Archive for April, 2008

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Watch Shirts of Bamboo At The Saturday Market.

Many thanks to the folks at Creative Loafing for their coverage of the St. Petersburg Saturday Market. Watch the clip that is posted on You Tube.

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Monday, April 28th, 2008

Livin’ In A Bamboo World.

By PHILLIP MORGAN
The Tampa Tribune
Published: April 23, 2008

It could be the Swiss Army knife of the plant world, but you can’t eat Swiss Army knives.
Click here to read the rest of the article with the nice mention of Shirts of Bamboo.

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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Happy Earth Day!

In honor of Earth Day we would like to suggest that everyone just take a few baby steps to cut your carbon footprint. Want some ideas?

Change out that incandescent light bulb for an energy efficient compact fluorescent bulb
Once you’ve changed out that light bulb…. remember to turn it off when you aren’t using it
Trade in […]

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Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Cracking the code to ‘the perfect plant’ opens a path to saving the planet.

From the Seattle Times comes this GREAT article on bamboo:
If Jackie Heinricher’s Chilean feather bamboo hadn’t flowered in her Skagit County garden 10 years ago, we might, this very moment, be snacking on the latest, greatest gourmet craze: crunchy chips made from bamboo shoots.
But flower it did, a once-in-a-century phenomenon. All over the world, from […]

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Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Green funerals with cardboard coffins and bamboo urns make for eco-exits.

Great AP News article which starts:
LONDON: It’s no longer enough to live a greener life — now people are being encouraged to be environmentally friendly when they leave the Earth too.
Cardboard coffins, shell-shaped urns and fireworks that can be packed with people’s ashes were met by smiles at the Natural Death Center’s Green Funeral Exhibition […]

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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Nice Wiki Post.

Craziest Green Technologies
Our 12 Favorite Green Technologies
and Shirts of Bamboo is featured as number four in their list!
Check out the whole list by clicking here.

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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Carolina Rover Owners Club Thank You!

I wanted to thank you for great gifts you gave to our club for our annual event, Uwharrie Safari 2008.  They were quite a big hit with the crowd.  We were able to raise over $500 from the raffle which we are giving to the National MS Society.  Without your participation, that would not have […]

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Monday, April 14th, 2008

Thank you all so much for the prompt service!

I placed my order by phone, and the lady was so nice. The shirts are fantastic and perform as advertised. As the temperature changed here in St. Augustine yesterday from 60 to 88 degrees, I was comfortable regardless of the change. Ordinarily I would have had to throw on something sleeveless by afternoon. I will […]

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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Possible New Bag and Tee Designs.

What’s the news from Shirts of Bamboo? The custom printer is up and running and we’d like your comments on possible new designs to be offered on our men’s and women’s tees, and our recycled cotton tote bags.
Drop us a note with your thoughts on these.

 

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Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Sustainable ag defined by raisin spokesman

Sustainable ag defined by raisin spokesman
In 2007, grapevines offset the CO2 produced from 1.35 billion gallons of gas
Don Curlee
For the Capital Press
That amorphous term “sustainable agriculture” received a down-home practical spin from the president of Sun-Maid Growers when he spoke to the group’s annual meeting in Fresno in December.
Full Article Here

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