Although we’re only two days into the month, I can’t help but immediately associate April with Earth Day, which is still three weeks away. Blame it on my environmentally-minded mother, who covered an old lunchbox of mine in “Save the Rainforest” bumper stickers; took me to sort green, brown, and clear bottles for recycling in the early ’90s; and insisted we go plant a tree on April 22nd of the first year I was big enough to tote a shovel.
With that said, I hope you can excuse me for not waiting ‘till the 22nd to share my favorite new green find: the Bobble. Designed by the ever-prolific Karim Rashid, the Bobble is made of a reusable plastic, and has a small, built-in carbon-based filter. The best part? It’s under $10.
One of the more frustrating things about greening-up our lives is that oftentimes, the energy savers and newest technologies (i.e. solar panels and hybrid cars) seem fairly out of reach and are large investments. But as the pros I spoke to for a recent Q & A on how to be a more eco-conscious homeowner stressed: there are little things we can do in our daily routines that can make a big impact.
Whenever I go to the gym (translation: back in the days when I did run religiously…) I tried (I really did!) to make the switch to the hard, reusable lexan bottles all my outdoorsier friends were taking on hiking trips. It ended up being a minor disaster: I proved too clumsy to drink out of the wide mouth, tilt my head back, and continue in stride without dumping half of the container down the front of me. (Not that I looked like a beauty queen during a good workout, but still…) So, (and please don’t hold this against me) I switched back to the squeezable, disposable plastic water bottles, and tried my best to use just one a week.
The Bobble is the answer to my former gym-rat alter ego’s prayers. It is reusable, affordable, has a contoured shape that’s easy to grip, is BPA-free, and it’s CLEAN: the water tastes just like bottled water—thanks to the handy little filter inside—which is good for about 300 uses (replacement filters are just $7).
And it’s out just in time for swimsuit season. I guess I’ve run out of excuses to not get back on that treadmill, hunh?
Bobble is available at the A+R Store or at waterbobble.com
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