When many people think of bamboo, they think of Asia, not Africa. But for environmentalists, bamboo and Africa go together quite well. In fact it was one of the topics at the climate change conference ...

Each year, Uganda loses over 200,000 acres of forest to source wood for domestic cooking needs, such as firewood and charcoal. Unlike gas or electric stoves, biomass options are typically more ...

When it's time to replace the cutting boards in your kitchen, why not consider getting some carbonized bamboo ones for durability and longevity?

Bamboo forests are beautiful things — especially when they are cleaning urban air, soil, and water AND shielding communities from industry and heavily trafficked areas. Urban Biofilter creates bamboo ...

As the country continues to look for ways to fight climate change, Divine Bamboo Briquette, a facility that uses bamboo to make briquettes as one of the ways to promote clean cooking has been launched ...

We've covered ways of cleaninga cast iron pot with salt before, but Instructables has a more efficient way using bamboo skewers instead of salt. Salt creates a safe way of scrubbing without using soap ...

MANILA, Philippines - A Filipino professor is proposing the use of a low-cost technology using water hyacinth (water lily) and bamboo to clean polluted rivers in the country. Dr. Macrina Zafaralla, a ...