hello all,maybe sustainability with bamboo products comes as follow:
ok for the views of the plant itself, as far as it survives, it is sustainable.....
.....but by or end products will still have to ensure they are sustainable.........meaning they require the lesser amount of energy possible in its manufacturing process, the enregy should come from the "cleanest & most sustainable" source........people manufacturing the products should be well taken care of (where sustainability reaches social responsability).......and then finally, of course, distance and means of transportation to the final client do have to be taken in account.......it's very nice for us bambuseros to claim our product are sustainable.......and then load them on containers and ship 'em half way around the world.........unless the boat runs on bamboo charcoal coming itself from a sustainable plantation, your end product will loose some of its sustainable feathers!!!!!!
Just an opinion,
good day to all,
Jehan de Maille
Bambujal SPR de RL de CV
Mexico
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Jones
To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: [bamboo-plantations] Re: Bamboo facts on floors and furniture!
I'm with you on this one, Kinder. For what it is worth, your view of sustainability is in complete accord with my own.
Regards,
Peter Jones at Western Bamboo
'Kooinda Bindi'
Muckenburra, Western Australia
--- On Mon, 3/11/08, Txbooguru@aol.com <Txbooguru@aol.com> wrote:
> From: Txbooguru@aol.com <Txbooguru@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [bamboo-plantations] Re: Bamboo facts on floors and furniture!
> To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
> Received: Monday, 3 November, 2008, 2:29 PM
> of it being a sustainable material we want to use it for
> everything, but we
> dont realize that some process affect it and damage some of
> the sustainable
> characteristics that it originaly has.
>
> Can someone please 'define' the word
> "sustainable" for me in regards to
> PRODUCTS.
>
> In MY mind, the word "Sustainable', is regards to
> our ability to keep it
> growing and producting:: i.e. NOT using it to the point of
> extinction..
>
> In THAT context the word has NOTHING to do with HOW we USE
> it.. I have
> recently seen, PhD Thesis, written about the
> "sustainability" of bamboo
> PRODUCTS. To ME that word does NOT fit.
>
>
> Or is that another menaing that I am not aware of ? ? ?
> We can "sustain"
> the production of Bamboo flooring (for example), as long
> as there is bamboo
> to do it with. But if proper maintainence and harvesting
> techniques are not
> used, then the groves of Bamboo will NOT be sustainable.
> (Did that
> make sense ??? )
>
> Best regards to all Bambooers. Kinder in
> Central TExas.
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