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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Bambusa balcooa: Beema bamboo for better biomass
Looking for the optimal species of bamboo to save the planet? With more than a thousand species to choose from, it's hard to know the best bamboo for capturing carbon, generating oxygen, or producing a robust building material. To select the best bamboo, you also need...
Bamboo Flour: Going against the grain
Just when I thought I'd seen every possible product made from bamboo, my friend tells me about bamboo spaghetti. Excusez-moi? That's right, they're making pasta from bamboo flour. Wait a minute... I'm still trying to wrap my head around bamboo flowering. Bamboo flour...
Bamboo in Australia: Clumpers from Down Under
It's an island, it's a country, it's a continent. Australia is a world of its own. Extraordinary marsupials, Tasmanian devils, and a unique legacy of Aboriginal culture. Foster's Beer, shrimp on the barbie, and Crocodile Dundee. These are the things that come to mind...
