Every grill master’s dream come true – the ability to grill and chill anywhere. Sleekly transport the Element by either grabbing the built-in handle, or go hands-free — slipping on the adjustable canvas shoulder strap and slinging this lightweight fire pit over your shoulder.

The red travel band holds the legs, lid and grill in place while you make your way. With the press of a button, the little canister of propane ignites, heating up the entire 159 square inch, enamel-coated, cast iron grate with a robust 8,000 btu’s of cooking power.

Throw on the tasty morsels and pour yourself a tall one. link directly @ amazon.com (now $149.99)

The solar-powered party in a box Soulra XL is a portable, solar-powered sound system – perfect for all you poolside sexy beasts. Check out the specs – it looks great. Pick up yours @ apple store, crutchfield.com, shopetoncorp.com or link directly on amazon.com (now $249.36.)

specs:
swivel hinge for iPods and iPhone docking
compatible with iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS
2 tweeters, 2 woofers and 4 passive radiators for stronger bass
selectable bass boost
flip-up solar panel operates in full sunlight and cloudy conditions
72 inch square monocrystal solar panel
(keep charging the system by simply rotating the panel)
22 watts total power (more…)

• A complex, and somewhat subjective enterprise…The Trouble With Green Product Ratings – cnnmoney
• 2011 Already Costliest Year for Natural Disasters – msnbc/reuters
• There is now a map that tells you…Just How Many Trees are There in Central Park – ecorazzi
• Fluttering androgyny…Half-Female, Half-Male Butterfly Born in London’s Natural History Museum – aol news
• South Dakota’s Beloved Tortoise Dies at 130 – npr
• Protecting a vital component of our food supply…EU Revamps Fishing Policy to Save Depleted Stocks – bbc

Helping the environment can be as easy as switching search engines. Eco-friendly search engines, Ecosia and Znout, can make your daily web searches a greener endeavor and are just as capable as traditional ‘big box’ search engines like Google and Yahoo!. A single Google search consumes as much energy as an 11-watt light bulb does in one hour. The average individual searches 1,000 times per year which contributes to the 2 percent of global CO2 emissions created by information and communications technology.

For each search, Ecosia saves 0.1 square meters of rain forest in Northern Brazil, which, for an individual internet user, can amount to 100 square meters over the course of a year! Ecosia is powered by Yahoo!’s search technology ensuring its reliability and quickness. When you do a search and click a sponsored link, the company pays Yahoo! a fee for that click. Yahoo! then gives a large percentage of that to Ecosia. So far 10,319,493 square meters of the rain forest have been protected!

If you prefer Google searches, you can use Znout. Znout stands for Zero Negative Output and focuses on carbon offsets. They buy renewable energy certificates every month to counterbalance the amount of emissions generated by the searches.

Help out the environment in the simplest, yet effective ways with Znout and Ecosia!