In a recent resolution passed by the state government of Maharashtra in India, it gave a formal approval to the diversion of 4.99 hectares of zudpi jungle forest land for vocational bamboo research and training centre at Chichpalli in Chandrapur district. The government resolution issued mentione…
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A Taiwanese prescription to fight pollution by utilizing bamboo and agricultural waste
Contributed by Science & Technology Division, Taipei Economic and Culture Center (TECC), India The bustling city of Del hi has been greatly affected by pollution in recent times with pollutants in the air, water and soil disrupting normal life and health. While political and social scientists…
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…
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…
Growing bamboo in greenhouse and other lessons on the grass
Sitting on more than 10 acres, Nyabera Farm in Uriri, Migori County, hosts an assortment of crops that include collard greens (sukuma wiki), cabbages, watermelon, tomatoes, pumpkins and bamboo. But it is on the bamboo farm that the owner of Nyabera Farm, Francisca Kwasa, is stirring a revolution.…
Green Gold Bamboo Summit to bring latest ideas to Assam’s bamboo sector
GUWAHATI, April 26 – In a major initiative towards achieving the target of harnessing the huge potential of the bamboo industry in Assam, the Sarbananda Sonowal-led State Government will be organising the first ever Green Gold Bamboo Summit in Guwahati on April 28 and 29. The Summit, to be held u…
Bamboo India: Building its portfolio of bamboo-based eco-friendly products
Yogesh is an agricultural entrepreneur who started Bamboo India, a company that makes bamboo-based eco-friendly products. The company has engaged farmers from the village Velhe, near Pune in Maharashtra, to manufacture products like toothbrushes, speakers, clothing pegs, desk organizers, utility …
High Road Capital Acquires Cali Bamboo
In Press release dated July 15, 2015, High Road Capital Partners (www.highroadcap.com) announced that it has acquired Cali Bamboo, LLC (www.calibamboo.com). Cali Bamboo is a leading manufacturer and direct-to-consumer retailer of bamboo flooring and sustainable building products. Based in San Die…