Green Bites 17 - Bite-Sized Green Tips
Use these daily tips to green-up the edges of your life. Or go whole-hog and turn your live totally green.
Green Bites are just little tidbits of Green Info that each and everyone of us can very easily do to make a difference. By using the power of huge numbers just little changes can make a BIG difference.
Today's Green Bites include: Solar Tube Skylights, Eco Canteens, Virtual Meeting Software and Green Pet Carriers.
ODL Tubular Skylights Product Features
Patented optic technology gathers sunlight at all times of day
Reflective light tube has 95% reflectivity
Energy Star approved
Leak-proof flashing
Limited Lifetime Warranty
If you have some difficult to light core spaces in you home such as a bathroom, large closed or even other occupied rooms, consider installing a Solar Tube Skylights.
These devices are easy to retrofit into existing construction or incorporate into new construction. There are virtually no structural modification required and the installation can be by a do-it-yourselfer or a roofing contractor.
They are extremely efficient, very trouble-free and give you lots of light into your interior spaces, even in cloudy weather.
For our complete green product review, go to the page Solar Tube Skylights.
Green Bites 17 Fact:
The Solar Tube Skylites have the equivalent lighting power of a 300 watt incandescent light bulb for the 10" diameter unit and a 700 watt incandescent light bulb for the 14" diameter unit.
BPA-free eco canteen cuts down on plastic-bottle usage. Go green while enjoying sustainable, clean-tasting cold or hot water in this reusable 26-ounce container. No more piles of plastic in the trash! Simply fill the canteen again and again for environmentally-friendly refreshment. Stainless steel, 3 x 3 x 10".
When you travel, either reuse your water bottles or purchase the refillable Eco-Canteen to meet your water needs.
In the U.S. the average person drinks the equivalent of one 8 oz. bottle of commercially bottled water per day.
The plastic that most of these bottles are made from is usually derived from petroleum. This equals almost 2million barrels of oil each year to make these bottles for americans alone.
When traveling we tend to use even more bottled water because of the ease of use and throw-away convenience of them.
Either refill you purchased bottles or consider using one of the cool looking Eco-Canteens that are not available.
Communicate as if you are "face-to-face" with people across town, or across the world .
Share documents, make presentations, demonstrate products and services, and collaborate like never before
Start a secure web meeting from the comfort of your desktop instantly, with just a click of the mouse
With most of these company's there is no software or hardware to purchase as they are web-based solutions. Note that if you want video conferencing, a video web camera is required.
Here are some of the solutions you can look into:
Some of the services are free and others have free trial periods. Try them out and see which one is best for you.
Green Bites 17 Fact:
Save one airliner flight with this software and you can save enough energy to conduct 7,000 hours of video conferences.
How would you like to shop in style, while carrying your little pooch or kitty-cat in an eco friendly pet carrier?
This adorable green pet carrier will hold small pets up to 12 pounds and it's airline approved for those long trips. It's eco friendly because it is made completely of recycled burlap.
Even better, it's also extremely comfortable for your small pets. The inside features two padded chin rests so your pet can rest comfortably while you are on the go. It's also got four zippered mesh openings - two on the top and one on each side so you can see your favorite animal and they can see out while you travel.
There's also a leash attachment on the inside so you can keep your little pet on its leash and attached to the tote while you travel if you'd like.
For a our full review of this great green pet carrier go to Green Pet Carriers.
Essential Pet Products Sn-85902 Snoozer Eco Friendly Pet Tote:
Carry your pet around town in style and be Eco Friendly all the while.
The Snoozer Eco-Friendly Pet Totes has a spacious interior that gives your pet a comfortable place to relax while out with their owner.
