 This is a piece of Kebony. It looks like tropical wood. It acts like tropical wood. It just isn't tropical wood It's made out of sustainable softwood the technology and process Used is called kebanization The process permanently strengthens the wood by making it more resistant to wear tear and decay This durability is achieved without the normal drawbacks associated with traditional impregnation methods The kebonyization process results in the wood cells being permanently altered reducing shrinkage and swelling by approximately 50% Furthermore pressure and heat are applied to strengthen the wood to such a degree that the life cycle of the original wood is increased seven to nine fold as compared with the original wood Kebony showed to have a carbon footprint of less than 10% as compared with unsustainable Claiffel Burmese Teak or Ipe from Basel An innovator, a great innovator is somebody who finds a new way to change the world by taking knowledge and innovations and get it out there to do some good You need a vision. You need to be able to see the opportunity created by the need of a new product So the great innovators I guess tend to be a combination of an entrepreneur and an inventor and the best of them succeed in changing the world Forests around the world are under pressure for their valuable resources and destruction pose a huge threat to the earth's atmosphere Currently annual forest destruction releases 20% of global CO2 emission A third of the world's rainforests have disappeared over the last 50 years Annually the equivalent of the area of Scotland Kebony offers a solution to this global issue Using Kebony wood has significantly lower carbon emissions than using traditional hardwood Furthermore the process increases the average lifespan of the wood 7-9 fold Which brings further environmental values across the entire life cycle and production chain Kebony wood is so durable it does not require any maintenance Ensuring that it's environmentally benign even once it has left the factory So this little piece of wood can actually change the world and make it a better place