| Today, almost 1 million acres of forest
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| | erosion, restoring soil, providing sweet
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| disappear each week. This alarming rate
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| | edible shoots and removing toxins from
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| of deforestation is forcing many world
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| | contaminated soil. Ecologists tout bamboo
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| economies to rethink their business and
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| | as a logical, renewable source of
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| manufacturing practices. A seventy-foot
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| | building materials. Many promote bamboo
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| tree cut for its lumber takes 65 years to
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| | planting for erosion prevention, and even
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| replace. A seventy-foot bamboo cut for
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| | to reverse the effects of global warming.
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| market can be replaced in less than 3
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| | Bamboo helps reduce carbon dioxide gases
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| months, as bamboo is officially
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| | blamed for global warming. Bamboo removes
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| recognized as the world's fastest growing
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| | significant quantities of carbon dioxide
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| plant. Some species can grow 3 feet per
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| | from the atmosphere, which makes it a
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| day!
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| | highly efficient plant, and conducive to
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| Driven by the constantly-growing consumer
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| | fresh air. Being a grass, bamboo
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| demand for environmentally friendly
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| | regenerates without replanting after
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| products, many bamboo-related companies
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| | harvesting.
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| are gaining momentum as a reliable source
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| | Bamboo is a natural water control
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| for high quality and durable green
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| | barrier. Because of its widespread root
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| building materials. Consumers are
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| | system and large canopy, bamboo greatly
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| choosing high quality alternative
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| | reduces rain run off, preventing soil
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| building materials over traditional
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| | erosion. Bamboo can keep up to twice as
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| non-sustainable products. Hybrid cars,
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| | much water in a watershed. Due to its
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| recycled materials, reusable energy
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| | high nitrogen consumption, bamboo helps
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| sources, bamboo flooring; use of these
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| | mitigate water pollution, making it a
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| products is exploding as consumers are
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| | solution for excess nutrient uptake of
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| recognizing the need to choose products
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| | wastewater from manufacturing, livestock
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| of a sustainable and regenerative nature.
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| | farming and sewage treatment.
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| The general population is becoming weary
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| | Bamboo can restore degraded lands. It is
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| of ever-decreasing hardwood forests and
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| | a remarkable plant and can be grown in
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| the threat that this deforestation poses
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| | soil damaged by overgrazing and poor
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| to an already fragile global environment.
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| | agriculture practices. Proper harvesting
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| Bamboo flooring is the logical and
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| | does not kill the bamboo plant, therefore
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| ethical choice. Since bamboo is termite,
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| | topsoil is held in place. Because of its
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| moisture and rot resistant, it functions
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| | dense litter on the forest floor, it
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| extremely well as a prime flooring
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| | feeds topsoil creation, restoring healthy
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| material.
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| | agricultural lands for generations to
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| There are multiple types of bamboo floors
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| | come.
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| sold that cater to unique tastes. Strand
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| | Traditional hardwood lumber trees, such
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| woven bamboo flooring is twice as
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| | as oak, maple, and birch, take 40-50
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| resilient as regular wood flooring and
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| | years to regenerate. In the meantime,
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| has a hybrid grain that is between wood
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| | there is less oxygen produced, less
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| and bamboo. Distressed bamboo floors look
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| | carbon dioxide consumed, and more soil
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| antique as if they were pulled out of an
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| | runoff in the spot where those trees were
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| old barn. Engineered/laminate bamboo
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| | harvested - all producing negative
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| floors are highly stable and great for
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| | environmental effects. Our planet is
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| basements and in areas of varying
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| | suffering from resource depletion,
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| humidity.
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| | habitat loss, species extinction, and
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| Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on
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| | ecosystem pollution. The choice of bamboo
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| earth. It is known to produce 30% more
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| | flooring will greatly help reverse those
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| oxygen than a hardwood forest of
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| | negative trends.
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| comparable size, while preventing
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