These days, computers don’t just run out lives, they run up our power bills, too. All those devices hooked up to your system can drain energy, even when you’re not using them. The Energy Saving Smart Strip Power Strip can stop this waste of power by letting you shut off all peripherals plugged into it with just one click. Available at Best Energy Saving Products, $34.95.
These Aon Box™ speakers are the first and only eco-friendly speakers whose outer housing and packaging are made with 100% renewable resources. These hip, colorful speakers deliver one watt of sound without batteries. Available from the Ultimate Green Store, $14.99 the pair.
Juice up your kitchen with this bright, bold clock made from 100% recycled detergent bottles. In Orange, Lemon or Grapefruit, great taste was never so earth friendly. Available from Bean Products at the Ultimate Green Store, $57.
Rev up all your toys with this clever pocket-sized solar charger that works with products by Apple, Nokia, Motorola, Blackberry and Samsung, plus GPS, game players and digital cameras. Talk about multi-tasking! Available from Solio at Sundance Solar, $99.95.
Want to save the earth while keeping all your important data close by? These eco-friendly flash drives contain no lead, mercury, cadium or other toxics, and you can choose from a variety of colors and storage capacities. Available from Greenhome.com, starting at $28 for 1 GB.
You won’t mind being lost for days in the woods if you have this handy companion at your side, since it combines a reading light, a flashlight, a red blinking light, a siren, a thermometer, am/fm radio, shortwave and weatherband, an earphone jack, and a cell phone charger. Plus, you can power it by cranking, solar, battery and AC charger. Wow! Does it cook, too? Available from Solarrific at Amazon.com
This hybrid charger can put a charge on your small electronics with the built in solar panel. It will hold the power collected from the sun in the internal battery as well. You can purchase this product from theultimategreenstore.com for $79.95
This smart amplifier will figure out which speakers are on and will only amplify that channel. Saves energy by not wasting it on speakers that are not on. You can purchase this amplifier from smarthome.com for $740
This energy saving device will help you determine if your products are using to much power. this monitoring system is completely wireless for a fairly easy installation (although reports vary on just how easy). Knowing how much electricity such things as your fridge, washer and basement lights are using can help you determine where and when you need to replace them with more energy efficient models. Used correctly this power monitor could save you some serious money, more than enough to pay for it.
You can purchase this Black & Decker Energy Saver Series Power Monitor from Amazon.com
