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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