Hello, FilterForGoodians. This is the Brita blog, and we are all about ditching bottled water by doing the cool thing and filtering your tap water. As FilterForGood bloggers, we’ve got lots of ideas for what to do with all those left-over plastic bottles. So, in that spirit, I bring you, Petal Drops.**

A friend recently turned me on to this great new site called quirky.** Now, quirky’s not a green site, but a site for “social product development.” What’s that mean? It’s basically a site where people with product ideas can submit them, and have the community refine and “influence” those ideas into better ideas. Influencers can get paid for doing a good job, and the inventors can actually get their product to market. But, back to the green story and these Petal Drops.

As I was browsing the quirky store, I came across the Petal Drops. As you can see in the picture, they are sort of like a funnel that can be screwed onto a standard water bottle. The petals collect rain water which can be used for watering house plants, washing-up around the house and hydrating your pets.

I’ve told you before I like green ideas that mix commerce with doing good. This is a product that has a green purpose which enables everyday consumers to go green just by buying it. Admittedly, Petal Drops don’t seem all the necessary, but I can’t fault a clever little green idea.

You can actually commit to buying a Petal Drop for $4.50.** Once their commitment of 550 is met, the product will be produced. I’ll leave you with perhaps the most interesting aspect of quirky. They display and disclose the entire history of the product’s development. You can see the Petal Drop story here.**

Are you going to commit to Petal Drops? Comment below and tell us so.

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