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Sustainable Solutions: Building with Bamboo

Sustainable Solutions: Building with Bamboo

In the past, bamboo was an inexpensive option for designing fences, shacks, and scaffolding. But when Bali Green School founders (John and Cynthia Hardy) were able to treat bamboo for better functionality, builders began to realise that bamboo is an excellent solution...
20 Reasons the Bamboo is Important to Life

20 Reasons the Bamboo is Important to Life

Bamboo, it comes in different species, from the lanky bikal to the giant  kiling; it comes in many fancy types too, like those in these photos. Dr Anselmo S Cabigan and the author long time friends and co-workers in government and academe respectively, examine two...
A few uses for bamboo and its importance in the Philippines

A few uses for bamboo and its importance in the Philippines

In my last blog, I was able to provide you a very short insight into Philippine’s bamboo species including the most common native types of bamboos such as clumping bamboos, bamboo’s maintenance, and propagation.I also highlighted that bamboos plays a major role in...
Bamboo: Sustainable growth for a sustainable future

Bamboo: Sustainable growth for a sustainable future

Chinese use of bamboo dates back 7,000 years; as a versatile material, a potassium-rich ingredient and a plant of symbolic significance in Ancient culture. The use of bamboo in construction, cuisine, medicine and materiel goods has long been commonplace in China and...
How Eco-Friendly Are Bamboo Products?

How Eco-Friendly Are Bamboo Products?

Bamboo Products Are Mostly Eco-Friendly Bamboo has been picking up a lot of attention lately for being an eco-friendly alternative to other types of materials. One of the best characteristics of bamboo is that it’s extremely renewable and sustainable compared to...