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This selection of bamboo news stories from around the world demonstrates the versatility of bamboo in the production of a huge variety of contemporary products. To keep up to date with new pages and updates to this site subscribe to my Blog. Also, pay a visit to the site of the National Mission on Bamboo Applications (NMBA) press room and past press coverage for a whole list of releases over the years.

Making the Greenest Dorm on Campus
October 17, 2009
By Rachel Gallaher | Weekend Edition Producer
Two students going to college in the Midwest are doing what they can to lead the green charge. They are on a mission to teach people how to live in a way that’s environmentally friendly. Tyler Fuller and Derek Ertel have the greenest dorm room at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus. It features 100 percent recycled carpet and bamboo blankets.

Nature's Celestial Gift - Bamboo Shoots
15th October 2009
A delicious addition to many dishes - they're not just food for pandas
Newspaper section: Mylife
'Taste this, it is sweet and delicious," my friend Lak urged me as he handed me an enamelled plate with a couple of pale golden bamboo shoots. Lak called them noh mai rai. I had returned to Thailand for a brief stay to manage the cooking academy I founded in Mae Rim.

Bamboo eyed as farmers’ additional source of income
15 October 2009
Written by Bong Garcia Jr.
ZAMBOANGA CITY—Bamboos growing in farms in the countryside are a good source of additional income for farmers, a Philippine bamboo-industry stakeholder disclosed.

Celebrities LOVE Bamboo
13th October 2009 by Tom Pane - Green Earth News
Want to look like Angelina Jolie, but you don’t think you have the right body? Shake that brain pan and discover that you have what it takes to show off like A.J. As long as you’ve got skin on your back and an artist... with bamboo tattooing, you’re ready to style and profile.

Cali Bamboo donates $8,000 to Reverb to promote environmental sustainability in the music industry
13th October, 2009
By arybar – Cali Bamboo, a premier manufacturer of green residential and commercial building materials made entirely from bamboo, announced today its donation to Reverb to provide earth-friendly concert and event productions.

EU explores art of building with bamboo
2nd October 2009
Newspaper section: News
Art is one of the focal points of a week-long European Union Green Days event being held at a city department store. A tall bamboo tower and a photo display on climate change were the setting for the opening ceremony, held yesterday at the Zen Outdoor Arena, CentralWorld.

Bamboo Church Collapse Kills Dozens In Nepal
30th September 2009
At least 24 people have been killed after a makeshift church building collapsed at a Christian conference in Nepal.

Bamboo music festival blows into Bandung Sandra Siagian
10th September 2009
The Jakarta Post | Lifestyle
The bamboo plant has always played an integral role in Indonesia's culture. With 39 different bamboo species around the country, the native plant, discovered 200,000 years ago, has provided local communities around Indonesia with resources to use every day, whether for handicrafts and food or building materials and musical instruments.

From bush to bike - a bamboo revolution
1st July 2009
By Kieron Humphrey Lusaka
On the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, next year's crop of bicycles is being watered by Benjamin Banda. "We planted this bamboo last year," he says, "and now the stems are taller than me. When it's ready we'll cut it, cure it and then turn it into frames." Mr Banda, is the caretaker for Zambikes, a company set up by two Californians and two Zambians which aimed to build bikes tough enough to handle the local terrain. Co-founder Vaughn Spethmann, 24, recalls how it all started with a game of football.

Bamboo News from 2008

Dialogues of Wind and Bamboo
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - An external sculpture and an interactive sound installation. Listen to the wind and bamboo podcasts.

Fabrik makes hard drive out of bamboo and aluminium The Inquirer
Monday, 28 July 2008 - The old bamboo By Aharon Etengoff:
FABRIK has built a 500GB hard drive out of bamboo and aluminium.

Bamboo bridge for festival - Teletext North East News
12 July 2008
Acrobats and musicians will perform at a free party to mark the completion of a giant bamboo bridge which has been built over the River Tyne in Newcastle...

