Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Why Bamboo ?

Briefly, we must do something about the climate change.In our little corner, we try to do our best believing that if each of us does something, we will succeed to save this Planet for our CHILDREN.
If you look into Bamboo- you know already the reasons, but as you know bamboo does have so many uses, it is difficult to produce an exhaustive list.

1.- Bamboo Charcoal
2.- Paper
3.- Cloth
4.- Toothpicks
5.- Chopsticks
6.- Grill picks
7.- Furniture
8.- Houses
9.- Flooring / parquet
10.- Wall and ceiling panels
11.- Charcoal and active Charcoal
12.- vinegar
13.- Shampoo
14.- Anti odor elements in textile (socks + lingerie)
15.- Food (bamboo shoot)
16.- Panda food
17.- Anti static electricity in too dry places
18.- Bactericide in water


• Some General Facts.

The first electric light bulbs by Thomas Edison, used a carbonized piece of bamboo as a filament.
Alexander Graham Bell made the first phonograph needle out of bamboo.
Bamboo provided the first re-greening in Hiroshima after the atomic blast, and was the first plant to regenerate in Vietnam after vast areas were defoliated by Agent Orange.
Bamboo releases 35% more oxygen than trees and can reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) by sequestering 12 tons of CO2 per hectare.
Bamboo can be made into a soft, breathable and naturally anti-bacterial textile.
Bamboo is the fastest-growing woody plant in the world.
Over one billion people in the world live in bamboo houses.
Bamboo is rapidly renewable; it matures in just 3 - 5 years, compared to up to 60 years for hardwoods.

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