On Dec 2, 2008, at 10:45 AM, TD DUONG wrote:> Dear all,
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> Independent study by the institution which is not involve with any
> commercial bamboo industry. I still don¢t like the idea of shipping
> the bamboo half way cross the world by burning oil, and then calling
> it is green.
Container ships are very fuel efficient compared to any other transport.
> Cheap (slave) labor plus all the pollution and high energy
> consumption during the manufacturing in any third world land is
> those hidden no green things that they don¢t want the consumers here
> to know about it.
The factory in Vietnam belonging to Bamboo Technologies pays more than
average daily wage.
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> By the way, those bamboo houses that imported from Vietnam to Hawaii
> does not look much different from the regular style stick houses,
> just few overprice bamboo posts and decorative rails outside the
> overhang roof with hidden metal brackets are not enough to call it a
> bamboo house, They are bunch of stud wall houses with expensive glue
> on bamboo planks or woven mats.
Not true. The houses are built with tre gai and tam vong bamboo.
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> So 90% frame works of a so called bamboo house are still studs,
> beams, posts and plywood, which are still shipped from mainland US,
> because they are cheaper and more engineering control than those
> bamboo across the ocean, and then please do not call them the bamboo
> house. Please wait until bamboo is grown locally.
The factory does not import plywood and studs from the US. Get a grip!
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> An AIA just as David Sand
Yours in bamboo,
Daphne Lewis
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> --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Jeffree Trudeau
> <bamboo@bambootechnologies.com> wrote:
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> From: Jeffree Trudeau <bamboo@bambootechnologies.com>
> Subject: Re: [bamboo-plantations] Re: Bamboo facts on floors and
> furniture!
> To: bamboo-plantations@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 9:32 PM
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> Dear all,please see web link below:
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> http://www.bambooli ving.com/ research. html
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> ~Jeffree~
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> On Nov 24, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Daphne Lewis wrote:
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>> I emailed Jeffree. We can see what he says. I still think that if you
>> go to Bamboo Technologies web site, some of that info will be
>> there. I
>> did not check this out, though.
>>
>> Daphne
>> On Nov 23, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Richard Joynes wrote:
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>>> Hi Daphne,
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>>> Do you mean your son's company has all these independent test
>>> reports? Can you arrange for them to be posted on this site?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> At 11:40 AM 11/21/2008, you wrote:
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>>>> Jeffree at Bamboo Technologies can talk the the accreditation
>>> process.
>>>> On Nov 20, 2008, at 7:00 PM, Richard Joynes wrote:
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>>>>> Thanks Doug,
>>>>>
>>>>> Your reply underscores the need for these independent tests as
>>> we are
>>>>> all forced to use phrases like "seems to me" and "I've read
>>> that...".
>>>>>
>>>>> What I cannot understand is why, if bamboo is such a terrific
>>>>> material, these tests have not been published to prove it. Is it
>>>>> possible the tests might prove bamboo isn't quite so wonderful
>>> after
>>>>> all? Surely not!
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>> Daphne Lewis
>>>> <http://www.dogscoot er.com>http://www.dogscoot er.com
>>>> Garden Designer
>>>> Bamboophile
>>>> Federal Way, WA
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>> Daphne Lewis
>> http://www.dogscoot er.com
>> Garden Designer
>> Bamboophile
>> Federal Way, WA
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> "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
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> Jeffree Trudeau~
> Founder~Chairman of the Board~
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> Bamboo Technologies
> Bamboo Living Homes and Resorts
> P.O. Box 1238
> Haiku,Maui, HI 96708 USA
> PH~808-572-1007
> FX~808-573-4855
> www.bambooliving. com . www.bambootechnolog ies.com
> jeffree@bambootechn ologies.com
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> Bamboo Hardwoods Vietnam
> Thoi Hoa Village/ Ben Cat District
> Binh Duong Province
> Vietnam
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