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Bee here now: Understanding Colony Collapse
Bamboo, how do we love thee? Let me count the ways. If you've spent any time on my website, you know I'm quite a fan. But don't be misled into thinking it's the only issue I care about. Bamboo is but a single link in the great chain. Its value and importance run...
Life in the SLO Lane
NOTE: This article originally appeared in Jan. 2016. The retail store closed in 2020, so these shirts are no longer available. Over the years, Bambu Batu earned a pretty solid reputation for creating some of the best bamboo t-shirt designs available anywhere. So, in...
The Mandala: Roadmap of the Mind
Even before the emergence of myths and drama, our ancestors produced symbols to express the meaning of existence and explore the mystery of their condition. No image encapsulates the pattern of human experience quite so precisely and succinctly as the ancient mandala,...
Glorious Ganesha: Signs and symbols in the elephant god
Bamboo is something of a symbol of Far Eastern culture. So it's not unusual for our love of bamboo to spill over into other Asian ideas and aesthetics, like bonsai, meditation and Wabi-Sabi. But today we're going to explore and unpack another treasure trove of Eastern...
Archetypal Dimensions of Kermit the Frog
Here at Bambu Batu, we love promoting bamboo. It's a plant with over a thousand species and nearly a million uses. Bamboo never gets old. Well, almost never. But as a wise Muppet once croaked, "It's not easy being green." So in that vein, we're taking a brief respite...
Fermentation Explanation: The Science of Sauerkraut
Fermentation is on the rebound! And considering it is probably the oldest form of food and beverage preparation known to mankind, this resurgence is a long time coming. That's right. Even before the scintillating discovery of fire, our bumbling ancestors had probably...