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Renewable is Doable: Central Coast Sustainability Festival
The 2015 Central Coast Sustainability Festival takes place this Saturday, May 2, at Mission Plaza in downtown San Luis Obispo. The festival, hosted by the Cal Poly Future Fuels Club, will feature bands, companies, alternative fuel and electric vehicles, and other...
Seeded German sourdough bread
UPDATE 2022: This article originally appeared in spring 2015, when more of our content focused on healthy habits and sustainable lifestyles indirectly related to bamboo. Since then, the website has evolved and now concentrates on the multifarious aspects of bamboo...
Om Sweet Om: Artwork in the entrance
If you've walked or driven up Broad Street near the Mission in the last couple days, you can't possibly have missed the new mural, now virtually completed, by the visual artist and bamboo aficionado known as Pacha. Thanks to her impeccable handiwork, the entryway to...
Centrally Grown: it’s what to eat around here
Heading up the coast anytime soon? You probably should. Gonna get hungry on the way? I bet you will. Have you tried Centrally Grown? You absolutely must! Yes, the first turn after Cambria, just across the highway from Moonstone Beach, there's a charming little turn...
Panda Poop Fuel: Let’s break it down
Here at Bambu Batu, the House of Bamboo, we're pretty much suckers for anything panda-related, and we've got a really good gut feeling about this one. In an age of economic uncertainty and unsustainable fossil fuel dependency, the idea of relying on Panda Poop Fuel...
Bamboo Clothing: Soft on the skin, good for the soul
When Bambu Batu, the House of Bamboo, opened nine years ago (yes, our birthday is coming up on February 20), we were the only shop anywhere to offer such a wide variety of bamboo clothing. In 2006, the bamboo clothing industry was still in its earliest stage of...