3 Eco-Friendly Travel Accessories for the Green Traveler

C.A. Jacobs
If you love to travel and see the world up close and personal, then you are aware we should do our part to be kind to Mother Nature. Before your next excursion, why not invest in these eco-friendly travel accessories? You'll have a fun new gadget for your trip and you'll be taking a step in the right direction by being eco-friendly at the same time.

Eco-Friendly Luggage from Planet Earth Bags
Planet Earth Bags offers an extensive line of luggage and backpacks that are eco-friendly. The luggage is made from low-toxic and low-chemical fabrics, sustainable cotton and bamboo as well as recycled blended PET. The five-piece Rainforest collection offers a water-resistant backing as well as easy-glide self-repair nylon zippers that will last for many years of traveling. The five-piece luggage set retails for $399.95 and comes with a five-year limited warranty.

Planet Earth Luggage
4013 13th Avenue, 3rd floor
Brooklyn, NY 11218
(800) 388-7171

Solar Powered Charger from Solio
If you travel with your smartphone, your laptop and your iPod, the solar powered charger from Solio is an eco-friendly way to charge all your personal electronics. The Classic Hybrid Solar Battery Charger works with over 3,200 electronic devices and can hold a charge for up to one year. You can charge via three different sources: the sun, USB port, or through an optional wall charger. The charger is available at a wide variety of retail outlets including Target, Brookstone, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble to name a few.

Better Energy Systems LLC
1510 Sixth Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 868-8714

Sustainable Bamboo Travel Set from PB Travel
The super soft, eco-friendly bamboo blanket and eyemask travel set from PB Travel is a great travel accessory for your next trip. Made from 100 percent sustainable bamboo, the travel blanket and eye mask are as soft as Cashmere, lightweight, and hypo-allergenic. The set comes in two vibrant colors: Green Tea and Raspberry. The travel set makes a wonderful gift for the traveler on your list or as a special treat for yourself. The retail price is $39.99 and can be purchased through the company's website.

So before you head out on your next vacation, think green and add these eco-friendly travel items to your itinerary.

Sources:
www.planetearth-bags.com
www.solio.com
www.pb-travel.com

Published by C.A. Jacobs

C.A. Jacobs is a freelance writer who enjoys writing, traveling, reading and shopping in her spare time.  View profile

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  • L B Woodgate2/9/2011

    Great suggestions. keep that carbon foot print small.

  • Michele Starkey2/2/2011

    We are campers and the best sign we ever saw was posted on the State Park grounds, "Leave nothing behind but footprints, take nothing but pictures!" Great greening ;) cheers

  • R. K. LoBello2/1/2011

    Good resource.

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