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How fast does bamboo grow? A new world record
Bamboo has many amazing characteristics. And the woody grass has a reputation for being the fastest-growing plant on earth. That reputation is well-deserved because some varieties of bamboo can grow more than a meter a day, under ideal circumstances. NOTE: This...
Hemp Laws in all 50 U.S. States
After nearly a century of prohibition, new hemp laws are finally sweeping across the nation. In 1937, the federal government passed the Marihuana Tax Act, effectively banning the cultivation and use of both industrial hemp and marijuana. Highly regulated hemp farming...
What’s so great about bamboo?
What are we supposed to think when something that's been around for five thousand years suddenly turns trendy? Yoga reaches the West, and it's like something brand new. The paleo diet gets resurrected from the ice age, and it's the culinary panacea. (Although I'm...
The Ten Thousand Things of Taoism: A meditation on the many
Students of Taoism and Eastern philosophy will inevitably come across the notion of the Ten Thousand Things. And like so many aspects of Eastern spirituality, what appears so simple and mundane turns out to be brimming with esoteric mystery. We've touched on this...
Buddhist Thangka Paintings: Meaningful and Sublime
You don't need to be a master guru of Eastern mysticism to recognize the sublime beauty of a Tibetan Buddhist Thangka. Simply take a close look at one of these traditional religious paintings, and you can practically feel your heart, mind and soul being swept away to...
Go zero waste with bamboo, cork and stainless steel
Did you know that 380 million tons of plastic were produced in 2018? That brings the total quantity of plastic up to about 6.5 billion tons since its introduction in the mid 1950s. Yeah, that's a lot of dixie cups. A PLASTIC APOCALYPSE Generous estimates say that...