In Ethiopia about one million hectares of land is occupied by bamboo forests which makes it Africa’s largest reserve of bamboo. Coupled with eager foreign investment, Ethiopia is leading the bamboo industrial revolution in Africa. Bamboo Star Agro-Forestry (BSAF), a company founded by succe…
Opinion / Column
Bamboo toothbrushes – a green living option, servicing hygienic and environmental needs
Every time we visit a dentist, he or she will invariable tell us how essential it is to brush our teeth well. The dentist will also recommend replacing our toothbrushes regularly for a healthy dental care. Now consider this – assuming we replace our toothbrushes once in every three months and if …
Bamboo products can eventually have labels such as ‘CO2 neutral’ – Sonja Sheasley, Founder and President, Bum Boosa® Bamboo Products
Q1. Let’s start by hearing your success story… What was your vision behind bamboo based baby products venture BumBoosa? As a mother of two small children and a consumer of natural products, I simply recognized a gap in the marketplace when I unsuccessfully sought out an eco-friendlier baby …
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…
Bamboo sector will grow and systematic effort can only make it grow better: By Pravin L. Agrawal
Bamboo has been part of human civilisation since ages and I am sure it will remain to do so for many more generations; whether we like or not, support it or not and promote it or not. It is purely the need of human civilisation and the business sense that Bamboo signifies; provokes me state [&hel…
What ails bamboo business development in India? By Raktim Das
From a ‘poor man’s timber’ to green gold’, bamboo is fast emerging as the super material of the 21st century. It is one of the fastest growing and highest yielding renewable natural resource making it a good substitute to wood in mitigating pressure on natural forests. Bamboo is a family of grass…
Building economic, social and cultural sustainability alongside ecological sustainability: By Rebecca Reubens
Growing global issues—including pollution, resource scarcity and climate change—have put sustainable materials in the spotlight. Bamboo is one of these materials. Bamboo has been the poster-child of sustainability initiatives the world over because it is highly renewable and a viable replacement …
Building bamboo toilets in rural areas and urban slums can be another ‘ek kadam’ towards achieving #MyCleanIndia: By Raktim Das
On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 145th birth anniversary, Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi on 2nd Oct 2014 launched the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ (Clean India mission). The mission has already picked up huge momentum and seeks participation of all citizens from different age groups. Am…
Bamboo shoots – an under exploited health food and a potential source of income generation for the North East India: By Prof. (Dr.) C. Nirmala.
Bamboo shoots, considered as a treasure dish by the Chinese and called “King of Forest vegetables” in Japan, are a little known and neglected food commodity in India. Its consumption is confined to the North Eastern states whereas in other parts of the country, few people even know of its edibili…