IBUKU – Bali’s Inspiring Bamboo Story

During a sailing trip in Indonesia on a traditional fishing boat, an Irish designer Linda Garland was amazed by the size of a giant bamboo outrigger. She asked the fishermen to take her to the place where it grew. This was the beginning of a journey that led her to start the Environmental Bamboo …

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Bamboo Home Décor items – Love it. Live it!

It’s time has come… From a ‘poor man’s timber’, bamboo is fast emerging as a ‘green gold’. Markets around the world are fast adopting bamboo as alternative to wood for home décor items. Most of them are hand crafted and not mass produced so each piece is as unique as you and your home…

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Bamboo for sustainable development

By Dr Hans Friederich, Director General, INBAR. It is a pleasure to write a few words for a new bamboo promotion initiative, and I wish Green Gold Bamboo well.  INBAR is an intergovernmental organisation, with presently 40 State Members, dedicated to improving the social, economic, and environmen…

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Close to nature Sound with Bamboo Speakers

Bamboo has been used as musical instruments since ancient times.  In India, Bamboo Flutes are very popular and is a highly respected musical instrument. These are used by the common man in villages to highly revered maestros of classical music. Fast forward to your modern home. Enjoy the close to…

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Bamboo Shoots Trivia

Bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts are the edible shoots (new bamboo culms that come out of the ground) of many bamboo species. They are used in numerous Asian dishes and broths and are sold in various processed shapes, and are available in fresh, dried, and canned versions. HOW TO STORE? Whole, unp…

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Bamboo shoots chicken curry – simple, tasty and healthy

Ingredients: Chicken, Canned Bamboo shoots, Green chilli, and Dry red chilli flakes, Tomatoes, Ginger, Garlic, Onions, Spring onions, Salt. Procedure: Curate clean chicken with some salt and keep aside. Next cut the onions into thin slices and crush the ginger and garlic. In a non stick deep fryi…

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