tayshaun, Deron, Rau’shee, Raynell, Deontay, Taraje, Jozy, Kerron, Hyleas, Chaunte, Bershawn, Lashawn, Sanya, Trevell, Sheena, Dremiel.”

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