Wed 26 Apr 2006
Bamboo’s become all the rage, from furniture to flooring, to huts to homes.
Bamboo is versatile with a short growth cycle. It can be harvested in 3-5 years versus 10-50 years for most softwoods and hardwoods.
Bamboo can be harvested and replenished with virtually no impact to the environment and is a viable replacement for wood.
Dr. Menlo notes an architecture design competion of bamboo homes and buildings.
“1000 Things Made of Bamboo” via Boing Boing.
