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Swing sets, slides and jungle gyms – all typical things to find in a park but this bamboo park is no typical park. The first bamboo park to open in India is in the state of Tripura and comes with a price tag of $7 million. But Indian officials aren’t worried about the cost as [...]
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In the northeast Indian state of Tripura, scientists at the Department of Forest Research and Development have introduced new methods of cultivating bamboo which promise quicker establishment and higher yields of a crop that is already characterized by its heartiness and speed of growth. The process involves growing bamboo in environmentally controlled conditions, then using [...]
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While homeowners associations across the United States continue their bans on the bamboo plant, a province in Northeastern province in India is working to decontrol bamboo. Currently, farmers in many parts of the low lying state of Himachal Pradesh (including Bilaspur, Kangra, Harmirpur, Sirmaur and Una) are unable to freely harvest bamboo. Before this action, [...]
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What started as a farming feat in a small Indian village is flourishing as a multi-institution government program in India. The National Bamboo Mission was formed to take advantage of bamboo as “versatile group of plants which is capable of providing ecological, economic and livelihood security to the people.” As the country recognized the HUGE [...]
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Mark your calendars – World Bamboo Day is September 18th! For anyone who thinks it’s an odd holiday to have, consider that there are already plenty of officially declared days celebrating much less industrious items and happenings (i.e. National Upsy Daisy Day on June 8 or National Salami Day on September 7th). Because of its [...]
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Mother’s Nature Fury raged again last week. This time it was in the form of a severe tropical storm that hit eastern Indian states as well as neighboring Bangladesh on Tuesday, April 13th. Striking with little warning as people were sleeping, the storms contained winds gusting at a walloping 100 km/hour with tornadoes developing within [...]
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The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie. ~Agnes de Mille For centuries, dance has played an important role in cultures around the world. Dance is used to celebrate, to worship and to mourn. Dance provides the opportunity to pass on traditions and stories in many [...]
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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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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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