bambu Living

7 Surprising Reasons Why Cooking at Home is a Recipe for Better Health

December 18, 2023

Feeling the itch to spend more time in your kitchen, and less at restaurants? As it turns out, there’s good reason to! From better health to healthier relationships, cooking at home offers many advantages.

6 Eco-Friendly Spring Cleaning Tips Inspired By Wabi-Sabi Design

April 27, 2021

6 Eco-Friendly Spring Cleaning Tips Inspired By Wabi-Sabi Design

April is classically known as the month for spring cleaning, and for good reason. With warm weather on the rise, it’s time to open the windows, let the fresh air...

How To Harness The Power of Conscious Consumerism to Create Change

March 11, 2021

How To Harness The Power of Conscious Consumerism to Create Change

Between online ads filling your computer screen, emails crowding your inbox, and now social media at our fingertips, the push to *buy more* has perhaps never been greater. What’s an...

Put Your Eco-Friendly Cookware to Use: Southwest Breakfast Scramble Recipe

January 17, 2021

Put Your Eco-Friendly Cookware to Use: Southwest Breakfast Scramble Recipe

Ready to start your year off right? There’s no better way than beginning with a healthy breakfast made with eco-friendly cookware. This southwest breakfast scramble recipe is full of plant-based...

Five Small Changes for Successful Eco-Friendly Living This Year

January 4, 2021

Five Small Changes for Successful Eco-Friendly Living This Year

It’s time to say goodbye to unrealistic resolutions. This year, let’s start off right with small changes that you can keep up with to achieve eco-friendly living all year long!...

Can Local Eating and Eating Seasonally Help Protect the Environment?

October 27, 2020

Can Local Eating and Eating Seasonally Help Protect the Environment?

Fall is often known as the harvest season. But the move from local eating to a global food market has caused many of us to lose touch with how the...

Fall Camping Recipe: Jackfruit Tortilla Soup with Jackfruit and Quinoa

October 22, 2020

Fall Camping Recipe: Jackfruit Tortilla Soup with Jackfruit and Quinoa

Smokey, savory, and bursting with plant-based nutrition, this jackfruit tortilla soup recipe is the perfect answer to your search for a new camping recipe this fall.  Don’t worry, we won’t...

A Guide for Enjoying the Outdoors Responsibly

July 8, 2020

A Guide for Enjoying the Outdoors Responsibly

It is summer and stay-at-home orders are easing across the US. As a result, more people are venturing outside to hike, climb, camp, bike and paddle. Nature is an ideal antidote to the...

The Pacific Crest Trail in Three Minutes

July 6, 2020

The Pacific Crest Trail in Three Minutes

The Pacific Crest Trail spans 2,650 miles (4,265 kilometers) from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon, and Washington. It reveals the beauty of the desert, unfolds the glaciated expanses of the...

The Benefits of Being Outdoors & Eating Outside

June 5, 2020

The Benefits of Being Outdoors & Eating Outside

The average American spends 93% of their life indoors. 87% of that time is spent inside (the other 6% is spent in automobiles). This means that only 7% of the average...

Cherry Blossoms in the Time of Crisis

March 25, 2020

Cherry Blossoms in the Time of Crisis

The waterfront along the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, March 2020   We are in the midst of a serious crisis. There is a lot of news and uncertainty out...

Reusable Straws Buyers Guide - From Bamboo to Glass

November 24, 2019

Reusable Straws Buyers Guide - From Bamboo to Glass

bambu® has been on a quest to provide the best reusable straws to our customers for years because of the negative impact plastic straws have on the environment. Starting with...

Easy Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Now

November 24, 2019

Easy Ways to Reduce Your Plastic Now

bambu exists to promote a plastic-free lifestyle. Since our inception, we have designed daily use products made from renewable, plant-based materials. We need to overcome our reliance and use of...

What is Hemp Fabric?

January 2, 2019

What is Hemp Fabric?

Hemp fabric is a sustainable textile made of fibres of a very high-yielding crop in the cannabis sativa plant family. Historically used for industrial purposes, like rope and sails, hemp...