How Bamboo Will Save The World
April 7th, 2008
Meet The New Wood
Beside being the fastest growing woody on the planet bamboo offers a viable replacement for wood. With stalks that can grow to be as large as 60 meters, and playing a critical role in balancing the levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere Bamboo is one tree to be reckon with. Functioning as a critical part of the economy in eastern Asia, and providing homes for over 2.2 billion people worldwide Bamboo has aslo been praised for its uses as an artistic medium.
As a high-yield natural resource that can be selectively harvest annually bamboo is an ideal choice for many different uses including:
- Serving as a viable replacement for wood
- Meeting the nutritional demands of millions of people
- Landscaping your home or business
- As a form of holistic medicine
- An artistic medium with unique, and useful characteristics
Below we will explore the many uses of bamboo, and hope to inspire you with unique and interesting ways you can include this “green” plant in your life!
Porn Saves Forest
March 31st, 2008
The Bare Witch Project?
It seems a group of European activists are attempting to save the rain-forest one money shot at a time. The group cleverly titled F*&k for Forest (FFF) has already raised well over $350 thousand dollars by shooting pornographic films in none other then the rain-forest. Of that $350 thousand the group has already spent about $90 thousand in Costa Rica and another $90 in Ecuador on reforestation and ecology projects. If the groups reforestation efforts keep up at this pace that Skateboard Made From Leaves you’ve been eying may become a reality.
We Want Your Feedback
March 22nd, 2008
My recent post How To Make Green Toothpaste has received a considerable amount of traffic. It even made its way on to the cover page of diy dot com. After looking at readers responses across this site and others my question to you is would you ever consider making your own tooth paste, or Cleaning Products, or even Composting Your Poop to minimize your impact on the environment?
Living In A Bubble
March 8th, 2008
Indoor Air Pollution
If you live in a big city the air you breathe while outside maybe as detrimental to your health as trying to land that handstand on your new Sustainable Skateboard. What you didn’t know is that the air you breathe while inside your own home maybe even worse, 10 times as worse! That’s because microbial pollutants like mold, pet dander, and plant pollen can combine with chemicals like radon to create something even nastier then that pile of Poop In Your Backyard. These toxic particles floating around by your toothbrush can lead to allergies, asthma, and even AIDS! OK so not AIDS but still some pretty nasty stuff.
Where Does This Stuff Come From?
Anything you bring into your home can be potentially harmful to your health. The bad part is our modern airtight homes don’t allow these nasty critters to escape. Starting with the basement I’ll show you were these nasties hang out and how to get rid of them.
It’s Mr. Green To You
February 29th, 2008
Meet Your Green Coach
My decision to “go green” hasn’t been an easy one. Its the little things like spending an hour at the grocery store debating between store brand yogurt and organic yogurt that make me question if I’ve just drank to much wine at times or even if I’m really on the right track. The last thing I wish to become is a hypocrite, but deciphering though all the information alone has become a full time job that at times has left me with unanswered questions. The truth of the matter is the quest to “go green” is never ending, after all its not like you wake up one morning and say to yourself OK I’m green. Its a long drawn out struggle, with no clear ending.
