Green Options

As part of the 2009 Greener Gadgets Conference in New York on February 27th (read about the 2008 conference here), the design magazine Core 77 is presenting a green design competition. There are 50 green gadget finalists and by voting before February 20th, you can help determine which will be the top 10 that make it to live judging from the stage during the conference.

Right now, Hernando Barragan’s environmental traffic light called Social-environmental Station is leading with 1182 votes.  These gadgets look like traffic lights and are meant to be placed in public areas. They will measure things like CO2 and visually display them so that environmental phenomena become more immediately visible to the public and less of an abstraction. Essentially, they will be “environmental signals that support decision making on environmental issues”.

According to Environmental Leader, via the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), thirty-three percent of consumers plan to buy greener gadgets over the next two years. The report is based on an online survey of over 900 adults. I wonder if any of them are mayors?

This week at ZapRoot: “Yes, we can change.” Obama wins the presidential election and here are our top 5 green dreams for 2009. Zero Pollutions Motors create the car of the future, and it runs on air. And, check out the latest in Green Gadgets.

Once a pricey accessory on the list of every gadget/eco lover, solar chargers have since become more ubiquitous and dropped in cost. An increase in models has meant stiff competition and more features — a plus for any consumer with enough patience to wait.

Over the past couple days, I've been hearing about a new charger, the Freeloader, that can power every gadget under, well, the sun. One of the problems associated with earlier

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