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The Next Generation of Carbon Sequestration Solutions
 We have recently discovered that a process which occurs naturally in plants may play an important role in countering CO2 emissions and global warming. This process is termed plantstone carbon - also referred to as phytolith occluded carbon.
Plantstone carbon is estimated to currently extract 300 million tones of ..
Posted : April 20, 2008
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Bamboo: an overlooked biomass resource?
 Bamboo is the common term applied to a broad group (1250 species) of large woody grasses, ranging from 10 cm to 40 m in height. Already in everyday use by about 2.5 billion people, mostly for fiber and food within Asia, bamboo may have potential as a bioenergy or fiber crop for niche markets, although some reports of its high productivity seem to be exaggerated. Literature on bamboo productivity is scarce, with most reports coming from various parts of Asia.
Posted : April 12, 2008
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Bamboo toy workshop
 last year 15 students from the toy design course at shenkar college, israel and their professors yoav ziv and assaf eshet were invited to china by the toy makers. HaPe international ltd, to spend a month with them developing bamboo toys. yoav ziv and assaf eshet describe their experience:
a meeting at the 2007 toy fair with mr. peter handstein, founder and CEO of HaPe international ltd., lead to an extraordinary experience for our students and us.
Posted : April 6, 2008
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3M launches new bamboo kitchen cloth
.jpg) The Scotch-Brite Bamboo Kitchen Cloth is made with natural bamboo fibres and boasts 50 per cent more absorbency than regular dishcloths.
Containing 60 per cent bamboo and 40 per cent cotton, the Scotch-Brite Bamboo Kitchen Cloth is super absorbent with a silky soft texture.
The packaging is made with 90 per cent recycled materials, making it the practical and responsible choice for consumers and suppliers alike.
Posted : April 5, 2008
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How Not to Miss a Trillion-Dollar Opportunity
What better way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than by going green?
That must've been the idea lurking in the back of the minds of the decision makers over at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). Today, they're unleashing a new trading platform called the Green Exchange.
Posted : March 19, 2008
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Bamboo Planting Can Slow Deforestation
 Scientists may have found a way to slow deforestation. Fast growing bamboo can help quickly replenish a forest stripped of timber.
Forests are shrinking globally as people in developing nations seek wood for fuel and more land for farming. The Worldwatch Institute in Washington says Earth has lost one percent of its woodlands in the past five years, an area about the size of Germany.
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$100bn in carbon futures coming soon
A FUTURES market in carbon emissions trading could be worth several hundred billion dollars, ASX emerging markets general manager Anthony Collins says.
Mr Collins said the Australian Securities Exchange could be ready to launch a futures market for carbon emission permits "within weeks" of the federal Government passing the enabling legislation, expected late next year.
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This Is No Bubble, Carbon's Set to Double
Well, you knew it was coming. The Australian Labor Party's Kevin Rudd is the new Prime Minister. His first order of business--and a large part of his platform--is to streamline his country's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, leaving the US as the only major industrialized nation still abstaining from participation....
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Interesting Bamboo facts from South Africa
Other uses of bamboo are many and varied. It is used in the making of furniture, charcoal - BTU value of 8.6, handicrafts, basket ware, matting, rayon and paper, BLT (Biomass-to-Liquid)- bio diesel, and is used as food, fodder and fuel. In India, for example, much of the pulp used in making paper is from bamboo, just as it is in China. In Japan, Taiwan, China and Thailand, shoots of many species are a valuable souce of food. Relatively few species of bamboo are, however, currently used on a commercial scale.
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Zoo sells panda dung souvenirs
A THAI zoo has discovered a way to utilise unwanted dung from a couple of pandas by using it to make paper for souvenirs, the country's panda project manager has said.
The zoo had improvised a traditional way of making paper from mulberry trees in the northern city of Chiang Mai by using bamboo pulp that the pair of pandas could not digest, Prasertsak Buntrakoonpoontawee said.
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