Admittedly, I’m out of the loop regarding the Bike to Work Week. Ok, cut me some slack, I live in LA! If I could bike to work, then it would be on a beach cruiser and I would declare a “Bike to work year”, but alas such is not the case, so I’ll stop with the shoulda-coulda-woulda. However, I do wholeheartedly support, encourage and envy all those of you who can bike to and from work.

This month’s Vanity Fair annual green issue features HL23 - Neil Denari’s new project at 23 Street in New York’s West Chelsea Arts district. Above is only a digital rendering of the avant-garde structure that is set to be completed in 2009. The futuristic 14 floor luxury green condominium tower is built for lower power use and Denari is striving for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) gold certificate by the US Green Building Council. Various building and zoning challenges put aside, the architect designed a building with one condo per floor and three unique facades, “a rarity in Manhattan’s block structure”.

The clothing brand Rogan recently branched out into furniture. Their minimalist new line consists of tables, chairs and lighting and can be seen on a separate website: Rogan Objects. The simplicity of design, combined with natural colors and textures, is reminiscent of their clothing pieces. And the best part about Rogan Objects is that they are constructed from recycled industrial materials and treated at an environmentally low-impact tannery . The purity of form and rugged finish keeps in the spirit of their concept and charms you into the timeless world of relaxed casual American ruggedness. I’m personally a fan of this steel and bull hide square chair with ottoman. Looks like a cozy Sunday paper seat.

Whether you make your mom a gift for Mother’s day or buy one, use wrapping cloth instead of wrapping paper. I found some beautiful wrapping cloths by Rikrak on Etsy, an they come in different colors and patterns. But if you’re crafty, you can make one just as easily on your own. The great thing about wrapping cloths is that they are reusable instead of disposable. You can re-purpose them later as journal or book covers.

This Mother’s Day give mom the gift of life - dedicate a tree in her name. For $ 25 you can dedicate a tree and for $ 100 a five tree grove, with the help of TreePeople. Your mom will receive a personalized certificate printed on recycled paper with original artwork.

Spending too much on your electricity bills?

Have no fear, Kill-a-Watt is here!

Kill-a-Watt is a wall unit with a large LCD which provides you with information about appliances that are plugged into it. It makes monitoring your electrical usage painless; expenses are viewable by day, week. month or year. It also detects voltage, line frequency, and power factor and estimates the quality of your power. Kill-a-Watt calculates consumption by the Killawatt/hr, as your utility company, which makes figuring out the bill easier.And all that for under $ 20. Find out just how efficient your appliances really are, eliminate energy leeches and put that money towards a weekend trip (or more like current gas prices).

Today is RSS awareness day. RSS is a great communication vehicle for regular web users. It allows you to easily stay informed by subscribing to the latest content from the sites that you like. RSS saves you time by providing most recent headlines and content summaries so you don’t have to view each site individually. You also protect your privacy, by not having to share your email address with yet another email newsletter. The number of sites offering RSS feeds is growing, so please help to spread the word by posting about it today. Subscribe to Green Vaccine feed!

Enjoy a laugh with this hilarious message from Greenpeace on energy efficient light bulbs, found on Green Energy TV.

I was researching green energy and came across this great interactive room by room tour with green home tips by Energy Star. By clicking on a room or a blue star, you can learn about how to conserve energy in every corner of your house. Great educational tool for kids, too. It teaches you to be eco-friendly, starting with your own home.

There is free Earth day festival this Sunday at the Santa Monica Pier. The live bands include Taj Mahal & Friends Ziggy Marley solo acoustic, Juliette and the Licks, Escalera (featuring Danny Way and Bob Burnquist), School of Rock Hollywood Allstars, The Frequency, Coby Brown. To get more details, visit the Green Apple site.