Jun 9, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Products
Bamboo literature for your library or coffee table Here at Bambu Batu, we’re just crazy about bamboo. Perhaps you knew that by now. We grow it, we wear it, we eat it, and we read about it. As one of the oldest cultivated plants in human history, you can believe there...
May 10, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Products, Bamboo Species
We usually think of bamboo as a giant grass, the fastest-growing plant on earth. And that it is. But there are also dwarf bamboo varieties that make for excellent ground cover, borders and accent pieces. In the Amazonian undergrowth, you can actually find bamboo that...
Mar 18, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Products
Bamboo proponents the world over have touted the plant as a miracle cure for climate change and global warming. Bamboo’s purported capacity for carbon sequestration is one of the most important factors that makes the plant so important in the effort to save the...
Feb 23, 2023 | Bamboo Products, Worldwide
We can argue about whether or not bamboo can really save the planet. Not surprisingly, I’m optimistic that it can. But at the same time, I try to maintain realistic expectations about bamboo’s full potential. Turning to Africa, which sits at the forefront...
Jan 20, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Products, Green Living
Planting and harvesting bamboo is not only good for the environment, but it can also bring great benefits to the community that supports its cultivation. Peruse our website and you can find examples of this from all around the world. In Malawi, they plant bamboo to...
Jan 13, 2023 | Bamboo Industry, Bamboo Products, Green Living
The battle against COVID-19 was brutal. But according to Bill Gates, the struggle to defeat Climate Change could be much worse. And he’s right, of course. Within a year of the viral outbreak, we’d already developed a vaccine. But after decades of knowing...