Thank you, Luke, Teagan and Alex & the Hillsborough High School!

The Hillsborough Bamboo Project was initiated by three students from Hillsborough High School in New Jersey. As part of their World History Honors class, these kids researched the versatility of bamboo to discover its inherent sustainability. They promoted bamboo to their community and raised over $500, which they generously donated to WBO.

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Handcrafted Bamboo Home Products

For 25 years James Wolf has devoted his talents to designing high quality and useful products from bamboo for for B2B and custom clients around the world. Boohugger is the latest collection of bamboo products available for direct to customer sales.

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WBO Partner Spotlight: The Slammer Tool Company

There is a common belief that bamboo is an invasive, troublesome weed. THE SLAMMER TOOL educates and demonstrates to people and organizations the positive side of bamboo, i.e., how to make it work for you instead of it becoming a problem entity. Education and the proper tools can turn things from the potentially bad outcome(s) to good.

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WBO Partner Spotlight: Tian Zhu Paper Products

With the great demands on our forests worldwide, bamboo toilet paper and tissue products offer a tree-free option to the global marketplace. Tian Zhu Paper Company, located in the Sichaun province of China, produces bamboo toilet paper and other bamboo tissue products. Read about their mission and contribution to the bamboo industry, as Mr. Hu Jun answers questions from WBO's Sonja Sheasley.

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WBO Partner Spotlight: MOSO Bamboo Products

Our Corporate Partner MOSO is a bamboo company based in the Netherlands. With 20 years of experience in the relatively young bamboo industry, MOSO is a pioneer in innovative bamboo solutions for indoors and outdoors. MOSO is recognized as a global "A Brand" because of its focus on sustainable product quality and innovation.

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WBO Partner Spotlight: WooBamboo Eco-awesome Oral Care

Our Corporate Partner, WooBamboo Eco-awesome Oral Care, is based in the state of Florida, U.S.A., and was launched on Earth Day in 2013. In just over 5 years, their line of natural bamboo toothbrushes, biodegradable silk floss, and natural toothpaste has become available in almost 17,000 stores in more than 30 countries. So far, well over two million plastic toothbrushes have been replaced with those made of bamboo. Read the interview and learn more.

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WBO Partner Spotlight: DICMA Trade

Our Corporate Partner DICMA Trade is an architectural firm focusing on bamboo, based in Mexico. Their services range from industrial maintenance, construction, design, with attention to both the public and private sector, employing professional and specialized personnel. We asked DICMA to share their thoughts on their successful bamboo business.

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WBO Partner Spotlight: Resource Fiber

Each of our Corporate Partners has a story to tell about their bamboo business that we believe will serve to enlighten, educate, and inspire those already in - or embarking on their own bamboo business journey! This week Ann Knight, Co-Founder, CCO and Executive Vice President of Resource Fiber, answers (7) questions for the bamboo business.

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EcoPlanet Bamboo video premiers at Sundance Festival

EcoPlanet Bamboo has had the opportunity to feature a short documentary entitled "Conscious Capitalism: Transforming Landscapes, Communities and Global Markets" on our West African operations at the Sundance Film Festival. The event was attended by a range of movie stars, prominent environmentalists and a large audience.


http://www.ecoplanetbamboo.com/ghana_video
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WBO Partner Spotlight: Cariloha

The world of retail is growing constantly with new trends and designs all influenced by new ideas and modern lifestyle. Cariloha is a retail chain store that has been around since 2008, when they opened their first three stores in Mexico and the Caribbean. Their goal is to provide bamboo products, mostly clothing and other textiles, that are influenced by both Caribbean and Hawaii lifestyles. In fact, their name is a combination between ‘Caribbean’ and ‘Aloha’.

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WBO Partner Spotlight: NooTrees

Bamboo textiles, pulp and paper play a major role in the industrialized bamboo sectors. This month World Bamboo Organization Partners & Projects focuses on two partners that are contributing to the bamboo industry in these expanding sectors: NooTrees and Cariloha.

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WBO Partner Spotlight! Company Culture at Cali Bamboo

Cali Bamboo is an American company based in Southern California that manufactures sustainable materials for high quality building projects. Their main product is bamboo. They have begun implementing other materials, including cork, eucalyptus, and recycled/reclaimed decking, but we’ll turn our focus to the bamboo aspect of this company.


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Partners and Project News at WBO

World Bamboo Organization recently began working with three skilled interns! Lluvia Castaneda, Michaela Humby, and Scott Funke. Welcome to all three of you! We are very pleased to have your help.

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