Fwd: Ideal Bite: Green Cross/emergency supplies

September 1, 2009

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Tue, Sep 1, 2009 2:01 am

Ideal Bite: Green Cross

September 01, 2009

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EMERGENCY KITS

Green Cross

If 10,000 Biters store a windup flashlight instead of a regular one, we'll keep the weight of 13 firefighters in batteries out of landfills.

Need emergency relief? Maybe not now, but when you're prepping just in case, fill your kit full of emergency eco-supplies like a solar flashlight. Clara Barton would approve.

(Blood) driving away worries. These tools fit the bill when you're in a bind.

Gear transfused with eco-friendliness. Noxious metals in trashed batteries (few get recycled) can leach through landfill liners into groundwater - these gadgets don't need 'em; in fact, hand-cranked and solar gadgets don't require any energy at all.

We tried the Ech2o bottle using water from the decorative fountain outside the Biter office building and lived to tell the tale...however, we did get some strange looks from the people in the office next door.

Ech2o Filtered Bottle - stainless steel reusable water bottle with a built-in filter, so you can drink water from weird places like rivers and your backyard pool (yep, it filters out chlorine) if that's all you've got. Note: it tastes fine, but don't expect Evian ($40). Enter the code ECO15 during checkout, and get 15% off any order.

Freeplay Energy Radio, Flashlight, and Cellphone Charger - three-in-one contraption that you just wind to charge. Note: the light's not the brightest ever ($30).

Hybrid Light Solar Light - solar flashlight that gives you 10 hours of light on one full charge; works with batteries too, as a backup in case the panels aren't charged ($25). Enter the code BWC08 during checkout, and get $7 off.

Ice-Qube Emergency Kits - not nonsynthetic, chem-free, or energy-saving, but the company makes great ready-made kits and supports the green building nonprofit BuildClean ($20 and up). Enter the code BUILDCLEAN during checkout, and donate 10% of the sale to BuildClean, or enter the code Ideal, and get 20% off. Offer ends Sep. 24.

Other things to pack: water; ready-to-eat, long-lasting foods like healthy energy bars; blankets; face shields; and matches and first aid supplies.

At $3.2 billion in net assets, the American Red Cross is the 6th-richest charity in the nation, after Salvation Army, Shriners Hospital, the Nature Conservancy, Mayo Clinic, and Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

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