Super Green, if it’s the new bamboo lined [re]drive from SimpleTech by Fabrik. The external hard drive’s casing is manufactured from recyclable aluminum and bamboo. This not only adds a sleek, organic design to what would normally be an entirely artificial looking electronics device, it also increases the hard drive’s ability to disperse heat, making it all the more energy efficient. Speaking of energy efficiency the [re]drive qualifies for an Energy Star 4 rating, making it up to 30% more energy efficient than non-Energy Star drives.

The new [re}drive is available in models with up to 500 GB of storage space. It's both Mac and PC compatible. Plus as a bonus, unlike many green products on the market the mark up for being environmentally friendly isn't so steep with the [re]drive retailing at just $200. For years I’ve thought it was an excellent idea to break boring looking computer components out of their plastic shells to give them a warmer, more design friendly look. The [re}drive seems to do this well while providing environmental benefits of energy efficiency at the same time.

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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Mother’s Day is this Sunday (don’t forget!), so be sure to take a look at some of the great posts we’ve put together in celebration of moms everywhere! Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

Katie Halper:

Top 10 Mother’s Day E-Cards

Hillary Andrews Will Not Lick Bob Stokes’ Swizzle Stick

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Nicole Hughes:

Top 10 Green Gift Wrap Ideas For Mothers Day

Peak Oil Strip Tease

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Andy Kondrat:

Tornado Devestated Town Rebuilds As Green Model Community

Radiohead Attempts An Eco-Friendly World Tour

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Jon Popham:

Nepalese Art Photography: Rubin Museum of Art

America’s First Wind-Powered City

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Giulia Rozzi:

Women For Women International Celebrates Mothers Day

Even More on the Kentucky Derby

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Gina Telaroli:

Video Blog: The Week In Social Action

The War Now Tomorrow and Forever

The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out our most popular articles of the week on a variety of subjects, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites.

Katie:

Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan Surfaces 120 Years Later

Hallelujah For American Idol, Jeff Buckley and Leonard Cohen

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Nicole:

Google Gives Free Voicemail to San Francisco Homeless

Gabriel Garcia Marquez Turnes 80

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Giulia:

Patrick Swayze’s Cancer Battle

Koby Bryant’s PSA for ASR

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Gina:

Reese’s Empowering Bracelet

“Chop Shop” - Dreams In a Place of Despair

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Kerry:

Bamboo Laptop: Will Apple Be Green with Envy?

The Explosive Truth About Twinkies

Steve Jobs recently proclaimed a new commitment to greener product design, but a Taiwan-based company called Asus has topped Apple’s new Air laptop in the sustainble sweepstakes with its Eco Book. Yeah, it’s cool that the Air is clad in recyclable aluminum, but the Eco Book’s laminated with strips of sustainably harvested bamboo, according to the Guardian.

Asus designed the Eco Book in response to the growing demand for alternatives to plastics. Jellent Sun, a senior director at Asus, told the Guardian “Bamboo is the most sustainable raw material there is.” The Eco Book was unveiled yesterday at the computer fair CeBIT, in Hanover, Germany, but it won’t go into production till June.

Other companies are introducing their own “ecolutions” at CeBIT, such as Fujitsu Siemens’ O-Watt monitor, which uses no electricity when in standby mode. This is exactly the kind of innovation we need to solve the “vampire energy“ problem I blogged about yesterday.

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