In the very same market where I found the mealworms and cricket food products and those "I'm not plastic" sports water bottles, I also found these keyboard and mouse made of bamboo.
There were many things for sale that day but only a few things have captured my interest because they're unique and very distinctive looking.
These mouse and keyboard are made of bamboo and that beat box on the left side is actually a speaker that has an induction effect - you could just place your smartphone or laptop on top of it and it would work as a speaker for your music or any sound. It's made of walnut wood so it didn't really capture my interest that much.
The mouse and the keyboard however did because they are made of bamboo. Why? I am a planet Earth Lover, we would love to grow more trees if possible right now so there. As for the bamboo, it's actually a grass ever so tall so as we all know a grass would just keep shooting runners and one could try weeding a grass but a grass would always find a way to prevail. So does a Bamboo plant.
I know someone who used to have bamboo for plants in their garden here just because they're beautiful and they could serve as tall fences which adds to privacy in the garden but they had to get rid of all of those bamboo because it has tried to over power the whole garden. It set shoots everywhere and grew like runner plants. It even found its way to the neighbors so they ended up digging the whole bamboo plant up to make sure no rhizomes has escaped them and grow back.
Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants in the whole world because of the runner - style rhizomes they have so we can cut them down but they would just keep shooting new growth and so not harmful to the planet. It is still advised to do responsible bamboo logging though.
The bamboo plant has many uses. Back in the Philippines when I used to live with my grandparents in the countryside of Bicol, I remember going to others people's house called "Kubo" seeing bamboo floors. I used to like sleeping on those because they are not only smooth, they also have gaps so it was air-continous, it never felt too hot having siesta on summer days. We also eat peeled bamboo shoots and just added coconut milk and Thai pepper on them and it was freaking delicious. We also eat them raw. Many of the house roofs were made of a bale of nipa leaves on bamboo. Fences were also made of bamboo in that small village I grew up in. Most of the house furniture there were made from Bamboos. Bamboos were used in many ways back then and now and even as medicine.
I never thought though that they would ever end up being used as hip stuff like these scarf pins.
Nor as cufflinks like these and look how very creative these lazer wood cufflinks have been made. It's a head turner and is very unique. Reminds me of a fellow Steemian's lazer wood works - @anca3random. I think if this goes on, we could save a lot of trees from being logged. Bamboo grows pretty fast so no matter how much we take down as long as they get replaced, there will always be a regrowth. Using more bamboos instead of wood is a great way to save trees.
These tie and bow ties are still made from logged trees I wonder if there would ever come a time they would also be just made from bamboo.
These toys from Thailand are made from old Rubber Wood trees that don't excrete the latex anymore. The Rubber Wood tree farmer would bring them down to replace them with new ones that would still cry those rubber extracts we use in making rubber stuff and latex. Instead of just throwing them away or leaving them to dry they turned them into beautifully made toys and other stuff children could use.
Those monkey pencils are so cute I wanted to have one . That guy on the hangman's stake beside that piggy bank below is actually attached to a magnet. It was fun to play with and come to think of it am not even a kid but I loved it.
The best part about this is that the Rubber Wood logs were dried in a kiln using no chemicals which makes them safe for kids to play with.
These days, people are obviously turning things around. Many are becoming more conscious and concern of the environment and it brings hope that the earth could heal. Hopefully, we see more of these environment conscious products.
Are you an Earth lover, too? Which particular product in your country is turning things around to help this tired planet heal and recover? Would very much like to hear about them in the comment below better yet, blog about them and help spread the word.
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I took each picture above with my Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 edition.
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