Bamboo Quick Facts
* It is one of the most eco-friendly, sustainable building materials available
* It has a growth cycle of only five years and can be harvested with virtually no impact on the environment
* Bamboo converts more carbon dioxide than traditional trees during growth, greatly reducing the carbon foot print which is plaguing the world today
* Extremely stable and durable: Twice as hard as Eastern Maple and 50% more stable then French wood
* Unique grain
* Solid wood feel under foot
* Available in various finishes to create the look you prefer, from country cottage to modern
* More wear-resistant and less susceptible to warping than most hard wood flooring
* Insect resistant
* Allergy free
* Easy to clean – wipe with a damp cloth / mop
* Suitable for any home or office space (indoors and outdoors)
* Very competitively priced
* Easy installation
* It looks great!
* We deal directly with the international Bamboo manufacturers (cutting out the middle man) – which enables us to offer you the best possible prices
* We commit to giving you the best service and premium product
Usefull Links
www.homemakersonline.co.za
HOMEMAKERS South Africa | Home Improvement Publications Directory ...HOMEMAKERS, South Africa s leader in bringing homeowners and home renovation contractors together with our digital home improvement directory portal.
www.urbansprout.co.za
urban sprout is a growing blog-style online community, featuring daily green blogs, events and a directory that focuses on organic and eco-friendly products.
We deal with issues that are important to those with a sense of environmental & social responsibility - organic food, climate change, ethical consumerism, sustainable lifestyles and environmental justice.
We hope to change the world one small step at a time.
www.greenbuilding.co.za
Green Building Media and Events is a media company focusing around all 'green' building aspects around the built environment industry. We achieve this through three key elements; an online information portal, a South African e-Journal of Green Building and various events including the annual Green Building Conference. We also publish the Green Building Handbook, which was launched in 2009
www.goinggreen.co.za
Going Green is a real-life experiment in sustainable living. We love the idea of "going green" in this hectic, stressed world. Is such a lifestyle possible in our modern day and age - in an age where values and ideals have apparently taken a backseat to money? Is it possible to survive - forget survive - to live well and enjoy life while "doing the right thing" - is it possible to live in the "real world" of today while still pursuing your ideals? We've been wondering the same thing and that's partly what Going Green is all about.
Stronger than steel
For the opening race of the Eastern U.S. collegiate cycling season, Nick Frey, a junior at Princeton, had a brand-new bike. Frey, currently the under-23 national time-trial champion and a recent hire of the Time Pro Cycling Team, had left his state-of-the-art, $13,000 carbon-fiber team bike at home. What he brought instead—and what was drawing a steady crowd of disbelieving collegiate cyclists on that chilly March morning—was an even more recent model: a racing bike he and friends had made out of bamboo.
Bamboo Your Floor
Flooring is such an important part of any home and needs to be chosen with the utmost care as it is a salient design feature and takes a good foot beating.Bamboo flooring has become a hot trend over the last ten years, being installed worldwide in hotels, retail outlets, galleries, work places and homes. Aesthetically it offers elegant clean lines, clarity of colour and a truly unique look and feel. A range of designs, colours and planks widths provides a wide choice for all applications......
www.GreenStuff.co.za
We all want to go green but where do we start? Change begins with you and me, and what we buy every day makes the difference. Eco-friendly products are better for us, our guests and the planet. The more we buy green, the faster the market will respond, innovate and bring prices down.