Jul 7, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Green Living
There’s a malicious rumor going around certain corners of the internet, and I’d like to put an end to it right now. In fact, there is NOT a wave of legislation sweeping across the country designed to outlaw the major family of grasses known as bamboo....
Jun 22, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Green Living
Anyone who questions the importance of bamboo in the global quest to combat climate change need look no further than the Bamboo Village in Uganda (BVU) for evidence and inspiration. Since the turn of the century, we here at Bambu Batu have been studying the many uses...
Apr 17, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Green Living
We are now more than four weeks into global quarantine. And we are bending the curve like Uri Keller bends a spoon. With great fanfare, that is. In this unimaginable scenario, we salute the heroes and mourn the victims. But in small town America, most of us are just...
Feb 26, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Green Living
Pennsylvania is the latest scene of a controversy concerning local laws against bamboo. It’s another example of how bamboo’s remarkable sustainability can become problematic. In the township of Lower Merion, community members have acted to enforce the...
Jan 9, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Products, Green Living
Bamboo is an amazing resource with tremendous promise. But in order for it to remain competitive in the global marketplace, we need to continue supporting bamboo research. Sure, bamboo has been around for a zillion years. (OK, maybe only 40,000 or so.) But in this...
Jan 3, 2020 | Agriculture & Gardening, Green Living
In the past 10 or 20 years, the variety and availability of bamboo products has just exploded. From socks to towels to sheets to flooring, bamboo can do pretty much anything. And thanks to a preponderance of Moso bamboo from China, bamboo IS doing nearly everything....
