World Bamboo Organization

The Role of Bamboo Model Making in the Digital Era E-BOOK

This is a great resource. One eBook, ten years of anecdotes, lessons, and wisdom around bamboo architecture

IUFRO World Day 2021 World Bamboo Organization Session

On September 28, the WBO coordinated a 90 minute session of presentations by the 8 World Bamboo Foundation Fellows. The session was entitled: Promoting the use of timber bamboo as a major contributor for both global climate change and poverty mitigation. The presentations shared the group's research focused on solutions to advance the commercialization of timber bamboo.

Our Green Down-Payment

Hal Hinkle, CEO of BamCore and Founder of World Bamboo Foundation, says, "Timber Bamboo Can Make an Immediate “Green Down Payment” to Decarbonize Buildings in the Decisive Decade.

World Bamboo Day 2021 #PlantBamboo

This year, to honor World Bamboo Day, the WBO is launching a new hashtag: #PlantBamboo. Since 2009, we have been celebrating World Bamboo Day to increase the awareness of bamboo globally.

Bamboo Session hosted by WBO for IUFRO World Day !

Please tune in on September 28 at 23:30 UTC for a 90 minute session coordinated by the 8 World Bamboo Foundation Fellows who will share their current research.

Welcome New Ambassadors

I'm happy to recognize WBO's two newest Ambassadors: Nguyen Manh Tuan of Hanoi, Vietnam, and Iván Platas of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

How much bamboo exists on our planet?

Putting bamboo on the map: There are likely to be far more than 35 million hectares of bamboo around the world. Bamboo is a ubiquitous sight across many parts of the tropics and subtropics – but until now, it has been difficult to assess exactly how much of it there is.

The Kew Declaration to protect and restore forests

The WBO is a member of Botanic Gardens Conservation International , who together with Kew, organized a very important conference: the Reforestation for Biodiversity, Carbon Capture and Livelihoods conference, which took place in February 2021. We have signed the declaration as an organization, but I urge any of you who are interested in conservation and reforestation to have a look at the information provided and sign individually.

World Bamboo Updates

The WBO has been a network of bamboo people for nearly 3 decades, when a small group of people met in Japan for an international event and determined the need to connect and organize around the subject of bamboo. We needed to cross the bamboo bridge! The result has been a growing global network of people committed to promoting bamboo.

Arief Rabik on BBC's 39 Ways to Save the Planet

Fast-growing bamboo has gone in and out of fashion but is now being seen as a possible climate hero. Its capacity to absorb carbon is enhanced by how densely it can be grown, the speed and its regrowth after harvesting - a great advantage over trees.

World Bamboo Foundation Global Fellowship Award Winners

We are very excited to support the research of these 8 Global Fellows!

12th WBC Taiwan 2021 is cancelled

Unfortunately we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 12th World Bamboo Congress for 2021.

Lamentable Noticia: the passing of Jorge Moran Ubidia

With great sadness we learn the news of the passing of our dear friend, our magnificent teacher, our respectful mentor, our great World Bamboo Pioneer = Jorge Moran Ubidia, of Ecuador. He will be so missed.

Neelam Manjunath - Ambassador, Architect, Advocate

How Bamboo lady of India is going mainstream with bamboo use in the construction industry

Immediate Opening: Global Fellowship position

We are pleased to introduce the WBF Global Fellowship program, which will be awarded with a stipend for topics relevant to the investigation of timber bamboo and its potential contribution to mitigating global warming.

Announcing the World Bamboo Foundation

Announcing the creation of the World Bamboo Foundation, December 2020, which will annually award two prizes: the Global Bamboo Climate Prize and the Global Bamboo Community Development Prize, and establish the WBF Global Fellowship program.

World Bamboo Foundation Global Fellowship Opportunity

Position: WBF Global Fellow Term: January 2021 to January 2022 Application Deadline: 15 January 2021 Award Amount: from $5,000 - $20,000. usd

World Bamboo News October 2020

Despite the global pandemic, bamboo people around the world continue to work hard to elevate bamboo as a vital community resource, a sustainable alternative as fuel, fiber, and building material, and an important natural resource to alleviate climate change challenges. Thousands of people are taking part in virtual webinars, and thousands of people are working via hands-on bamboo projects around the globe.

WBO's Global Celebration 2020

Join people from around the world sharing their passion for bamboo... for the environment, economy, and community. From the US to India, to the Philippines, to Indonesia, to Japan, to Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile.... to the Democratic Republic of Congo to Spain and Paris, and end in Taiwan, hear about our positive impacts

World Bamboo Day 2020

Modeled after our mentor day, Earth Day, World Bamboo Day is about all things bamboo : sustainability, environment, ecology, science, architecture, art, music, food, housing, habitat, restoration, aesthetics, economy, utilization, everything. It is about the connections and the networks, about promotion and about our planet's future.

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