Bamboo is a fascinating material due to its incredible strength, regenerative properties and its natural aesthetic beauty.
In structural engineering tests, bamboo has a higher tensile strength than many alloys of steel, and a higher compressive strength than many mixtures of concrete. It even has a higher strength to weight ratio than graphite.

Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on Earth.

• Some species of bamboo have actually been measured to grow over 4 feet in 24 hours; a stalk can regenerate to its full mass in just six months.
• Bamboo can be continuously harvested every 3 years without causing damage to the plant system and the surrounding environment.
• Continuous harvesting of this woody grass every 3-7 years actually improves the overall health of the plant.
• 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, and provide a renewable source of food, building material, and erosion prevention.

Along with its tremendous material and food value, bamboo has enormous ecological potential. Bamboo is an environmentally safe, renewable source of fuel and building material that has a positive effect on the environment in an age ridden with ecological problems brought on by the widespread use of fossil fuels.