bambu along with two other creators from Nest presented at the Last Wednesday event at the shop in Taikang Road in Shanghai. We played to a full house and incited some lively discussion around responsible manufacturing. Rich Brubaker creator of China Crossroads covers the event here . Or you can view the link directly below. The next 'Last Wednesday' event...
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Bamboo Houses Stand Up To Earthquakes: It is called the 'poor people's timber' and even in China it is not accepted as a modern building material. But bamboo, like lumber, makes a light, flexible house that is much better than 'modern' materials at surviving earthquakes. Now International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) is actively promoting it as a replacement....
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<a href="http://www.china-crossroads.com/index.php/2008/04/09/how-cool-is-this-a-boat-made-from-disposable-chopsticks/" A Boat Made From Disposable Chopsticks Friend Rich Brubaker from China Crossroads spotted this news flash awhile back. A Boat Made From Disposable Chopsticks. According to the source website (Asahi Shimbun), Shuhei Ogawara, a retired city hall employee in the Fukushima Prefecture, spent three months gluing 7382 used chopsticks into a 66 pound, 13′-4″ canoe, and coated it...
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middle of the day on our street in Shanghai...about halfway between office and home. Not what people typically think of when they think of Shanghai. A nice start to the week.
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