To mark World Bamboo Day 2023, we here at WBO reflect on the past 3 decades of our efforts to promote the benefits of bamboo. It is astounding and rewarding to watch the progress this humble plant has exhibited and gifted to the planet. For many people it starts as a simple fascination with the beauty of bamboo, an amazement at its fast growth, its stamina and resilience, and then the discoveries of the myriad utilization by humans. Humans have reached for bamboo for survival since nearly Day One. Other c
Read more...September 18 is World Bamboo Day! How will you celebrate? There are events around the world, and you can create your own. Logos for free download.
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Read more...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.
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
Read more...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.
EarthDay is our role model for World Bamboo Day = September 18 . Thank you, Denis Hayes, founder of Earth Day in 1970. This is the 50th anniversary of that significant celebration for the environmental movement. Today, bamboo is food, fuel, fiber, timber, habitat, opportunity and it is truly green. WorldBambooDay50 will be 2059. How will you celebrate?
Read more...On September 18, 2019 we will celebrate the tenth anniversary of World Bamboo Day all over the world. This celebration was initiated by Mr. Kamesh Salam, former president of World Bamboo Organization, during the 8th World Bamboo Congress held in Bangkok (Thaïland) in 2009. Since then, this day is a world-wide event gathering hundreds of thousands
Read more...Only 3 months to go for another World Bamboo Day celebration! How will you celebrate World Bamboo Day? Organize your celebration and you have our permission to use the official logos of World Bamboo Day. Take a look at our FB group page, and post your event details. https://www.facebook.com/group
Read more...Nine years ago, we celebrated the first World Bamboo Day in Bangkok. This great initiative was the idea of WBO President, Shri Kamesh Salam. Thanks to the Thai Royal Forestry Department, this dedicated day to honor bamboo - September 18 - is gaining momentum around the world.
Read more...World Bamboo Day is September 18 every year.
Constructions, workshops, music, lectures, picnics, outreach and more! Keeping Bamboo Strong and expanding our voices! Go to World Bamboo Day group page on Facebook for more info https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldbambooday/
Read more...How will you celebrate? We welcome you to share a few hours with us in Washington, D.C. at the Smithsonian's National Zoo! As part of Hispanic Heritage Month in D.C., the Zoo is hosting Zoo Fiesta on Sunday, September 18. Want more info about World Bamboo Day? Watch this video.
World Bamboo Executive Director and CEO Susanne Lucas shares her thoughts on the global impact of bamboo on our planet and our cause for celebration.
World Bamboo Day is a day of celebration to increase the awareness of bamboo globally. Where bamboo grows naturally, bamboo has been a daily element, but its utilization has not always been sustainable due to exploitation. The World Bamboo Organization aims to bring the potential of bamboo to a more elevated exposure.
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