Klean Kanteen 27oz Stainless Steel Drink Bottle
Klean Kanteen is a family business that started producing their first products in 2004. Their desire was to product a drink bottle that was environmentally friendly and also free of toxins making it a win win for the bottle owner. Anyone with a slight interest in the environment knows that it takes about four litres of water to produce one litre of bottled water for drinking so any time the containers can be reused the better it is for the environment. Problem is that the plastic water bottles, even thought they can be recycled, contain toxins such as BPA that are slowly released from the bottles. The Klean Kanteen people came up with the solution.
The Klean Kanteen Stainless Steel drink bottles are made from 18/8 food grade stainless steel and don’t contain any plastic threads or liners. Other brands have recently admitted that the liners they use in their aluminium bottles contained BPA. Kind of defeats the purpose a bit. The Klean Kanteen bottles don’t and you have the option of a BPA free polypropylene or stainless steel cap. The seals are toxin-free silicone. The bottles are safe for most liquids and because nothing leached from the bottle to the liquid, the falours are not affected. A range of colours, styles of caps and a wide mouth opening make these the ideal choice.
Further details and to buy online head to Klean Kanteen from Amazon.
B-cycle nationwide bicycle sharing program
B-cycle is a bicycle sharing program available nationwide. The aim is to reduce the number of times people jump in their cars beause they don’t have another means of transport available. This might be because they don’t have the space to store a bike, are travelling and not in the ir home city or any other reason.
Some of the quick facts n the website are astounding. Things like the average person loses 13 pounds in their first year of riding a bicycle, three hours of riding a week can reduce the possibility of heart problems by 50% and in 2003, cars idling in traffic wasted 5 billion gallons of fuel.
All you need to do is signup then head to a B-station and collect your bike. All your rides are tracked and distances, calories burned and carbon offsets are recorded. when you are finished, just return the bike to the station. No hassles with storage, cleaning and maintaining your bike or any other associated costs. It is a win-win because your health benefits from the riding and the environment benefits because of the reduced emissions.
More information at the B-cycle website.
