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Who says it’s not easy being green?  With these five fun gadgets…being green has never been quite so red hot!

1. Solar Cell Strap

This one might be handy to have around for those times out hiking or bike riding when you can’t exactly plug in your charger in the nearest tree to charge up.  The solar cell strap from Strap Ya runs (obviously enough) on solar power.  It features a tiny solar cell, that allows the sun’s power to charge your phone.  Of course it doesn’t give you the same jump as a real charger, and you won’t get indefinite talktime, but for a some extra boost, it’s not bad.  It can be charged 500 times, and if it’s cloudy or dark out, you can even use the included AC adapter. (Though that kind of defeats the “green” point of the thing).

2. Puma’s Glow Rider

Talk about green!  You can save on gas and get your exercise all in one shot.  Puma has a glow in the dark bike that helps make sure you are seen in those short daylight hours.  You can pick from two color choices—cream to green, or deep to a golden orange.  Either way, you are bound to make quite the statement as you ride. The Glow Rider has one gear, an integrated wire lock system, disc brakes, a carbon steel chain, and andonized silver alloy rims from Jalco.  Not too shabby.  It’s also foldable.  Besides glowing (it helps if you leave it out all day first), it does still come with regular head and back lights.  Be gone ugly safety vests!

3. GoblinAero Vehicle

Ummm, all I can say is, huh.  I’m not sure what to say.  I just had to include this one just to share.  I mean, the fact that they are actually selling a Goblin car.  Wow. It just looks like something those little dudes from the Wizard of Oz would drive around on the Yellow Brick Road.  But hey!  I bet it does indeed save on gas and help the environment, so kudos for that.  So, if you want to get your very own GoblinAero High MPG Vehicle, you can get more information about it here.  You can pick one up for about $6,000.  They just became available last month.

4. Water-powered alarm clock

Nope, it isn’t the height of feng-shui.  But, it is pretty darn environmentally friendly.  What it lacks in style it makes up for in basic green functionality.  That tube looking thing poking out of the side is actually the “battery.”  When it runs out, you just go to the sink and fill it up again with plain old water.  Each refill lasts about three months.  Besides telling the time and date, as well as having an alarm, this clock also tells you the temperature, and has a gravity sensor.  When you want to change from the date/time to temperature, you just change the clock’s position.  And hey, since it is recyclable, no more buying batteries!

5. Guilty Wallet

Ok, so this one isn’t really out there for purchase (yet).  I found it on a site for a gadget design contest, and could see the humor yet brilliance behind it too.  The guy who designed the Guilty Wallet had the concept that even years from now, despite all the efforts of trying to “go green” our landfills would just then be filled up with tons and tons of green gadgets.  We weren’t really getting to the root of the problem, which in his mind was overspending and buying a bunch of stuff we don’t really need.  So, he came up with all these different little techie wallets that each represent one of the Seven Deadly Sins and make those overindulgent shopping sprees just a little more difficult to carry out.  You can see his designs and more about how they work here. 

So, there you have it.  Five gadgets to help you get your green on!