Meet the Helios, an energy efficient outdoor cooker. Its only a concept so far. The satellite looking dish collects solar energy and heats a coil inside the barbecue to cook the food. You only have cookouts on bright sunny days. You might as well put the sun’s rays to good use!

If however you need to barbecue at night you can always plug it in an electrical outlet. The plug is retractable and is stored in the base. The dish itself is easily retracted for easy storage as seen below.

Via Tuvie.com By designer Sean McGreevy

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Eco emporia is a eco a store of unique hand made eco products. All their products are made of recycled materials. Discarded materials that would have made it to the landfill have been transformed into jewelery, bags, accessories, homeware, artwork and stationery.

Founder, Anna Burns said “Eco Emporia is different because we only sell recycled crafts. Everything is lovingly handmade by skilled craftspeople and beautifully gift wrapped using reclaimed and recycled materials. Many of our items are one of a kind pieces you won’t find anywhere else”.

Like the above champagne platter. It is reformed from used champagne bottles, these platters are ideal for serving nibbles and cheese. Each squashed bottle comes with a cheese knife and a wire hook. The champagne bottles retain their original foil label. Available in green.. Perfect for dinner parties and an ideal wedding or new home gift.

Or check this recycled record bowl. Hand sculpted and painted with acrylics in psychedelic designs, obsolete 12″ vinyl records have made a come back as colorful bowls. Pop your fruit in them!

Visit Ecoemporia.com for more.

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Unique wine glasses made of recycled car windshield glass. Made by hand as well in Columbia. The glass appears thick and sturdy. Sold as a set of 2 for only $22 from UncommonGoods.

Not a wine drinker? They also have beer glasses too! Both are dishwasher safe.

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Cute baskets made out of reclaimed Chinese fir trees. They can act as a centerpiece on the dinner table or as a fruit bowl or as a caddy for tableware. Each basket is unique with its own markings. They make perfect gifts for the holidays, housewarming or as a shower gift.

Root Basket (medium)
$79

Root Basket (large)
$95 Via Vivaterra

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SIGG has a lot of cute reusable bottles that are stylish. The easiest eco friendly thing you can do is convert to a reusable bottle. Most plastic bottles end up in the landfill, and even if recycled use up a lot of energy to produce and then to keep recycling… Stats show that 8 out of 10 bottles end up in the landfill.

Check SIGG out for more reusable stylish bottles.

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These recycled frosted platters are simple, but artistic. 10% of profits go to a non profit that provides volunteers to advocate in court for children who are victims of abuse in neglect in western Pennsylvania. They are handcrafted in the USA too.

Recycled Glass Platters
$72 by Uncommon Goods

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These elegant subtle colors can compliment most of your other decor. The colors from left to right are gold, copper, celadon, or citron. They are made by Hand in western Pennsylvania, USA. Go eco friendly and support the US economy instead of China for once! Also 10 percent of the proceeds go to these local Pennsylvania organizations–

Gold: AIDS task force
Copper: Habitat for Humanity
Celadon: Alzheimer’s Association
Citron: Court Appointed Special Advocates

Recycled Glass Platters
$72 at Uncommon Goods

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Put a set of fresh natural flowers or even some fake ones into this cool looking table centerpiece. Each is truly unique with 4 different colors from different types of wine bottles. They are handmade in Wisconsin, USA.

Remember to throw your used wine bottles in the recycling bin.
Recycled Bottle Centerpiece
Via Uncommon Goods

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This cute green bottles are made from the bottom half of resuced Bordeaux wine bottles. Each of the glasses in a set of 4 comes with the saying ‘Protect Our Earth’ in English, Spanish, South African, and French. The patterns are etched not printed with inks making it more sustainable too.

Protect Our Earth Glasses
Via Uncommon Goods

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These cool blue glasses are made from recycled wine bottles. They are created from the bottom half of the bottles through a unique process and are decorated with swimming school of fish through an environmentally friendly sandblasting.

They come in a set of 4 for $40 and are made in Wisconsin, USA. Dishwasher safe too…

Recycled Glass Tumblers
Via Uncommon Goods

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