Sep 3 2010

Big Bambú: A Cresting Wave Hits New York City

big-bambu-2 photo Image Credit: Nucho via Flickr Bamboo gets used in a lot of ways, from underwear to flooring to windmills. But this summer, the roof of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is home to a forest of bamboo that is an aesthetic end in itself. Since April, artists Read the full story on TreeHugger

Aug 29 2010

For Every Green T-Shirt Sold, Eco-Fashion Label Wiloh Gives One to a Child in Need (Photos)

eco-panda-wiloh-tee.jpg "Bamboo Panda" by Tokyo Candies. Image via Wiloh. An eco-fashion brand born in social media heaven. Not only did I find out about this new fashion label through Twitter -- thanks for the follow, Wiloh -- but that's exactly how the founders of green fashion label Wiloh met: New York-based Edward Cinelli met Sydney-based Angela Wozniakmet online through social networking and their mutual love for street style and eco-fashion co...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Aug 24 2010

TYIN Tegnestue – Rustic Yet Sleekly Modern Humanitarian Architecture (Photos)

TYIN roots stage at WOMAD 2010 photo Image by author A few weeks ago I was walking around the WOMAD festival munching on Riverford Organic brownies and sipping from a Frank Water refillable bottle when I stumbled across the Roots Architecture camp and was immediately struck by the beauty of this sleek angular structure. Designed by Norwegian architecture practice TYIN Tegnestue this was one of four stages by differen...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Aug 22 2010

Replacing Steel with Bamboo, Dutch Designer Gives the Windmill a Makeover

Bamboo wings photo All Images Courtesy of Gijsbert Koren We've seen people do a lot with windmills- from making them at home to wearing them. Now Dutch designer Gijsbert Koren has taken a step to make this age-old green technology even greener: replacing the windmill's steel wings with ones Read the full story on TreeHugger

Aug 6 2010

A New Guzzler Made of Glass and Grass by Bamboo Bottle Company

bamboo bottle company original photo All pix: Bamboo Bootle Company Is this what people have been clamoring for? A refillable glass bottle, protected by a sheath of fast growing, renewable bamboo. When the scare over Bisphenol-A (BPA) in our drinking bottles was in full flight, folk were ditching their Nalgene BPA laden polycarbonate bottles in their droves. Camelbak offered their Tritan plastic. Many opted for Read the full story on TreeHugger

Jul 16 2010

Moso Bamboo Transplanted From Century-Old Louisiana Grove to Oregon (Video)

If you love bamboo as much as I do, just as a substance, forget about any specific green credentials it has, then check out this short video from Bamboo Revolution. It explains and documents in return for returning one of the original Read the full story on TreeHugger