I see bamboo being used on alot of these %26quot;green%26quot; redesign shows on TV. They say it%26#039;s %26quot;green%26quot; because it grows very fast. But where are they cutting this bamboo from? Last I heard the bamboo forests in China were being cut down so fast they couldn%26#039;t be replenished in time and the panda was suffering from a lack of food and habitat. Does anyone have more information on the use of this supposedly %26quot;green%26quot; product? Is it really better than using other woods? Does someone grow it outside of panda inhabited areas?

Here%26#039;s some information about bamboo and its green uses:
http://www.greenzer.com/bamboo_N_5

Also, even cooler is new science which has cloned a bamboo that can save the planet. Bamboo sequesters carbon dioxide at far higher rates than an equivalent stand of trees and releases up to three times the amount of oxygen.
http://www.thenatureinus.com/2008/06/clo... Horticulture/Landscape Design student