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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Vegan Beauty Review: Yoga time!
Just wanted to pass along this GREAT review we got from Vegan Beauty Review.
Accent Stitch Bamboo Yoga Pants ($48): These yoga pants have an elastic waist and a drawstring and are extremely comfortable and flattering for any shape and size. My tushy looks mega yummy when I’m sportin’ these bamboo threads. These pants are available […]
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Cute Panda Sushi Art.
You know how we feel about our Pandas here at Shirts of Bamboo. Trolling the web we found this really amusing post on someone else’s blog all about sushi art — and the first picture was of a panda sushi roll:
Click here for the link to the other blog — and many other pictures of […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
How Green Is Your Clothing?Water Is The Answer.
Water will be the next generation’s oil problem. So, let’s examine the issues of “green clothing” based on the water argument.
This quote from the World Wildlife Foundation says it all:
Less than 1% of the world’s water is readily available for direct human uses
These uses include agriculture and industry, drinking and domestic purposes, and energy generation […]
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
Myanmar Bamboo Village Resists Cyclone’s Wrath.
HLAING THA YAR, Myanmar, May 6 (Reuters) - When the full force of Cyclone Nargis passed overhead, people in this one village in southwest Myanmar could do little but sit tight and pray their lightweight bamboo shacks stood up to the ferocious winds.
For the most part, they did.
Read the whole article here about the strength […]
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Heat Stoke Preventative…
Well, according to Kris G. our bamboo towelettes are a heat stroke preventative. Don’t tell the FDA. They’ll want warning labels.
I suffer from heat stroke when the temps get high so I need to be pretty careful. I often don’t play golf on those warm days because of it. My brother-in-law gave me one of […]
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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 […]
