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Growing Bamboo in Pennsylvania and New England
Pennsylvania, New York, and New England, land of Liberty, home of the Patriots, and birthplace of the American experiment we call Democracy. The region is steeped in Colonial history, but one of the last places we would associate with bamboo. Even so, bamboo can...
Square Bamboo: Chimonobambusa quadrangularis
Bamboo has an amazing variety of uses. From nutritious bamboo leaf tea to high octane bioethanol to ultra-durable building material, there's almost nothing bamboo can't do. And with around 1,500 distinct species, bamboo also comes in an enormous variety of shapes,...
Bamboo in Malawi: Fighting Malaria and Climate Change
By now I hope you've heard of some connection between bamboo and Climate Change. More precisely, you should know that bamboo, as a vastly versatile and renewable resource, offers multiple ways to alleviate Climate Change. With its high metabolism, bamboo captures CO2...
Living Fences with Bamboo
The amazing and incredible properties of bamboo have earned this useful plant all sorts of superlative nicknames. Because of its remarkable tensile strength, it sometimes goes by the name "Vegetal Steel". In developing countries and near the equator, where tropical...
Sourcing Sustainable Bamboo: Our best picks
The news is out. Bamboo can do anything. It's the fastest-growing plant on earth, and nothing is more sustainable. Well, ok, those are some pretty bold claims. Yes, bamboo grows and renews itself with amazing speed, but sustainability is a complex thing to measure....
Best tools for bamboo gardening
No job is too big when you have the right tool. However, when you're dealing with the fastest-growing plant on earth, it's easy to get intimidated. Luckily, there's a handy arsenal of tools out there that can make your bamboo chores way more manageable. Once a bamboo...