Feb 12, 2015 | Bamboo Products, Green Living
Here at Bambu Batu, the House of Bamboo, we’re pretty much suckers for anything panda-related, and we’ve got a really good gut feeling about this one. In an age of economic uncertainty and unsustainable fossil fuel dependency, the idea of relying on Panda...
Feb 4, 2015 | Bamboo Products, Bambu Batu, Natural Fibers
When Bambu Batu, the House of Bamboo, opened nine years ago (yes, our birthday is coming up on February 20), we were the only shop anywhere to offer such a wide variety of bamboo clothing. In 2006, the bamboo clothing industry was still in its earliest stage of...
Jan 27, 2015 | Bamboo Products, Natural Fibers
You might not spend your spring vacation in a chateau in the south of France, and maybe you don’t serve caviar for lunch, and you probably don’t have a team of serfs to carry you to and from the tennis courts in your covered sedan, but when it...
Dec 2, 2014 | Bamboo Products, Bambu Batu
You better not pout, you better not cry, but if you did I’d say that I understand why. For those of us who lack such time-saving devices as a team of uber-industrious elves or a jug of high-octane reindeer fuel, it can be a daunting if not insurmountable...
Nov 11, 2014 | Eastern Philosophy, Health & Nutrition
NOTE: This article first appeared in Nov. 2014, revised in 2021. Those of us who enjoy bamboo, for all its beauty and utility, often have an affinity for Asian aesthetics in general. They confer a sense of calm and tranquility that is both subtle and sublime. To gaze...
