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Navigating Uncertain Times: A Message from Bambu’s Founders
November 24, 2025
This is not just a business story for us—it’s personal. We are grateful for the relationships we’ve created and proud of the partnerships we have built.
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February 9, 2018
bambu @TEDx
Tedx was created in the spirit of TED's mission, "Ideas Worth Spreading." The program is designed to give communities the opportunity to create TED-like experiences at the local level. More...
February 2, 2018
bambu becomes a B Corp certified company
"B Corporations are a way to transcend the contradictions between the ineffective parts of the social sector and myopic capitalism." - New York Times
January 23, 2018
The Making of a bambu Catalog (behind the scenes)
Putting together our annual catalog is a four-to-six month process. It begins and ends with the product. [ If you want to jump right to the catalog link to review...
January 14, 2014
Behind the Scenes: The Production Journey from Chinese Forests to Your Home
We are starting a series of posts called, Meet Your Makers. A little project here at bambu that provides a glimpse, in and around, and behind the products that we make,...
July 8, 2013
The Portland Business Journal – In the Trenches with bambu: Born in Oregon, proudly made in China
We started with a single idea, a lot of passion, and a bit of blind courage: To turn people onto renewable materials, and to lessen the impact we place on...
February 15, 2012
Putting a sustainable supply chain to work
There is a reason that this post is written from our work base in China. It is where we feel we have the best opportunity to influence and be involved...
January 16, 2012
Fair Trade Comes to Visit Bambu in China
Fair Trade Original is our partner organization representing bambu in The Netherlands. We are thrilled to be associated with this group. Fair Trade Original, formerly Fair Trade Organization incorporated in 1959,...
January 10, 2012
Absolutely Fabulous. bambu hits the English airwaves
Another bambu product sighting....this time from England. On BBC, on one of the highest rated shows, Absolutely Fabulous! Yes, absolutely fabulous, we say. Make no mistake, that is our fabulous...