Green gadgets can serve as creative and imaginative gifts – if inconventional ones. How about foldable portable cardboard speakers, or a hurricane lamp that runs on hand-crank power? If you’re looking for something innovative and environmentally friendly for this Christmas, these videos should serve to give you at least a few good ideas.

New green gadgets have been unveiled in the 2009 Green Festival in San Fransisco. Some are vitally necessary for human survival, such as water filtration systems which could mean life or death to children in developing nations; and others are simply convenient, helpful, and beneficial to the environment – like a portable chicken coop, a water-soluble flushable doggie waste bag, or a compost system staffed with a crew of worms.

Going solar no longer has to mean installing huge bulky solar panels on your home. Sunslate is a type of solar shingle which can be used to tile your roof in place of other conventional roofing solutions – but with an added benefit: they can also provide power to your home.

One of the most popular Hybrid cars on the market is the Toyota Prius. Compact and economical, it’s starting price is listed as just $22,400, putting it within the realms of reality for the everyday, albeit environmentally-conscious, individual. The third generation of Toyota Prius, the 2010 model, has EPA ratings of 51 mpg in the city, and 49 mpg on the highway. That’s pretty good even for a hybrid, and is a step up from earlier Toyota Prius models.