http://blog.shirtsofbamboo.com News, thoughts and musings from the pandas... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:50:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Can bamboo save the world? Check out this video on CNN. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/02/21/rivers.indonesia.bamboo.cnn http://blog.shirtsofbamboo.com/2009/02/22/can-bamboo-save-the-world/ From our friends down under: Bagasse paper a reality and the interesting clip:   However the use of bagasse to manufacture paper, which would seem to be a logical application for the by-product, has always alluded the industry in Australia. Its fibres are so short there is no strength in the paper and there is ... http://blog.shirtsofbamboo.com/2009/01/28/bamboo-toilet-paper/ In a brave act of civil disobedience, Tim DeChristopher disrupted the auctioning off of public land, effectively giving it away for a fraction of its true cost to taxpayers and its true value as a natural resource. This auction was another of The Bush Administration's parting shots at the American people and another blow ... http://blog.shirtsofbamboo.com/2009/01/07/your-help-needed-now/ Check out this cool bamboo compost bin! You can get all the information here: http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/01/06/want-daryl-hannahs-bamboo-compost-bucket/ http://blog.shirtsofbamboo.com/2009/01/06/cool-bamboo-compost-bin/ Courtesy of China View: MEXICO CITY, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican government and the United Nations have signed an agreement to boost bamboo planting in the country, its National Forest Commission (Conafor) said Sunday.     Some 715,000 U.S. dollars will be used to establish the Center of Bamboo Technology Development in the ... http://blog.shirtsofbamboo.com/2009/01/05/mexico-to-build-worlds-4th-largest-bamboo-center/ This just in off the wire.... HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka -- A research team at Shizuoka University has succeeded in developing a new technology to efficiently produce bioethanol from bamboo. The woody grass grows faster than trees, and doesn't cut into food sources like sugar cane or corn, making bamboo an attractive alternative for ... http://blog.shirtsofbamboo.com/2008/12/29/new-method-of-producing-bioethanol-from-bamboo-developed-in-shizuoka/ Who would have thought -- bamboo baseball bats! Here is a chunk of the article: For 11 years Brett and his brothers Bobby, Ken and John have been part of a baseball bat company that makes and markets bamboo bats, which the company heralds as environmentally friendly and the three-time batting champion ... http://blog.shirtsofbamboo.com/2008/12/15/george-brett-takes-a-swing-with-bamboo-bats/ This single-seat electric-powered concept car that went on show in Japan this week is unlikely to win prizes for its looks, but it is literally greener than its rivals; the ‘BamGoo’ has bodywork made entirely from bamboo that can be thrown on the compost heap when it comes to the ... http://blog.shirtsofbamboo.com/2008/11/06/now-here-is-a-green-car/ Just a quick note to inform you that my mom absolutely loves the bamboo bath towels I sent her. I haven't had the chance to try them yet, but she swears they are the best, softest and most absorbent towels she's EVER used. She won't be going back to regular ... http://blog.shirtsofbamboo.com/2008/10/24/another-happy-customer-2/ Dell Learns Kermit Had It Easy; He Never Built PCs By Melita Marie Garza Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Proving Kermit's adage, Dell Inc. spent three years building 25 prototypes before the computer maker found a way to twist bamboo into a natural fiber exterior for its new ``Hybrid'' desktop. Click here for the ... http://blog.shirtsofbamboo.com/2008/10/23/its-not-easy-to-build-a-green-computer/