Apr 15, 2024 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Industry, Featured Posts, Green Living
UPDATE: This article originally appeared in January 2020, most recently updated in April 2024. In the past few decades, the variety of bamboo products has just exploded. From socks to towels to sheets to flooring, bamboo can do pretty much anything. And thanks to a...
Mar 8, 2024 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Green Living
When looking for bamboo, your first instinct is probably not to head for the hills. But there is a surprising variety of bamboo native to the mountains of both Africa and Asia. As the name should tell you, the genus Himalayacalamus comes from the same great mountain...
Sep 19, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Green Living
Looking for the optimal species of bamboo to save the planet? With more than a thousand species to choose from, it’s hard to know the best bamboo for capturing carbon, generating oxygen, or producing a robust building material. To select the best bamboo, you...
Aug 18, 2023 | Alternative Lifestyle, Green Living
The story of zero is a long and baffling one. The Mayans dabbled with it, the Ancient Greeks resisted it, and not until the 13th century did Europe fully embrace it. You might argue that it’s good for nothing. You might even say it’ll never amount to...
Feb 7, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Green Living
Bamboo plants are pretty easy to grow. In fact, some people think that bamboo grows too easily, and they have a hard time removing it. But as with any plant, you can run into problems. Sometimes the bamboo just doesn’t look 100 percent happy. One of the most...
Jan 27, 2023 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species, Bambu Batu, Green Living
By now you’ve probably heard a thing or two about the many virtues of bamboo: its versatility, its sustainability, and its indispensability. And you’ve no doubt admired its beauty, as it flourishes among pagodas in Japanese gardens, on the patios of Thai...