Bamboo to save the world
“Within a century most commonly used building materials will be depleted. Yet there is a rapidly renewable, carbon negative – yet often overlooked – solution:…
July 9, 2019
BBC Designed features IBUKU
Watch the whole video over on the BBC Designed channel. “Bamboo as a timber has incredible strength. An engineer that I know compares…
December 14, 2018
A conversation with Neil Thomas of Atelier One
In a world of engineers that tell you it can’t be done, you can’t afford it, it’s not allowed, and it won’t work, there’s one…
November 28, 2018
A trip to the Global Bamboo and Rattan Conference of 2018
I recently went to China to attend and give two talks at the 2018 BARC (Bamboo and Rattan Conference). The event was hosted by INBAR,…
July 23, 2018
5 Most-Read Green Posts in 2017
Welcome to the highlights of 2017! Thank you to everyone who follows this blog- whether you get here by being one of the nearly 20,000 newsletter…
January 8, 2018
ArchDaily talks to John Hardy
What has been developed in Bali goes far beyond just “innovative architecture” or “architecture in bamboo.” Instead, Hardy, his family, and his colleagues are attempting…
September 19, 2017
Where bamboo is illegal
This young man is the bamboo future of Réunion Island, where bamboo is illegal. Did you know that you can’t use bamboo as a building…
June 21, 2017
The Bamboo Musician
In December, Sampah Jujur was featured on Make a Change Bali— a project consisting of 30 videos about people leading the way to a more…
June 6, 2017
Bamboo food packaging from Thailand
Yet another great use for bamboo- this time coming out of Thailand. Great video and article over at CNN. The company is using a technology…
February 13, 2017
The future of bamboo is happening in China
I’ve had to create three blog posts just to chronicle all the amazing bamboo innovation and design I saw in China. They really are using this…
January 2, 2017
