Articles tagged “Bamboo”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

10 Earth Day Ways to Save the Planet, Your Health, & Money! By Laurel House IN Home & Garden Apr 21 You don’t have to be an Extreme Greenist to Go Green! Just one Daily Green Decision can go a long way. The average person decides to Go Green for one of three reasons: -The Environment (*) -Their Health (+) -Save Money ($) Choose one of the 10 green actions below to help the Earth today. Then select something different tomorrow, and the next day……. + READ MORE

The Greenest Green Schools Around the World By Rachel Cernansky IN Travel & Outdoors Jan 14 2011 Sustainability is on the rise worldwide, and schools are no exception. From Bali to Brazil, green schools are on the rise, physically and academically. + READ MORE

Solar-Powered Bamboo Radio Designed to Save Madagascar Economy By Jaymi Heimbuch IN Tech & Transport Jun 21 2010 A design student form the University of Plymouth, Becky Barber, has come up with a radio design intended to spark up a cottage industry in Magadascar, a island that is equally as beautiful as it is rife with economic and ecological troubles. Barber's parents have spent the last 26 years working for charities on the island, and after many visits, she wanted to help make a difference too. Her solar-powered radio is made of bamboo, an easily renewable material, and can serve as both a boost for the local economy as well as an educational tool on sustainability. + READ MORE

How to Go Green: Furniture By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jun 1 2010 Using eco-friendly furniture in your home or office can make a big difference in your impact on the planet and your health. In this Go Green Guide, get tips on eco-friendly furniture and find out where to get it. + READ MORE

Attention iPhone Users - If You Need a Sturdy Case, Make it One With Recycled Bamboo By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport May 29 2010 My recycled-bamboo case kicks my first case's (straight from the AT&T store) butt. + READ MORE

Fair Trade, Fair Wages For Earth Divas By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 24 2010 "At Earth Divas fair trade is fundamental to everything we do. It is the basis of our business and our primary purpose for doing business... + READ MORE

Handmade Music: Make Your Own Instruments From Scratch By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Tech & Transport Mar 4 2010 Creating your own music is like of growing your own food. Those who play music, play for sustenance. Musicians are driven by an inner desire to create. Often, it is this innate craftiness that leads music makers to improve upon their instruments and evolve their craft. + READ MORE

Be Happy, Be Authentic, Make a Bamboo Bike By Mat McDermott IN Tech & Transport Jan 29 2010 Brooklyn's Bamboo Bike Studio does more than just teach people how to make more sustainable bike frames, it helps them reconnect with the products they buy. + READ MORE

Renovation Nation Slideshow: a Ground-up Green Renovation and Building a Bamboo Structure By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 9 2009 Steve Thomas lends a hand in Portland, Oregon with a couple's ground-up renovation. Later, Steve goes to Maui, Hawaii to help out at-risk students by pitching in to build a bamboo structure from the bamboo harvested on the island. + READ MORE

Renovation Nation Slideshow: Building a Bamboo Tree House and Eco-Renovating a Historic Hotel By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 2 2009 Steve Thomas visits Hana, Hawaii, where his eco-friendly building plan involves some hunting and gathering for green materials . Then Steve travels to Little Compton, Rhode Island restore a historic hotel with eco-friendly systems like geothermal heating and cooling. + READ MORE

7 Surprising High-Tech Green Exercise Fabrics By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 30 2009 Working out strengthens your body, fortifies your bones, and improves your immune system. But don't forget that as you sweat, your pores are opening, making you more prone to outside invaders slipping in through your skin. Problem is, many of the trendy exercise clothes are made from chemically treated fabric that, yes, when we sweat can be purged. Why work so hard to be healthy, all the while swaddling ourselves with something so potentially unhealthy? + READ MORE

Sustainable Bamboo Exercise Gear is Here! By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 10 2009 The best way to get out of an exercise routine rut is by changing it up, getting out of your box, and challenging both your body and mind. The newest green way to update your fitness regimen is with bamboo. + READ MORE

Teaching Kids the Sustainable Lessons of Bamboo By Steve Thomas IN Home & Garden Jun 5 2009 I cannot stress enough how much of a game changer bamboo is. There are 15,000 species of bamboo. It grows all over the world, except in the Arctic and the Antarctic. + READ MORE

Green Girly Girls: Make a Sex in the City-Inspired DIY Mirrored Vanity By Jessica Root IN Fashion & Beauty May 26 2009 If you?ve been dreaming of a more luxurious makeup routine, skip the ecological and pocketbook costs of new furniture and opt for a used Craigslist piece that you can pretty up yourself. . + READ MORE

What Can You Build with that Backyard Bamboo? By Steve Thomas IN Home & Garden May 21 2009 There is something like 15,000 species of bamboo. Some of them are suitable for structural uses and others aren't. The are species of bamboo that you can't build with. It's just junk. But that stuff that the Flemmings have in their backyard and the stuff that I have in my backyard make lovely trellises and fences. There are all kinds of things you can do. + READ MORE

Investigate Your Bamboo Supplier Before You Buy By Steve Thomas IN Home & Garden May 15 2009 Before you install any bamboo materials, you have to check on the supplier. Some bamboo suppliers are not very green. In some places, they are cutting down other native plants to grow bamboo, because bamboo is hot right now. You have to buy your bamboo from a reputable source. This may require you to do some investigation of the supply chain. But you want to make sure that you are making a contribution to sustainable building rather than taking away from it. That?s the main point that should be made about bamboo. + READ MORE

Build Your Own Bamboo Bike in Brooklyn: Start Saturday, Ride Home Sunday By Mat McDermott IN Tech & Transport May 14 2009 Bicyclists, wood workers, bamboo lovers and New York City metro area residents listen up. Want to learn how to make you own bamboo bicycle? Then check out what's going on over at Bamboo Bike Studio. + READ MORE

Building with Bamboo is Changing Everything (In a Good Way) (Video) By Steve Thomas IN Home & Garden May 7 2009 What's amazing about bamboo is that it will quickly grow to full maturity, so it is harvestable in three or four years. The new stalk begins growing immediately, so they'll shoot up about sixty feet in the course of a year. The bamboo then spends the next three years getting thicker and stronger. + READ MORE

Celebrate Earth Day in New York, Tees for Change Sale, and Hiring a Moving Truck vs. Using Your Car By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Apr 15 2009 Today on TreeHugger: Celebrate Earth Day in New York, Tees for Change sale, and hiring a moving truck vs. using your car. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Bamboo Bikes By Mickey Z. IN Tech & Transport Mar 24 2009 The best place to start, of course, would be the Bamboo Bike Project. The goals of this group are: To build a better bike for poor Africans in rural areas and to stimulate a bicycle building industry in Africa to satisfy local needs. + READ MORE