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 is a super material. Assam is well positioned to be the leader in this emerging space
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 gras…
NRL signs termsheet with Finland’s Chempolis Oy for its bio-refinery project; to give fillip to bamboo cultivation in the region
Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) a public sector oil company in Assam, North East India has signed a term sheet with technology company Chempolis Oy of Finland. The framework agreement undertakes to implement NRL’s Bio Refinery Project in two phases, a company release said. Chempolis Oy develops…
Dell introduces Eco-friendly Bamboo Packaging Solution
Paper and plastic may be the most common packaging options, but they’re not the only ones. In a first of its kind move, Dell has pioneered the use of bamboo to cushion some of its lightweight products. This giant member of the grass family, found in everything from food to flooring, is now also a…
EPITOME Bamboowood Products: Fostering Green Living for a better tomorrow!
Bamboo is has always been popular as a building material, especially in house-building. 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. In a world when climate change and sustainability…
INBAR & REFADD sign MoU to enable women bamboo initiatives across central Africa
Kigali, Rwanda: On 21st December, the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and the African Women’s Network for Sustainable Development (REFADD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding committing them to closer collaboration in developing regional women and bamboo initiatives across Ce…
Bamboo products can eventually have labels such as ‘CO2 neutral’ | Sonja Sheasley, Founder, Bum Boosa®
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 | Dr. Hans Friederich
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…
The Inspiring Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative
In March, 20014, the World Economic Forum honoured Bernice Dapaah by selecting her to join its community of Young Global Leaders. The Young Global Leaders (YGLs) award is bestowed each year to recognize the top young leaders under the age of 40 from around the world. Bold, brave, action-oriented …
Teragren: A new generation in Bamboo Flooring!
Bamboo flooring was very small segment of the U.S. flooring market when avid environmentalists Ann and David Knight saw the need for environmentally sound building products. From the moment the company was founded in 1994, they have been committed to developing and manufacturing beautiful bamboo …