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With the effects of Hurricane Katrina still ravaging the Gulf Coast and the blow of the BP oil spill now to be dealt with, it’s high time that a sustainable and long-term path to recovery start for the US Delta region. And that path may well be paved with bamboo stalks. Once a small niche [...]
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“If you give a man a fish, he will have a single meal. If you teach him how to fish, he will eat all his life.” This simple quote inspires a world of economic revolution in which government agencies and non-profits are looking to do more than just apply a band-aid to the world poverty [...]
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The World Health Organization estimates that 80% of the world’s population uses herbal medicine for curing of their primary health. With increasing concern about rising prescription costs, it only makes sense that more and more people are turning to natural and organic remedies for their healthcare. Last week, we touched on bamboo charcoal and its [...]
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Never underestimate the versatility of bamboo and what governments are achieving by cultivating this miracle plant. India is one country that is exploring the myriad of options this versatile plant offers to those farmers, growers, manufacturers and governments willing to invest time and resources promoting bamboo. Officials see bamboo as a financial windfall as well [...]
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For too long Westerners have thought of Africa as “The Dark Continent”. Ethiopia and its capitol, Addis Ababa, remind us of Black Hawk Down, of drug lords and pirates. Take the Hollywood spin away and you’ll find a new Africa and an Africa finding a new path away from it’s colonial past and tribal conflicts. [...]
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When most people think of bamboo, they picture a sea of tranquil green with a panda munching idly. But for farmers in the Philippines, bamboo elicits images of money and hope for their families. As the markets and demands for bamboo products from bamboo clothes to bamboo sheets continues to grow, members of the Philippine [...]
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Bamboo is the fastest growing woody plant on earth, period. Back in 2005, it was estimated that there were approximately 37 million hectares of bamboo resources on our planet. As coincidence would have it—when I went to Google to convert the hectares to acres, I ran across this—“Over the last five years, the world suffered [...]
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