The Authority on Bamboo: brought to you by Green Earth Bamboo
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While bamboo is a traditional staple in ancient art, it has gone largely unrepresented in modern artistry. In East Asia, ancient Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples were often decorated with carved bamboo shoots and Zen paintings featuring the bamboo plant but modern artists veered towards oils on canvas or hard metals for their work. One [...]
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Mad Hatter: Would you like a little more tea? Alice: Well, I haven’t had any yet, so I can’t very well take more. March Hare: Ah, you mean you can’t very well take less. Mad Hatter: Yes. You can always take more than nothing. Perhaps the Mad Hatter wasn’t so mad after all. The benefits [...]
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There is a growing demand among consumers for earth-friendly products. Ranging from organic foods to recycled materials to use of sustainable materials, people are trying more than ever to green their lives and their living spaces. Natural decorating is a growing trend among interior designers with a focus on using products that will leave a [...]
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The word tourist often evokes a negative image – the Hawaiian shirt, Clark Griswold and his inept world travels, the bulging camera around the neck and map in hand. But many modern tourists defy that stereotype as they seek out more authentic travel experiences, preferring to go off the beaten path and interact with the [...]
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We are a country that loves to mix tradition with modernity. We carry laptops and seek out vintage clothing; we restore historical houses using stainless steel appliances, and now more electronics companies are choosing to incorporate traditional materials into their electronic designs. Due to its tensile strength and natural beauty, bamboo is a popular material [...]
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Bamboo makes its way into beauty products As a country, we are conscious about what goes into our bodies. We search for organic foods, the right supplements and the purest juices and teas. So, how can a population so worried about what goes into their bodies be so casual about what goes on our bodies? [...]
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Meaning “union” in Sanskrit, the practice of yoga is based on creating a balance of emotion, action and intelligence through the development of strength and flexibility through a performance of poses. Through exercise, breathing and meditation, yogis believe that we can attain harmony within ourselves and our environment. There are numerous benefits to practicing yoga: [...]
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We’ve officially kicked off our new year and if you’re on one side of an argument, a new decade. Many have resolved in the coming year to make their lives a bit greener, but some would say that the only thing more popular than making New Year’s resolutions is not keeping them. However, these goals [...]
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With an increasing focus on the environment and the very timely World Climate Conference, 2010 is the year that many are choosing to go green with their New Years’ resolutions. It can be as simple as switching to reusable bags for shopping to cancelling catalog subscriptions that fill up our mailboxes. In that spirit, Green [...]
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Since the 1950’s, we have been intoxicated with man made products, especially when used in sports. Graphite golf clubs and graphite-ceramic tennis rackets, plus the ever present plastics have become the backbone of equipment manufacturing. So it is a radical break from this trend when bamboo becomes the material of choice for sportsmen. Today, more [...]
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I’m not exactly sure what this says about our society, but when my daughter went off to college her dorm room was approximately the same size as a prison cell, and furnished nearly the same as well. Besides the beds and two pressboard desks, the only other furniture was a 40 in. wide by 36 [...]
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At malls across the country, kids are eagerly lining up to sit on Santa’s lap and share their wish list. It’s easy to imagine that safety and sustainability of resources aren’t part of the criteria they use in making their lists, but thankfully there are toys out there that combine both the parents and children’s [...]
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Tis the season for retail madness as we search for that perfect gift for our loved ones. For those of you tired of shopping the same stores for the same type of gifts, consider investing in handmade bamboo jewelry as a unique and thoughtful present. Each piece of bamboo is distinctive in its color, shape, [...]
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“Well she’s fashionably lean In her bamboo dress Well she’s looking good Bamboo can impress She no drag Just watch the way she’s dressed. She’s a 21st Century fox. Oh Baby.” I apologize to Jim Morrisson and the Doors for using their song. But I thought it is a great way to remind everybody that [...]
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So invaluable was the invention of paper and brush (pen) that they were considered two of the Four Treasures of China (along with ink and inkstone). Previous to these inventions, man recorded their history and thoughts with chiseled cave drawings or knots tied into silk ropes. So precious was this knowledge that the Chinese guarded [...]
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Want to look like Angelina Jolie, but you don’t think you have the right body? Shake that brain pan and discover that you have what it takes to show off like A.J. As long as you’ve got skin on your back and an artist…with bamboo tattooing, you’re ready to style and profile. Angelina found that [...]
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