Daily Greenz #99

For those of us who grew up with the Jetsons and fantasized about robots doing everything for us, the RoboMower is almost as good as the Jetsons’ Rosie.  True, it can’t make you breakfast or brush your teeth for you, but it can mow your lawn and mow it good.  When set within a designated area marked off by a wire, it’ll cut the grass within that area, avoiding trees, rocks, and other obstacles that its sensor will detect.  Its Triple-Chamber-Mulching system and 5800-rpm blade speed will do a speedy, yet thorough job, fooling your neighbors into thinking you labored for hours to get your lawn looking so good.  By eliminating the need to collect and remove clippings, its mulching technology saves consumers up to 25% in irrigation and fertilizing costs.

The RoboMower isn’t just the couch potato’s dream come true.  Ecoists can also enjoy the fact that this green machine is more environmentally friendly than the average lawnmower since it doesn’t use any gas or oil, thereby reducing harmful emissions.  Simply recharge it when it’s done.  Free up your weekends and conscience for $1,499.99 at www.friendlyrobotics.com.

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Daily Greenz #98

    As an eco-friendly bookworm, you try to off-set your need to read by borrowing from your local library or buying from used bookstores like www.strandbooks.com.  But considering that publishers cut down 20 million trees each year to produce new books, you want to do more.  With the recent partnership of Eco-Libris and BookMooch, you now can.

The two services have joined their philosophies to allow a free exchange of used books (BookMooch) with planting a tree for every dollar donated to the cause (Eco-Libris).  In this case, members can earn a BookMooch point for every $10 they donate to Eco-Libris, allowing them to mooch a book online for free.  Since Eco-Libris’s philosophy is to plant one tree for every book you read since every book you read was once a tree, each dollar you give to the cause is really just another way to ensure that books will last forever.  What bookworm can resist such an eco-friendly guarantee?  So start reading and planting at www.ecolibris.net and www.bookmooch.com.

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Daily Greenz #97

We’ve all seen movies in which women will casually slip money into their brassieres, using them as a temporary holding station for small objects.  And we’ve envied them because sometimes, we’re tired of always having to lug a purse around.  Someone at Triumph International must have felt the same way because they took the idea one step further and created a bra for Japanese consumers that actually converts into a shopping bag.  The NO! Reji-Bukuro Bra (literally, NO! Shopping Bag Bra) has padding that folds out into a bag and is hooked together by the underwire.  The padding itself is made from recycled plastic bottles.

The Hong Kong-based Triumph International, who’s known for designing eco-themed bras, created the hybrid bra to reduce plastic bag consumption among Japanese consumers, who use an estimated 30 billion plastic bags a year.  Available in an array of colors, it may find its way to the U.S. if it becomes popular in Japan.  Check out the collection at www.triumph.com/uk.

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Daily Greenz # 96

Imagine never having to ride in one of New York City’s ugly yellow cabs again.  Imagine relaxing in a luxury hybrid car that will transport you effortlessly to the airport, all the while giving you access to an Apple iBook, high-speed wireless internet service, and Sirius satellite radio.  Wake up!  It’s a service that already exists, so why not take advantage of OZOcar’s fleet of Toyota and Lexus hybrids the next time you have to order car service?

For the same rate that you would pay a cabdriver or a regular car service, you can employ OZOcar to take you around town or to one of the major airports in the metropolitan area.  At $45 to $60 a trip, you’re buying yourself all-natural amenities and reducing carbon emissions in a city that could use a little help in the air quality department.  Also, every driver is carefully hand-picked for his driving ability, customer service skills, and personality, so you can rest assured that you’re in good hands.  So the next time you travel, you can sit back, listen to some music, and munch on the organic treats that come stocked in every OZOcar.

The likes of Sarah Jessica Parker and Leonardo DiCaprio have been seen zipping around New York in these babies, so make your next trip to the airport an eco-fabulous one by booking an OZOcar at www.ozocar.com.

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Daily Greenz #95

If you’re a mom, you know that one of the perks to being one is to dress your kids however you darn well please. And if you
feel like dressing them up as cute little bunnies, Entertaining Elephants now
gives you another good reason to indulge your whims. Their alpaca bunny hat, which comes in seven beautiful colors, is made of the South American mammal’s fine wool. Cousin to the llama, the Alpaca allows the
families inhabiting the freezing Andes to survive on their nutritious milk and
sell their wool for sustainable living. Made of the Alpaca’s long hairs, the wool is both sustainable and hypo-allergenic for baby skin. Available
for $27.20 at www.entertainingelephants.com.

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