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Melocanna baccifera: Tropical bamboo for erosion

Melocanna baccifera: Tropical bamboo for erosion

Mar 9, 2022 | Agriculture & Gardening, Bamboo Species

Native to northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal, Melocanna baccifera is an exotic bamboo species you won’t find at your local nursery. In tropical, Asian climates, this bamboo is widely admired as an attractive ornamental and a highly effective means of...
Bamboo for poverty mitigation in the developing world

Bamboo for poverty mitigation in the developing world

Jan 5, 2022 | Alternative Lifestyle, Bamboo Industry

The environmental benefits of bamboo are already well-known. This perennial grass grows incredibly fast and renews itself more quickly than any other crop. It produces more oxygen than an equal area of trees, and it has a tensile strength comparable to steel. As a...
Gandhi on the Economy of Cotton

Gandhi on the Economy of Cotton

Nov 4, 2019 | Bamboo Industry, Bamboo Products, Eastern Philosophy, Worldwide

There’s a lot of talk these days about wealth distribution and Social Justice Warriors. For many, these phrases are charged with deep and divisive political connotations. I guess you’d know which side I’m on if I told you I wrote my University...
Uncommon Scents: Shoyeido Incense

Uncommon Scents: Shoyeido Incense

Sep 6, 2013 | Bambu Batu, Eastern Philosophy, Natural Healing

  Scent is a sense that is intimately connected with human memory. The olfactory nerve is situated close to the amygdala, the area of the brain associated with emotion and emotional memory. Some biologists believe that olfactory memory evolved as an early form of...

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