May 13, 2022 | Bamboo Industry, Bamboo Products, Bambu Batu
Ever since I crafted my first set of nunchucks in junior high school, I’ve been in love with bamboo. This woody grass has a simple elegance to it. It grows faster than anything, and you can make anything out of it. I gradually outgrew my Bruce Lee phase — more...
May 11, 2022 | Bamboo Products, Green Living, Health & Nutrition
This article originally appeared in 2013, written by Morgana Matus. We updated it in 2022. Is it just another case of greenwashing? Or are bamboo bathtubs on the very cutting edge of a movement determined to provide us with a cleaner planet? It seems like the old...
May 4, 2022 | Alternative Lifestyle, Bamboo Products, Worldwide
Have you ever gotten wasted away in Margaritaville and woken up somewhere in a bamboo paradise? If you’ve ever partied in Mexico, you probably know what I’m talking about. Famous for cactus and Tequila, Mexico is replete with warm beaches and tropical...
Apr 27, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Products, Bamboo Species
When people talk about bamboo, they often speak in hyperbole, describing the plant’s astronomical growth rate and its mind-boggling variety of uses. In fact, there are some 1,500 different species and cultivars of bamboo with an enormous range of qualities and...
Apr 19, 2022 | Bamboo Products
While rural communities in Asia and the developing world still regard bamboo as the “poor man’s lumber”, we know in the West that bamboo can offer a more elegant and eco-friendly alternative to cutting down trees. In equatorial regions, this woody...
Apr 13, 2022 | Bamboo Industry, Bamboo Products
These days, you can find bamboo almost anywhere. Not just bamboo plants at the botanical garden or bamboo flooring at the hardware store. You can also shop for all manner of bamboo kitchenwares, sleep sweetly on bamboo sheets and luxuriate with bamboo bath towels....
