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Most birds are still hunkered down in the sunny South for the winter but be proactive in preparing for their return this Spring. Using bamboo and power tools, anyone can create a welcoming, natural birdhouse for our feathered friends! Here’s what you need to create a Bamboo Bird House: Moso bamboo column (any height) Exterior [...]
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Anyone who reads this site regularly should have a sense of the tremendous versatility of bamboo. It is already used for food, medicine, decorative gardening, the construction of homes and flooring, furniture and other goods, and for clothing textiles. In time we may also be able to add biofuel to the list of its common [...]
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Lindsay Lohan celebrates her 25th birthday on Saturday. Did everyone remember to send her a card? Mine depicted a derailed locomotive surrounded by balloons and onlookers in party hats, and said “Happy Birthday to my favorite train wreck!” She probably wasn’t at home to receive her well-wishes though, since her house arrest ended on Wednesday, [...]
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You don’t have to be Edison or have a nanny named Poppins to enjoy flying a kite! Have yourself a blast this spring with your homemade bamboo kite – the joy of making your own kite is that you get to choose how to decorate it. You can even make a St. Patrick’s Day kite [...]
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Sniffles echo everywhere and sick days are rapidly being used up as the winter cold and flu season continues on into 2011. As people tire of the high doses of antibiotics and over-the-counter treatments, many are looking towards ancient healing techniques, including oriental medicine. It only makes sense that bamboo, such a staple in Asia, [...]
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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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“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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Transportation plays a key role in the advancement of societies. Sumerians invented the wheel in 3500 BC to aid in the movement of heavy stone as they built their temples; Romans built a vast network of roads across their Empire so soldiers could march and conquer more efficiently; Egyptians built ships to access more markets [...]
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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 Craft of The Month Do you have the desire to create your own flute? How about making it out of one of the greenest materials possible – bamboo? With a little help from www.backwoodshome.com, you will be well on your way to the sounds of melodies filling the air! Here’s what you will need: [...]
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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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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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Worldwide, there are hundreds of ways to celebrate the holiday season. From the Irish practice of placing candles in the window to the decorating of the Christmas bush in Australia, cultures all have their own way of observing the season. While you may have your own traditions for Christmas day, why not incorporate bamboo to [...]
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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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Disasters bring out the best and worst in us. Greed and fear, generosity and courage are painted on the same canvas of history. A few years ago, Americans in New Orleans and other Gulf states were ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Worse, the number of people who suffered needlessly because of our disjointed response and underestimation [...]
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We found this terrific narrative on bamboo published in a remarkable book back in 1904. It speaks volumes to the amazing uses of bamboo and well, we couldn’t have said it better ourselves. William Edgar Geil speaks of his journey from Shanghai through the Central Kingdom to Burma in his book A Yankee on The [...]
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