Dell Launch Studio Hybrid Desktop - encased in a bamboo shell

Asus U6, Trimmed Down Bamboo Notebook from Asus Sees Production - The UberReview
3 June 2008 - C. S. Magor

ASUS Showcases New Concept Bamboo Products at CeBIT 2008
09/03/2008 Matthew Fogg
ASUS Bamboo Concept Series – A Mix of the Old and the New
ASUS’ Bamboo concept series stands for our continuous commitment to bring cutting edge products that are sensational in all senses and forms. In nature, bamboo carries a touch of spiritual warmth with its unique tactile surface and its refreshing fragrance.

Pictures of Dell’s Eco Bamboo Computer - earth2tech
22 April 2008
We just listened in on Dell CEO Michael Dell’s speech at the Fortune Green conference, during which he showed off a “never before seen” eco-inspired computer with a bamboo casing...

Is Bamboo Flooring a Good Idea or Just a Fad? - The New York Times
17 April 2008 - By Stephen Milioti
A. There are plenty of fads in the design world but bamboo flooring seems different. It is increasingly being used in both remodeling and new construction because it makes practical sense.

Bamboo News from 2007

Chopsticks bra launches new front in fight to save vanishing forests - The Independent on Sunday UK
09 November 2007. By David McNeill in Tokyo
For millions of Japanese every day, the snap of a pair of cheap wooden splints signals the start of a meal. But the ritual of pulling apart two disposable chopsticks before eating has for years been accompanied by the unappetising sound of collapsing forests and angry protests from environmentalists. Now a lingerie maker has developed a novel remedy: a chopstick bra.

Chopsticks bra launches new front in fight to save vanishing forests - The Independent on Sunday UK

09 November 2007. By David McNeill in Tokyo
For millions of Japanese every day, the snap of a pair of cheap wooden splints signals the start of a meal. But the ritual of pulling apart two disposable chopsticks before eating has for years been accompanied by the unappetising sound of collapsing forests and angry protests from environmentalists. Now a lingerie maker has developed a novel remedy: a chopstick bra.

The super summer suit - livemint.com The Wall Street Journal

Sep 10 2007. Luxury Spy | Superna Motwane
A suit bought from Brioni is a classic that can be worn for many seasons to come.
...Ermenegildo Zegna’s collection of suits has a definite luxurious feel with unusual natural fibres and details. The fabric is innovative bamboo, but with an extremely soft touch. An extra bit of elegance is added with mother-of-pearl buttons and pointed lapels...

In the business of bamboo polo balls, just one factory standing - livemint.com The Wall Street Journal

August 10 2007. Anik Basu, anik.b@livemint.com New Delhi
SC Baug & Sons’ owner hangs on to hope as sales hit rock bottom; popularizing sport in Kolkata key to revival.
In this picturesquely verdant village, some 30km outside Kolkata, a lone man sits in a tiny hut made of bamboo strips nailed together and hacks away at a hunk of bamboo root.

Bamboo bike quite the offshoot - Los Angeles Times

June 18, 2007 By J. Michael Kennedy
Funny where an idea will take you. Ten years ago, Luna the dog – part pit bull and part Labrador retriever – was gnawing on a piece of bamboo growing behind Craig Calfee’s bicycle shop outside Santa Cruz.
Photos of the bamboo bike project

Building with bamboo - livemint.com The Wall Street Journal

May 23 2007. Himanshu BurteHimanshu Burte
While it has always been extensively used in regions where it grows easily, it has generally been unfairly overshadowed by more glamorous industrial material such as concrete and steel in the 20th century.
Bamboo is a versatile construction material with a long history of use in buildings and other structures such as bridges in tropical regions, including parts of India, Southeast Asia and South America. There are as many varieties of bamboo as there are uses to which it can be put.

Natural Inspiration - livemint.com The Wall Street Journal

May 23 2007. Himanshu Burte
An innovative office building in Kochi wins an international award for urban offices built with natural material.
Some names are difficult to live up to. Inspiration, an architecture and environment design firm that operates out of a suburb of Kochi in Kerala, has managed to do so by building an innovative office for itself using bamboo as the primary material.

