Here’s a nice one for all those that still Ollie in the house…

The Dry Leaf Eco skateboard by Lets Evo is made from sustainable materials and socially responsible labour practices. Nice. Inhabitant.com wrote about it:

“The Dry Leaf is composed of multiple layers, using innovative renewable materials at every stage. The backbone of the board is a 3-ply organic Mosso bamboo, developed by Fibra Design Sustentável. The bamboo is treated using natural processes without of toxic chemicals and is produced following fair trade criteria. Than there is the second layer, a composite of 70% natural fibers (jute, malva and curaua) and 30% post production recycled polypropylene. To topping it off is a Pupunha Veneer - another material developed by Fibra Design Sustentável. The Veneer is produced from the waste of the sustainable palm-heart industry and is another way that the dry leaf supports farmers.”

[Read it all here]

We all spend far too long sitting in from of computers and computer related hardware, but how often do we think about the sustainability of this stuff? Very little (or only token) effort is made to make hardware sustainable, either from a materials or an energy efficiency point of view, so when something like this crops up, it’s worth a look.

Using heat sinks (and chassis) made from recycled aluminium instead of fans and a bamboo instead of plastic, it not only looks cool, but is very friendly to the world it’s dropped in.

Check the [re]drive Turbo  [here at Simpletech]

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