Bamboo is one of the most environmental friendly construction materials. 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 has a great potential to solve the scarcity of sustainabl…
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Promote Bamboo for Climate Change mitigation; it has unrivalled capacity to capture carbon
Bamboo – 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; it matures in as little as 3 to 5 years much faster than hardwood trees. It sends out new shoots af…
India to soon have Bamboo policy | Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
Stressing on the need of agricultural diversification towards energy like manufacturing of ethanol, he said the government is likely to bring a policy to promote bamboo cultivation which could be used to harness bio-fuel. Addressing a Summit on Crop Care & Doubling Farmers’ Income: Myt…
Inle Heritage in Myanmar leverages Bamboo as a building material to reimagine school architecture
The Inle Region is located on the western edge of the Shan plateau in eastern Myanmar. It stretches from the mountain tea plantations around Pindaya to Samkar at the southern end of the lake; the gateway to Kayah State. On a four-acre plot of land in Chaung Sauk village, surrounded by the Shan hi…
Northeast India to focus on bamboo industry: Dr Jitendra Singh
Government of India Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that with the assistance of Centre, Northeast will focus on bamboo industry in a big …
Bamboo Bridge in Indonesia Demonstrates Sustainable Alternatives for Infrastructure
Connecting the Pasar Gede market and colonial Dutch Vastenburg Fort, the 18-meter bamboo structure offers a revitalization of river life in the historic Indonesian city. Spanning across the Kali Pepe river, residents of Java can traverse the pedestrian bridge on its track that varies in width fro…
Bamboo Technology Park opens in Assam; will usher in a new era of opportunities in the Bamboo Sector
June 22, 2017 | In a major initiative towards harnessing the huge potential of bamboo in the state, Assam has come up with a Bamboo Technology Park at Chaygaon, Kamrup district of Assam. “India has the second largest reserves of bamboo in the world. Leveraging this can spur gainful employment an…
From forests to floors: ESES is wowing the world with Assam bamboo wood
While taking a tour of the hills and valleys of Assam, one cannot help but be mesmerized by the expansive bamboo forests quietly stretching across miles and holding within itself a promise that has the power to restructure the state’s economy. Every household in Assam villages grows bamboo for ho…
Car Maker Ford trials using bamboo as a construction material in vehicle interiors
It may sound a bit wacky but on May 11, 2017 car maker Ford announced it is to experiment with using bamboo in vehicle interiors. It’s not the first time Ford has taken a look at unconventional materials in its cars. It also sized up the potential of jumper off cuts, the husk of the […] cURL error 6: Could not resolve host: urls.api.twitter.com0 Shares
Bangladesh’s capital city becomes home to the world’s first cell tower constructed entirely out of bamboo
Bangladesh’s capital city Dhaka became home to the world’s first telecom tower constructed entirely out of bamboo. Indeed, a great testimony to the huge potential of Bamboo and how this wonder grass can simultaneously tackle two of the most pressing concerns: infrastructure investment…