First off, these are speakers, sort of.

Yes, they look like rolled-up paper, but they work just like speakers. No toxic plastic or metal, they are made from a 100% sustainable material.

Now these aren’t stand-alone speakers exactly. They are designed to amplify your ear-buds, thus working like a speaker. It’s the same principle as yelling through a cone, they amplify the sound.

Even cooler than sustainable amplifiers is that these make use of recycled paper. They use old music scores and a little bit of clay to create the paper. You’re recycling old music to play new music!

These are great for showing off your green side, and they sound great as well.

via Keetsa, Treehugger

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This is the Kenmore 62912 low-power refrigerator.

This full-width fridge uses only 75 watts of electricity running, that’s less than a 100watt lightbulb! It does have a startup surge of about 750 watts, but in total uses only 0.7 kwh per day.

It has 9.5 cu.ft of space and measures 21 3/8″ W x 27 3/8″L x 53 3/8″H.

This is a great low-power fridge, and while it’s a bit smaller than a traditional huge fridge with ice maker and integrated TV, it’s an effective way to reduce your electricity consumption and save some money off your electricity bills.

It’s only $350 to top it all off, much cheaper than most fridges!

via Sears, Green Trust

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A new green company in California, Sun Run Generation, is providing an innovative way to reduce your emissions.

Instead of buying expensive solar panel systems to generate your own power, Sun Run will sell you power from a system they own. It’s a bit like renting solar panels.

You do not have to purchase the panels, and the one-time installation fee is far less than installation on your system. You will pay a monthly bill to Sun Run, so you’re not seeing the full cost-savings of your own system, but it saves you the big upfront cost of purchasing an entire solar system.

What’s more is you’ll be off the grid, and generating your own power. No more blackouts or rising electricity costs!

All in all this is a great, and cheap, way to switch to green electricity. The company takes care of setting it all up, and you’ll be green in no time!

via ENN

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Britian’s environment ministry said it will begin phasing out incandescent bulbs and switching to more eco-friendly CFLs.

Britian is attempting to cut 5 million tonnes of carbon by 2012 and this is one step along the way.

The British government has been working with manufacturers and retailers to provide options to customers.

As of yet this remains a voluntary switch, but there has been talk of creating mandatory initiatives, as we’ve seen in Australia and even the US.

It’s great to see another country promoting the switch to energy efficient lighting, and it’s been surprising how well these new bulbs have been received.

LED lights are also on the rise, and are due to compete with CFLs in the near future. Stay ahead of the game and read our review of LED lights and bulbs.

via ENN

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Kohl’s stores in California are taking the plunge and installing huge solar arrays to power their stores.

63 of the 80 Kohl’s locations in California are to be included in what’s being called “the largest planned US photovoltaic solar rollout to date”.

The finished system should produce about 25 megawatts.

It’s great to see a company recognize not only the environmental, but financial benefits from alternative energy. No doubt those big box stores take up a lot of energy, expensive energy. This one-time investment will serve future cost savings.

Kohl’s hopes to generate more than 35-million kilowatt hours of electricity annually.

via Engadget

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Farfromboring has a nice big selection of eco-friendly bamboo and wood flash drives. These use sustainable resources (bamboo and wood) and use eco-friendly components (such as lead-free solder)

These are a great mix of green and geek, and even if it seems like everyone needs a flash drive these days, you can still be eco-friendly. These go great with the Bamboo LCD Monitor as well!

Farfromboring sells these are promotional products, so you can buy them in bulk quantities. You can also get them custom engraved for use at your next big event! Make a lasting green impression for your business.

via EcoStreet, Farfromboring

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As we’ve mentioned before, many of the devices we use today waste power with standby and low-power modes. These modes’ only real purpose is to cut down on start-up times.

This is the electric table.

It’s a table designed to help you unplug your unused devices. No doubt you’ve got a couple power bars hidden away under your desk, and it’s a huge pain to crawl under there every time you turn your monitor off.

The electric table has integrated plugs, so instead of plugging your ipod into a hard to reach power bar, you just plug it into the side of the table. When you’re done with it, the plug is easy to reach.

This will no-doubt make unplugging unused devices much easier, and will thus help to reduce this “phantom power” used by devices.

via TreeHugger

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