Most people have no idea what it takes to make the kind of ultra-soft toilet paper we use in our homes every day. The fact is that most of it comes from virgin, old-growth forests. And we think that’s a treasure too precious to be flushing down the toilet. Thankfully, we now have the option of using bamboo toilet tissue, equally soft but infinitely more sustainable.
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Phyllostachys viridis ‘mitis’: Bamboo legend
The story of Phyllostachys viridis 'mitis' is less well-known than other bamboo legends, but certainly worth a place in the annals of bamboo literature. The mindboggling diversity, rich history, and extraordinary range of uses for bamboo are all enough to fill a...
My bamboo love affair
My love affair with bamboo started quite innocently. To be honest, I can’t tell you exactly when it all began. Perhaps it was a quiet stroll through the Japanese Garden at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, or it could have been during a visit to the Huntington...
Aulonemia insolita: A striking addition to the Bamboo Family
Bambu Batu issues a hearty congratulations to Ivan Jiménez-Pérez, Natalia Reátegui, Celia Forella Malpartida-Garay, and Eduardo Ruiz-Sancheza, who have published the description of a newly discovered bamboo species, Aulonemia insolita, endemic to the montane forests...