This lightweight device can be clipped on the edge of your book or the bed frame. Perfect for you types who fall asleep with the light on….remove all guilty feelings of wasting energy. This can be a great gift and engraved with your thoughtful wishes.
$29.95 at the Ultimate Green Store
James Bond would love this Casio Men’s G-Shock MT-G Atomic Tough Solar Watch, which is solar powered, has world time settings for 29 time zones and includes alarms, plus a stopwatch. Of course, it also looks super-spy cool! Casio Men’s G-Shock MT-G Atomic Solar Watch available from Amazon
You don’t see these around every day! Very unusual but, yet, very festive! Solar powered grass will look great nestled in around your trees or along the walkway. Each set has three sprigs of grass which you can set to steady or blinking. Get thinking of all the places you can put these!
$19.99 at Amazon
Perfect to get you feeling all ‘merry and bright’. These solar powered LED Icicle lights will put out a good amount of light to brighten your path or doorstep.
$23.37 at Amazon
Rechargeable batteries are great, but you still have to use mains power to refill them. Well, not now – this solar-powered charger make rechargeables really eco-friendly by using sunlight instead. It works with both Ni-MH and Ni-Cd batteries.
The charger costs $31.99 from SmartHome.
Although we love nature, some yard-invading parts of it are less welcome. This sonic deterrent for gophers, moles and other burrowing creatures does no harm, but irritates them and encourages them to move home. It’s powered by a built-in solar panel.
The deterrent costs $17.95 from SmartHome.
Light and compact enough to fit in a pocket, this solar charger can connect to mobile devices and charge them in 2-3 hours. It comes with the necessary adapters and is available in black or white.
The charger costs $89.99 from GreenGadgets.
Camping need not necessarily mean leaving behind all the comforts of home. This 6-person tent includes a solar panel that provides battery power to run the tent’s built-in lighting. Here is a link to a previous post we made on another model of solar tents that was more comprehensive.
Available for $249.99 (Canadian) from Canadian Tire.
With an efficient solar cell, rechargeable battery and low-energy LED light, this gorgeous jar absorbs sunlight through the day and provides night-time illumination. It needs to charge in direct sunlight, due to the jar’s frosting.
The Sun Jar costs $45.99 from GreenGadgets.
in development at Veranda Solar
Most solar panels for homes are primarily marketed for larger, more affluent suburban home owner. Veranda Solar has a new idea that offers an affordable solution for people living in the city, small enough to use outside apartment and condo windows. It probably won’t generate enough power to run all the electricity but may offer significant help in lowering energy use. They are estimating they will sell these for $400-600 and that the end user will be able to install easily themselves. The caveat, of course, is you’ll need a sunny window and unless the panels can move to move to follow the sun – there will only a be a limited time it can collect direct sun rays. Still, they may be able to work out these issues so it can offer solar power to renters and other city dwellers.
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