I am by no means “Ms. Conservationist” but I do try and help the environmental movement in my own capacity.  I recycle, I try to conserve water and electricity, and I try not to be wasteful.  This is after all the only planet we’ve got, which is why I wanted to share with you a really cool product that makes me feel all earthy-crunchy inside.  Not only is its design sleek and modern  but it helps us use one of our greatest natural resources-Water.

This is the Bobble.  The what you ask? The water bobble.  Big deal–a water bottle.  (Go pull the wool over someone else’s eyes Lady L).  However this is not just a water bottle.  Sure, at first sight it looks that way, but this cool bottle contains a portable filter that purifies any water source while you’re on the go.  In my home, we try not to buy water bottles when we don’t have to.  We have a great Brita Carafe  that we use religiously but there was never a way to take this filtered water around and have it last all day.  This water bottle lets you refill your bottle from any good water source and does the job of filtering it while you drink it.  You can continue refilling and drinking while you’re out and about without having to buy those pesky plastic water bottles and pollute the earth.

So how did I stumble upon the Bobble?  The DH (darling husband) and I were walking through Washington Square Park one summer afternoon when we saw two really eager people with bright shirts and a cart showing someone the Bobble.  Curious old me decided to inobtrusively make my way into the conversation (the DH proceeded to shake his head).  One of the bright shirts saw my interest and asked me if I knew what I was looking at.  I told him I thought it was one of those bottles where you can fill water in the middle and freeze it to make ice.  He told me that was not the case and began to extoll the virtues of this new found object.  And then he told me something which made me just HAVE to try it.  He said, “Here take one.  Take one and try it out.” Then he looked at my DH who was standing a few feet away trying to look like he was not with me and said “Here, you can have one too.”  His and Hers—how could I resist?

I love a free gift, but I really love a free gift that works and I can actually utilize.  I pride myself on writing about things and sharing things that I actually like and use.  The Bobble people don’t know me (aside from that sweet bright shirt guy that gave me this bobble), nor do I know them, but I wanted to share with you this great product because I feel it is definitely worth getting.  I used the Bobble while spending the day at Hudson River Park the other day.  It was an intensely hot day and the DH and I were drinking away from our Bobbles.  As soon as we finished we simply went to the nearest water fountain and refilled.

If you want to learn more about the Bobble, check out their story here.  And if you want to learn more about the negative effects that water bottles have on our environment please check out these frightening facts.

Next stop for me…Birkenstocks.  Actually,no, not really ; )