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Black Plastic in the Kitchen? Why Bambu’s Natural Bamboo Utensils Are the Smarter Choice
December 17, 2024
Research published in Chemosphere revealed that 85% of black plastic household items, including cooking utensils, contain toxic chemicals such as flame retardants, which can leach into food during use.
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July 31, 2008
Bamboo Houses Stand Up To Earthquakes
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,...
July 31, 2008
A Boat Made From Disposable Chopsticks
<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...
July 16, 2008
Nest Shanghai hosts Danish Design Graduates
At NEST in Shanghai, we had the opportunity to host a group graduates from TEKO, Scandinavia's largest design and business academy in the fashion and lifestyle industry. The school conducts...
July 16, 2008
Green Business Forum July 12th Shanghai
The folks from Next Step hosted Green Business Forum on July 12th. This is the first of what we expect and hope will be more such exchanges of likeminded companies...
July 12, 2008
Beijing cracks down on recyclers. Moves them out of the city during the Olympics
Beijing's Latest Olympic Crackdown: Recyclers The chinese are the world's great recyclers. They are wonderfully resourceful and provide a real value to the urban centers. Why move them out of...
July 4, 2008
When a bambu Bar Tray becomes something else……
Sometimes customers come up with their own creative uses for our products. Not necessarily in ways the product was intended. We think that's great. Our bar tray becomes a handsome...
June 27, 2008
100% Design Shanghai - a little less than…
While 100% Design is a well established event in London, and a good fit for Tokyo, it misses in Shanghai. Or at least at its inaugural event here in Shanghai...
June 26, 2008
DesignerTalk at Nest Shanghai - insight into conscientious design in China
We launched our first DesignerTalk series at Nest Wednesday night to kick off our Last Wednesday forums held on the last Wednesday of each month. We were delighted with the...
June 26, 2008
100% Design kicks off in Shanghai
This Global Design event launched today in Shanghai.The 100% Design event debuted in London in 1995, launched in Tokyo in 2005 and has now expanded to Shanghai serving as a...
June 25, 2008
DesignerTalk series v.1 - Nest Shanghai
Our Nest Forums begin tonight at NEST in Shanghai. These are Last Wednesday events taking place on the last Wednesday of the month. This month we have Trine of JooiDesign,...
June 17, 2008
Proudly Made in Vietnam - our recent visit
We always enjoy visiting Vietnam. Over the last 12 years, Vietnam always shows us something new and wonderful with each visit. Hanoi has been a favorite city for years. We...
June 7, 2008
A week in Vietnam
We're off for another visit in Vietnam and we'll be there most of the week. We consider ourselves fortunate to be able to go to Vietnam as frequently as...
June 5, 2008
UPS - A Brilliant Green Idea
We've been following the Sustainable Brands 08 conference - from afar naturally. It's the type of event we should really be at, I know. Anyway, Andrew Winston, co-author of the...