Penny

    
   One of my fondest childhood memories includes one special little blue plastic skateboard (with bright red wheels) that my brother and I would inevitably argue over on cool spring evenings after school. We would cruise around the block, sit on it and slowly (but excitedly) roll down the slight slant of the driveway, spend hours on end constructing countless radical jumps, and take turns fastening it onto one another's bicycle with a skipping rope to surf down the street on. Nostalgic. 
   How stellar it would be if I still had that thing. I don't quite know what ever happened to the cool little cruiser board (whether it went missing or was accidentally sold at a neighborhood rummage sale). Sometimes I do wonder where it is today; is it still being enjoyed by someone or could it be sitting in a landfill somewhere? 
   Existentially, chances are it is merely chilling in a landfill in near mint condition, buried beneath un-recycled plastic water bottles and spoons. Hey, chances are it has even managed to make its way into one of our lovely ocean gyres (which act as a toilet bowl essentially), gathering all of the misfit bits of plastic into large patches of waste floating about the sea (p.s. watch the documentary 'Addicted to Plastic').  With all of the controversy surrounding our reliance on the use of plastic, every little bit we can do to avoid excessive use of that yuckie stuff would be grand.
   Back to the intended topic of this particular post (oopsies)... Last year, renowned Australian skateboard producer extraordinaire Penny developed a new range of boards which feature a biodegradable plastic deck. Penny's new organic range "works with naturally occurring enzymes  found in soil to rapidly increase bio-degradation". How neat. Plus, they come with  a groovy little carrying napsac!