Charge up your laptop anywhere on the go with the SolarGorilla. It will cost you $440 though! But if you need the power on your safari vacation this gadget will do the trick. You can use it to charge the rest of your gadgets like mobile phones, iPods and more.

The SolarGorilla is tough, water resistant and can be used suspended on a car or tent for outdoor use. It comes with a USB socket for your laptop recharges.

The Solar Gorilla has already been used in the field by aid agencies, emergency services, the military and adventurers. It has been used in the rugged outbacks of Africa, Australia, and Afghanistan.

Its available through a British Reseller - PowerTraveller.
Via Retrevo

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Found via, the Alternative Consumer, this device called the Tricklesaver plugs into your computer peripheral power strip and your computer. It will then sense when your computer is in shutdown or standby mode, and then power down the power strip accordingly! Excellent as most of your peripherals use power when your computer is in hibernate or shutdown mode. Power adapters for peripherals waste a lot of energy and have no off switches.

It has been estimated that while there is a small amount of waste energy per household in the U.S., it does add up to 10% of household consumption. Estimates say that there is enough wasted energy in the U.S. from standby power to power the countries of Vietnam, Peru, and Greece!

For now there is still no price, but it will go on sale in January. There will be a model for other electronics such as your living room home theater too or other appliances. Check Tricklestar.

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Treehugger had a good article on whether bamboo laptops are beneficial to the environment. Besides the eco friendly looks that wood gives there are benefits to using bamboo.

Bamboo is more biodegradable than plastic, and bamboo can be harvested in a sustainable way since it grows very fast like a weed. Plastic uses too much chemicals and is difficult to biodegrade. You can recycle plastic, but we must develop computer components in a way that they can be taken apart for recycling. Until then we are just going to see these hazardous electronic parts back in the landfill.

Anyways there are more options for bamboo computers such as the:

Asus Eco book is $2000 but only includes 1 GB of ram.

Dell has the Studio Hybrid which has a bamboo sleeve option. Ultra sleek design with power efficiency. Its get just about the same features as a regular pc except its 80% smaller and uses 70% power. These cool laptops are portable and affordable. Go Dell!!

The Fujitsu laptop is actually made with cedar wood. Even the plastics are made of bio-based plastics! It’s only a prototype, but it could be the future for us. In 2002, Fujitsu became the first computer manufacturer to develop corn-based plastic and adopt the environmentally friendly material for PC parts. Original bio-based plastic has been used for a limited number of smaller parts and gradual improvements to its properties to satisfy various manufacturing requirements and increase the percentage used in its notebook PCs. The newly developed bio-based plastic accounts for about 30% of the plastic material in the housings of 2 of their prototype laptops.

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Made from sustainable hardwood and very classy looking as well. Should fit in your stylish bedroom or living room. It fills a small space, but delivers big sound with 15 watt speakers. It comes with 8 iPod adapters and you can hook up with mp3 players too.

Find it at Vivavi.com
Via Furniture Home Design.com

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A USB memory stick made of recycled newspaper. Very simple and compact. It will hold for 512 MB to 16 GB.

Via Ecofriend.com

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The Eco Media Player Revolution gives you 45 minutes of music with a wind of 5 minutes. That’s 9 minutes for a 1 minute wind! You can even use it to charge up your cell phone with an adapter. Good for emergencies when you forget to charge your cell phone and the battery runs out. A single minute of winding will give you 3 minutes of talk time.

It will store up to 4GM of mp3 files. With the rechargeable batteries that you can recharge with a USB cable to your pc you get music playing for up to a whopping 48 hours! Even includes an FM radio player.

Via Smartplanet.com

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Wow, what a neat looking invention. Will make an nice adornment in your work or home office to charge up all those gadgets that you have.

This is a concept. Too bad it will not be out for this Christmas! Designed by Vivien Muller, it includes 54 mini photovoltaic panels that act as leaves to suck solar energy just like plants do!

You can even rearrange the leaves and branches, similar to the real bonsai tree!

Via EcoFriend.org

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Lowpro has a variety of camera bags made from 95% recycled material. The material is called Cyclepet which is a 100% post-consumer fabric made from 16 oz PET bottles. Even the hardware is made from reground plastic which is recycled from industrial trimmings salvaged from factory floors.

These cute stylish backs can fit more that just cameras. They don’t even look like camera bags. You can pack your cell phones, pda’s, iphones and ipods… You can choose colors to match your personality form black, plum to grass.

Last but not least, a portion of the proceeds from each bag goes to Polar Bear International (PBI) to help protect polar bear habitats from the results of climate change.

Find them at Amazon.com. Priced from @20-$65.

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Eco friendy mouse pads featuring your favorite shows from HBO.COM Show your support for your favorite shows from Bill Maher, Entourage, Sex and the City and the Sapranos. Made from recycled rubber.

Check HBO.

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Sharp investing in more eco friendly initiatives. One of its facilities in Japan has the world’s largest roof-mounted solar system. This solar power is used to produce the Aquos LCD tv’s that are so popular today. Sharp is a world leader in solar cell production too.

Sharp’s appliances and electronics are among the industry’s most energy efficient,saving you money and saving precious energy resources.

Sharp’s goal is by 2010 for their energy-creating and energy-saving products worldwide to equal their global emissions. They are investing in sustainable development throughout their manufacturing process and want to make their products more recyclable.

Did you know that Sharp is also a major maker of home solar systems to power your home.
See Sharp Solar Systems.

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