If you love nature and going out on adventures and camping, here are some cool eco friendly products to use during camping and other outdoor activities. Here are five ways of hopping onto the green train when you are surrounded by nature’s green!
1. Sustainable Emergency Light
Designed by Jonathan Janke, it is a portable lamp which can be conveniently stored anywhere in a car or at home. The best thing is that it does not use electricity or batteries, it runs on ‘chemiluminescent’ power source. It is non-toxic and if stored safely never expires. It is cost-effective as it reduces the end cost by doing away with the unnecessary parts leaving only the bare essential components. Above all, it produces zero heat and is wind proof. It can give a constant 24 hours light supply.
2. Weathermate
Emergencies often strike when you’re least prepared and often at the wrong times. Hence it is always better to be prepared for it. Designed by Samuel Jones, Weathermate is an emergency radio that provides the user with instant access to NOAA weather radio frequencies. These are designed specifically for emergencies and are powered by batteries and even emergency hand crank to ensure that the user is never away from help. Plus it has built-in flashlights to give warning signals to the rescue team. You can’t get ‘Lost’ with this one!
3. IBT GPS Solar Bluetooth GPS data logger
GPS devices have suddenly become a modern necessity today. It is a multi purpose GPS device that solely works on solar energy. A green GPS device. The device has a solar panel instead of the normal screen and has two main functions of acting as a trip recorder and it can also be connected to your bluetooth phone to deliver normal GPS functions. In its internal memory of 8 GB, it can store upto 50 000 way points. It runs more than 35 hours on a single charge.
4. Elevate Cooking System
Designed by Kelly Bremer, a student at the College of Creative Studies, Detroit, this is a great cooking solution that is aimed at helping small camping groups to make tasty and healthy food. It allows them to cook and grill anything from veggies, meat or brew soups or coffee without burning any fossil fuels. It uses ecofriendly denatured alcohol as fuel. Green Cooking! How cool is that?
5. Marmot EcoPro 15 recycled sleeping bag
This one is for the environment-conscious campers. It is made from about 80% recycled materials and is designed for sustained cold and rough weather. It has two hang loops on the exterior for airing out and also a built in storage sack for keeping your essentials. Weighing about three pounds, it comes in a regular size of 6 ft and a little longer size of 6.6 ft priced $165 and $175, respectively.
