Do You know....
That
Bamboo
has a wide variety of uses from building materials, food, to baby
clothes? The shoots or new "culms" that come out of the ground are
edible. They are used in numerous Asian dishes and broths. It is known
for it's sweet taste and good source of nutrients. In traditional
medicine, the silicious concretion found in the young culms known as
"bamboo Manna" is said to be a tonic for respiratory disease. Bamboo
Fibers are used to make fabric which is extremely soft, absorbent,
antibacterial, hypoallergenic, UV resistant and Thermo-regulating. And
of course, Bamboo is a great construction material because it is very
strong, lightweight and extremely durable. The
very dense fibers in each bamboo cane give the plant extreme
flexibility, allowing it to bend without snapping and because of this
amazing tensile strength Bamboo structures are known to withstand winds
of up to 250 miles per hour! In earthquakes, a
bamboo forest is actually a very safe place to take shelter, and houses
made of bamboo have been known to withstand 9.0 magnitude quakes. For
thousands of years bamboo has been the go-to building material for most
of the world. It is believed that if bamboo were planted on a mass basis it could
completely reverse the effects of global warming in just 6 years, while
providing a renewable source of food, building material, and erosion
prevention. That is why Bamboo is becoming the new "Eco-Exotic" wood of the future!
