The Bite:
Want best in show laptop accessories? Mark your territory with gear like cases and trays made from eco-materials.
Laptop Accessories
Lap Top Dog
09.08.2009
Submitted by tmeronek on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 11:00pm.
The Benefits:
- Ensuring a healthy planet for future pups. Way too many computer products are made from carcinogenic PVC, so opt for stuff like highly renewable bamboo, recycled plastic, and fast-growing hemp when you can.
- Doggone functional accessories. Whether you need to protect your laptop, keep it cool, or travel with it, there's an ecofied case, fan, or memory stick to match.
Personally Speaking:
After someone stole a few of the laptops in our office, we've all taken to bringing them home in GreenSmart and Timbuk2 gear most nights.
Wanna Try:
- Timbuk2 Wiki Laptop Case - hemp and recycled-plastic case with a handle; includes a storage pocket for your paper docs ($28).
- GreenSmart Neogreene Laptop Sleeves - lightweight recycled polyester sleeve. Feels like neoprene (synthetic rubber); nine sizes, so you can def find a perfect fit ($25-$40).
- Natural High Lap Table - comfy hemp and organic cotton sack filled with buckwheat hulls; naturally adjusts to your lap, covered with bamboo ($98).
- EarthDrive - überportable, recycled plastic, 8GB USB memory stick for transferring files from your laptop to others; proceeds support tree plantings ($36).
- Macally EcoFan - just-released bamboo laptop stand with built-in fans (powered by your laptop's USB port) so your baby doesn't overheat and your legs don't get fried, and at 5 volts, it uses the same amount of energy as non-eco alternatives ($33).
- Kena Kai FELTech Computer Sleeve - sleeve made from recycled plastic bottles. Its material's soft and feltlike; four colors, made for 13.3-inch laptops ($30).
Cocktail Fact
Released in 1975, the first commercially available portable computer, the IBM 5100, weighed 55 pounds.
Bang For The Bite
If 10,000 Biters buy a laptop sleeve made from recycled instead of nonrecycled material, we'll keep 60,000 plastic bottles out of landfills.
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