Participants of the Auroville World Bamboo Day in front of the prototype bamboo toilet
In 2009, the World Bamboo Congress in Thailand declared the
18th of September to be World Bamboo Day (WBD). This day is intended to raise
awareness of bamboo, one of the best renewable resources, as one possibility
for meeting the growing needs of our global population. Bamboo, the giant of
the grass family, grows incredibly fast, doesn’t die when harvested, converts
more CO2 into oxygen than any tree, and withstands compression move effectively
than concrete. The range of uses for bamboo is equally impressive: framework,
walls and flooring for homes, furniture, kitchen utensils, boats, soaps,
fabrics, jewelry. It’s even edible. Bamboo also offers a realistic opportunity
to move away from unsustainable deforestation. Each year since WBD’s inception,
bamboo organizations all over the planet host celebrations of this unique
plant, and the celebrations are growing louder. What started...
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