What material is 100% renewable, stronger than oak, and as pretty as bamboo? If you guessed Plyboo, you win an Inhabitat star. Plyboo, just as it sounds, is laminated bamboo plywood. Stronger and more ...

It's not just for tiki torches anymore, but does this wood substitute really make for greener floors, clothing and other products? Daniel Smith remembers when he first tried to sell a bamboo floor.

Coconut palm wood, which is abundant in defunct coconut plantations in Southeast Asia and even in working plantations that need to have senile palms culled, has a stippled patterning and coloring as ...

I ndia is the largest and richest repository of bamboo resources. This woody, perennial grass covers over 12 per cent of the forested area in the country. The area under bamboo cultivation accounts ...

THE quest to fully commercialise Jamaica’s bamboo industry is making strides. US-based investors have already expressed an interest in buying a kiln — an oven-like equipment that converts bamboo into ...