Biodegradable SunChips Bag

After coming out with a 33% plant-based snack bag for Earth Day, SunChips now announced they will soon come out with a 100 % biodegradable bag by Earth Day next year.  This isn't SunChips first attempt at going green, they already deliver organic waste from its chips to an animal feed supply company and powers its Modesto, California plant withsolar panels the size of football fields.

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Voltaic Solar Bags

The Voltaic Solar Bags have a solar panel built into the exterior of the bag which are lightweight tough and waterproof.  The Voltaic Generator ($499) produces 15 watts which is enough to fully charge a laptop after a day of direct sunlight.  The bags also include a battery pack which holds any power which is not used for charging a device, so that it can be used later.  The battery pack can also be charged using an AC or car charger to give you even more power on the go.  The bag comes with 11 adaptors for cell phones and laptops and if those do not fit your device than usb and car chargers can also be used to connect to the Voltaic.  The bags fabric is even made of recycled PET (soda bottles) which is both water resistent and durable.

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BioShield Casein Milk Paint

BioShield Casein Milk Paint ($6-$194) is purchased in powder form and then the buyer mixes it with clean water to create an off-white paint or it can be mixed with the BioShield Pigment Colors to create custom colors. It works well on many surfaces and is 100% natural.

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Living Moss Bath Mat

Bringing green into the bathroom in the most literal sense possible is the Nguyen designed Moss Carpet (TBA). The mat is made of non decaying foam called plastazote and is covered with three types of moss; ball, island and forest. The moss is kept alive by the shower steam. The prototype cost upwards of $300 to make so Nguyen is looking for a company to mass produce it to bring the cost down. [MORE|CONCEPT]

CalfeeDesign Bamboo Bike

After Craig Calfee watched his dog try to gnaw through a piece of bamboo with no luck he decided to create a bamboo bike frame.  At first it was purely a publicity stunt but then he found that the bamboo withstood impact damage better than carbon fiber and was less than a pound heavier than a comparable carbon fiber frame.  The carbon fiber also absorbs road vibrations better than carbon fiber which allows bikers to ride longer.  Now the CalfeeDesign Bamboo Bike ($1,900-$4,500) have one multiple awards and are available for road or mountain in different frame styles with a ten year warranty. 

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Western Digital Caviar Green

The Caviar Green Drive ($100-$139) has 40 percent reduced power consumption compared to other desktop drives. This allows the drive to be 4-5 watts more efficient than standard desktop drives. Although 4-5 watts does not sound like much, over a year of use it reduces C02 emissions that would be produced making that power by 13.8 kilograms per year. That is the same amount of emissions that would be saved if someone did not use there car 3 days every year. If you expand this over huge corporations with hundreds of thousands of computers you can see what a difference this can make to our environment. The drives also produce less heat and noise making them perfect for external drives because they do not need a fan. Not having a fan in an external drive can save $14.00 per year in electricity costs.

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Jute Handbags

Jute is composed naturally of cellulose without any toxic or polluting byproducts and its 100% biodegradable. Even its production is socially responsible because it creates employment in poor parts of the world where there are not many jobs. Jute bags ($20-30$) last as long as 1,000 plastic bags would and come in a variety of colors and styles. So pick one up today for yourself or a special someone and start stylishly saving the world.

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Husqvarna Panthera Leo

We usually don't keep up on the latest and greatest in rider mower concepts but this one is jaw dropping. The Panthera Leo (TBA) is made out of recycled materials and powered by a lithium-phosphate battery that lasts for 2 hours. The cutting decks are suspended individually and run by five brushless electric engines. Sensors on the cutting decks determine the optimal height and speed of blades for the grass you are cutting with your zero turn mower. Lastly in true concept form there is an LCD panel for the greenest mower for cutting green which will surely cost lots of green.

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Novelty Green Tees

We like these t-shirts not only because of their eye catching graphics, but also because of the following manufacturing standards that make American Apparel look unethical
-Water Based Ink
-100% Organic Cotton
-Peroxide Bleached
-Made In The USA

To top it all off the founder is a LEED AP interior designer and a portion of the
proceeds is donated to grassroots campaigns through "Global Giving Green" program

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