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...
Nov 14, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species
For those of us who don’t live in a bamboo haven like Thailand, Brazil, or somewhere else near the equator, the genus Phyllostachys is the group of bamboo we are most familiar with. This category of cold-hardy, running bamboo includes species like Moso, perhaps...
Feb 28, 2022 | Bamboo Industry, Bamboo Products
Have you ever picked up a bamboo product and turned it over in your hand and wondered, “How did they do this?” If not, you must not be handling enough bamboo products. Some of them, like the bamboo socks and bamboo salad bowls, are just amazing. But these...
Jan 17, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Industry, Bamboo Species, Green Living
We often speak with superlatives when we discuss the virtues of bamboo. The fastest-growing plant on earth, the world’s tallest grass, the vegetable to replace steel. Bamboo truly is amazing. But it’s important to remember that there are about 1,500...
Dec 13, 2021 | Bamboo Industry, Bamboo Products, Green Living
Special thanks to guest writer Jade Piper for this contribution. Jade has a passion for sustainable architecture and her essays have appeared on several websites. Bamboo is an ancient, tried-and-tested building material. With over 1,000 varieties of bamboo throughout...
