Eco-friendly White House Easter Egg Roll

Mother Nature Network reports on the eco-friendly nature of this year's White House Easter Egg Roll.

The eggs (pictured right) are made from Forest Stewardship Council certified wood and painted with vegetable-oil and water based inks and coatings.

The Roll's activities will focus on getting kids to be active and healthy. First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign called Let's Move! brings awareness and solutions to childhood obesity.

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Fishing, hiking and camping along California's Kern River

Hugo Martin of the Los Angeles Times compiled a list of great fishing, camping and hiking spots along the non-crowded Kern River.

Martin, a "spring fever" trout fisher, says fishing should not be a "contact sport" like it is at popular angler spots along the Owens River Valley.

So he set off to find less-crowded spots to enjoy his pastime as well as other outdoor activities.

The Kern is located about 150 miles northeast of Los Angeles and just east of Bakersfield.

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W Hotels to offer free bikes on Earth Day

The New York Times reports that the luxury W hotel chain will begin offering green transportation alternatives starting this Earth Day.

Guests will be provided with free bikes and helmets. There is a "Spring Fling" package that will donate 100 trees to a charity org. And W will offer a green limo service using hybrids or alternative-fuel vehicles.

Because it's a luxury chain, the green limo service will probably be the greenest thing the guests will be able to sacrifice their lifestyles for. Somehow I don't see these guests using bikes to get to and fro. And who knows how long these so-called green services will last...

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Peak year for western desert wildflowers

Because of intense and wet storms throughout the west this past winter, desert wildflowers should be in abundance this spring. Normally dry desert areas in such states as Nevada, California, Utah and Arizona will proliferate with colors for a short viewing season in April. The Wall Street Journal via the Miami Herald says that the popularity of viewing desert wildflowers is a growing trend and many websites on the topic have -ahem- sprung up.

Read the full story: This could be a great year