What is ... bamboo underwear? - Observer UK

18/02/2007
The ski industry's latest brainwave is being unveiled today in Manchester - pants, socks, longjohns and shirts all made of bamboo. Bamboo fibre, that is, which is apparently the ultimate material for making base layer clothing for outdoor pursuits...

The new bamboo - Telegraph.co.uk

02/02/2007
Not every bamboo is a rampant space-invader. Val Bourne talks to an expert grower for tips on the most desirable varieties, where to place them and ideal planting companions

Bamboo News from 2006

Nature of the beast - The Guardian UK

11/04/2006
Bamboo has a reputation as a monster in the garden, all because a few thugs give the rest a bad name. But buy the right varieties, says Paul Whittaker, and you'll never look back. Reliable, tolerant and stately are bold statements to make about any subject. Add quick, colourful and easy, and you have a good description of bamboo - more precisely, the hardy bamboos grown in this country. ...

Bamboo News from 2005

Cane and able - The Observer UK

20/02/2005
Bamboos conjure up images of pandas and tropical jungle, but the tall, colourful grasses are just as at home in our cool and temperate gardens. Monty Don raises the stakes ...

Roof release Bamboo helmet - Motorcycle News

By Rob Hull
Don’t rub your eyes or pinch yourself - this is the real thing. A motorcycle helmet made from Bamboo you can buy. It’s the Roof R06 Bamboo with a shell constructed entirely from bamboo fibres that passes the E22-05 safety requirements for helmets.

Chinese bamboo firm predicts fast growth after stock market bow

FRANKFURT (AFP) — A Chinese bamboo producer is hoping its debut on the stock market will be as vigorous as the plant's legendary growth when it hits the Frankfurt exchange later this month.

Cambodians ride 'bamboo railway'

By Guy De Launey
BBC News, Phnom Penh
Travellers in Cambodia have to deal with one of the world's worst train networks...

Bamboo News from 2004

Looking at life behind a bamboo screen - Telegraph.co.uk

By Justine Gordon
15/11/2004
As I type I am momentarily distracted by a Chinese man outside my window. Normally this would not seem out of the ordinary but I live 37 floors up in an apartment in Hong Kong. The building is being repainted - which requires covering every square inch of the 39 floors in an intricate network of bamboo scaffolding.

Green gables - The Observer UK

7/11/2004
Fed up with chill winters and high heating bills? An airtight Super E home, made from bamboo and recycled paper, keeps the wind out and bills low, says Tamsin Blanchard. 'You don't have to be a trendy designer or an eco-warrior,' says Sarah Stewart, proud owner of Britain's first Super E Home, a pre-fabricated, self-built house that is energy efficient, economical and environmentally responsible.

Bamboo threatens to bring Indian famine - Telegraph.co.uk

By Peter Foster in New Delhi
13/10/2004
A species of bamboo that flowers once every 48 years, bringing a plague of rats, is threatening parts of north-eastern India with famine and unrest.

Bamboo puts India on famine alert - BBC News UK

The Indian state of Mizoram is preparing itself for a mass flowering of bamboo - which has the potential to devastate the area.

Screensavers - Telegraph.co.uk

12/06/2004
Whether you want a barrier to keep cool breezes in or nosey neighbours out, bamboo is the perfect material for a living hedge. Tall, elegant and fast-growing, the only problem you'll have is controlling it, says Dan Pearson

Bamboo News from 2003

The bear's necessity - Bamboo 'corridors' could save pandas and the planet, writes Keith Laidler - Guardian

20/3/2003
Bambo is one of the most successful plants on earth. With more than 1,500 species colonising a multitude of habitats from sea level to 12,000 feet, bamboo is a phenomenon of the vegetable kingdom. It can also add significant solutions to environmental problems to its list of successes. After the Hiroshima bomb in 1945, bamboo survived the atomic blast closer to ground zero...

News about bamboo in the New York Times

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