Interesting Facts about Bamboo

25. One of the enduring images of India’s freedom struggle is of Mahatma Gandhi setting out on the Salt March in 1931, a 140 kilometer odyssey from Ahmedabad to Dandi. As always, he carried little else but his conviction - and a bamboo stave.

26. A suspension bridge on the river in China is 250 yard long, 9 foot wide and rests entirely on bamboo cables fastened over the water. It doesn't have a single nail or piece of iron in it. www.bamboohouseindia.org

27. Bamboo grows at phenomenal rates, up to a foot in a single day! www.bamboohouseindia.org

28. A mature 100’x100’ patch of clumping bamboo can produce enough construction materials to frame an entire house every year. www.bamboohouseindia.org

29. Bamboo has one of the highest rates of photosynthesis of any plant species www.bamboohouseindia.org

30. A sixty-foot tree cut for market takes 60 years to replace. A sixty-foot bamboo cut for market takes 59 days to replace. www.bamboohouseindia.org

31. Over one billion people in the world live in bamboo houses www.bamboohouseindia.org

32. Bamboo absorbs 2/3 more carbon dioxide and releases 2/3 more oxygen than any other plant on earth. www.bamboohouseindia.org

33. A single bamboo clump can produce up to 15 kilometers of usable pole (up to 30 cm in diameter) in its lifetime. www.bamboohouseindia.org

34. Bamboo will not negatively impact our environment. In fact, Bamboo plants produce highly oxygenated air and balanced humidity. www.bamboohouseindia.org

35. Bamboo stabilizes the earth with its erosion control and prevention, and restores the health of soil by sequestering excess nitrogen. www.bamboohouseindia.org

36. The Bamboo plant is used for watershed protection, and soil remediation. It retains water in the watershed, reduces runoff, sustains riverbanks and helps mitigate water pollution due to its high nitrogen consumption. www.bamboohouseindia.org

37. Thank You www.bamboohouseindia.org www.greenlivelihoods.org Hyderabad