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Bamboo Toilet Paper: Roll with it
Every day the world loses something close to 100,000 trees. And according to the statistics, we cut down about 27,000 trees a day just for toilet paper. It's as if we were literally flushing our planet down the toilet. But what can we do? We can't change our...
Bamboo in the Philippines: Indigenous Abundance
Based on the popularity of a couple previous blog posts, about Where Bamboo Comes From and 20 of the World's Best Bamboo Gardens, we've been following up with a series of articles about fabulous bamboo destinations. As it happens, one of the best places on earth to...
Bamboo Compost: The Cycle of Scraps
Every serious gardener knows that the compost pile is one of the most important features of their backyard ecosystem. It's where we discard our kitchen scraps, our lawn trimming, and other organic detritus. Moreover, it's where the cycle of life comes full circle. The...
Walking Stick Bamboo: Run with Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda
With a designation like Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda, this attractive species of bamboo was just begging to be given a friendly nickname. And thanks to its distinctive shape and useful structure, settling on a suitable moniker turned out to be something of a cakewalk....
Bamboo and the Great Green Wall: Desert and mud rain
We have an old saying here at Bambu Batu: "If it can't be done with bamboo, it probably shouldn't be done." There seems to be no limit to this plant's remarkable potential. A forest or plantation of bamboo can generate more oxygen than trees to clean the air. The...
Temperate timber bamboo for cool climates
Bamboo comes in all shapes and sizes, from string beans to skyscrapers. And it grows around the world, from the slopes of the Andes to the jungles of Madagascar. So before you transplant a pot of bamboo into your backyard, you need a firm understanding of your growing...