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Bamboo : Eternal and Ever-Changing The Big Bambu Sculpture Installation in Venice

Posted on June 23, 2011 by admin

Vision doesn’t work like a camera, the mind is an interpreter of constantly fed information. Not just from your eyes, but also from all of your sensory inputs simultaneously, these are your interfaces to the world. Your mind decodes and understands the information based on a lifetime of constructions, memories, desires and learning…it is through all that that we ‘see’…”
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All you need is Bamboo (and Water): Japanese woman survives the Himalayas

Posted on June 11, 2011 by admin

she survived by eating bamboo shoots and drinking water Continue reading →

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Bamboo Helps the Environment by Storing Carbon

Posted on May 9, 2011 by admin

Due to its fast growth rate, bamboo has long been supposed to be a plant with a high (carbon) sequestration capability, and the research to date indeed confirms that bamboo outperforms fast growing trees in its rate of carbon accumulation. … Continue reading →

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Earth Day and Bamboo Sustainability

Posted on April 23, 2011 by admin

Earth Day and Bamboo In the words of the immortal poet e.e. Cummings “spring has sprung” and as the weather warms up it in the Northeast it becomes natural to notice our environment recovering from winters fierce grip. Last Friday … Continue reading →

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Bamboo Water Bottle

Posted on April 12, 2011 by admin

Bamboo Bottle: A Reusable Bottle Made From Bamboo and Glass Bamboo Bottle Company launched a bamboo reusable bottle. The 17-oz. “Original” bamboo bottle is BPA-free and features environmentally friendly bamboo and glass construction with a stylish and functional design. Because … Continue reading →

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Bamboo Fly Rods Constructed by Pittsburgh Group

Posted on April 6, 2011 by admin

Bamboo fly rods are really fun to cast Continue reading →

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How Cool is Black Bamboo?

Posted on April 3, 2011 by admin

Poetry and a painterly vision reside in the secrecy of the black bamboo. Black Bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra), it’s exotic, mysterious and inspiring. It is cool and health inducing. Long heralded in Chinese medicine, the leaf of the black bamboo is … Continue reading →

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Bamboo Skateboards are taking over! And Bamboosk8 is leading the pack.

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

Bamboo is the only way to fly says young skateboarder Jo Jo Whalen Continue reading →

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Mushroom and Bamboo Shoot Stir Fry

Posted on March 25, 2011 by admin

Our offering today is a wonderful Stir-fried Mushrooms and Bamboo Shoots that satisfies our belly, imagination and our mission toward eating as a process of who we are to become. Continue reading →

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“Does bamboo soak up water faster than cotton?”

Posted on March 23, 2011 by admin

A visual answer was provided to the blog community recent question “Does bamboo soak up water faster than cotton?” Continue reading →

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