Comments on: Is Bamboo Flooring Green?

By: Today’s Green Construction - Green Fencing Product

Today’s Green Construction - Green Fencing Product — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:18:09 +0000

[...] say that bamboo is not as “green” as we might like to think. I wrote an article, “Is Bamboo Flooring Green?“, recently that brings up some interesting points about the validity of bamboo as a green [...]

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:11:00 +0000

Bamboo isn’t just used for flooring, it is becoming very popular as a cloth material, paper, building materials, food, and many more. Bamboo processes many more times the amount of CO2 then old forests. The rhizome structure is dense enough to prevent erosion much better then trees. I cannot argue that it can have a negative impact on ecology, but there are many more positives then negatives here. This topic is too involved for a single or even multiple comments.

By: Gene

Gene — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:47:00 +0000

I didn't see many references to it, but enough to convince me it does happen. My longer response with links is on my blog. I've asked the question before, too.

By: Todd

Todd — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:46:00 +0000

@ Gene – If you do a google search for bamboo flooring and green construction you will find MANY references to how it is being grown and harvested in China. This is not new information, there has been quite a bit written about this topic over the last couple of years.

By: Gene

Gene — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:17:00 +0000

I hadn’t heard that areas were being clear cut to grow bamboo. Where did you read that?

By: Ethan@OneProjectCloser

Ethan@OneProjectCloser — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:05:00 +0000

I had similar thoughts when checking out bamboo. Didn’t realize forested areas where being clear cut to plant it though. Just shows it’s worth it to really investigate.