This stylish "men’s carryall" is a lot more masculine than Jerry Seinfeld’s, so you wont find yourself yelling "It’s not a purse" back at hecklers on the street.  Plus, it charges your gadgets!  The Noon Solar Logan Satchel is made from Bavarian, chrome-free, vegetable tanned and dyed, full-grain cowhide leather and hand shibori dyed hemp/cotton fabric with natural pigments.  The lining is made from naturally dyed hemp cotton lining.  The tough weather-proof solar panel soaks up the rays when you are out and about and stores energy in an internal battery for when you really need it.  Great for people on the go.  Noon Solar creates all its bags with the "Cradle to Cradle" philosophy, meaning they are made from materials that will either biodegrade or that can be reclaimed and reused so this wont end up in a landfill someday.  Plus, buy one for your woman and be a Green hero!

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This stylish solar bag is made from chrome-free, naturally tanned and dyed, full grain leather with a naturally dyed hemp cotton blend liner.  It sports a weather proof solar panel that charges an internal battery to hold energy until you need it.  The panels is only on one side so you can have it facing out when you need power or facing in when you want to look good.  What, you phone is getting low on juice?  Easy…just plug into your portable power station and keep talking.  This is a great way to lower your conventional energy consumption so you can be "Green", plus the bag itself is eco friendly.  Noon Solar creates all their bags with materials that are either 100% biodegradable or reclaimable. 

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The most complete solution to the Standby Power or "Vampire Power" problem that we have seen yet.  "Vampire Power" refers to the energy that is used by electronics even when they are off.  Your TV, Computer, Printer… are all using energy even when they are switched off.  This amounts to unnecessary use of power that raises our bills and hurts the environment.  We’ve featured products that address this problem at the plug, but the GreenSwitch goes to the source.  Once installed, with the flip of one switch you eliminate the power going to all non-essential outlets (you can set it up not to turn off your fridge…) and fixtures, as well as switching your thermostat to the energy efficient mode.  This action is on a 30 second delay so when you leave the house you will have enough light to make your way out the door. 

The HYmini is a portable wind powered charging device.  Strap it to you bike handles, or out the window of the car to charge the internal battery, then if you devices need energy, and your not near an outlet, plug them into the HYmini for power.  Adding even more versatility you can charge the HYmini battery by plugging it into an outlet, a USB port, or by connecting add-on solar panels.

When Gadgets like TV’s, Printers, Cell Phone chargers are left plugged in, they are using power, even when they are not on. The California Energy Commission estimates that this wasted power accounts for 15% of household electricity use. So 15% of you bill is money wasted.

Now I’d like to save some money and ease the burden on Mother Nature, but despite what some people say, it is not practical to unplugging and plugging all the time. Enter the Belkin Conserve. This 8 outlet power strip features 2 “Always On” outlets and 6 outlets that can be switched on and off with a remote control, to eliminate this standby power loss. This energy saver will be available in the Summer of 2008 for around $50. Based on my energy consumption, it will pay for itself in 3 months!