India Today, 11.7.2016 – Bamboo can be used to help ‘green’ highways across India.
India Today, 11.7.2016 – Bamboo can be used to help ‘green’ highways across India.
Mowgli (小罗） from China, is a bamboo bike frame maker, mechanic, cyclist, community activist and the second in our ‘Bamboo heroes’ series. In the first profile, we heard how British adventurer Kate Rawles travelled over 13000km across South American continent on a bamboo bike to raise awareness of biodiversity issues. When Mowgli , now […]
The story of bamboo is indelibly knitted into Chinese culture and history, and the impact of this plant on today’s economy and society is sizeable. In this case study from Chishui, China, migrant workers have been returning to their hometowns from the cities to find employment in this booming sector. Between 1990 and 2015, the […]
In a new series exploring international ‘bamboo heroes’ from all walks of life, INBAR presents a profile of Kate Rawles, British adventurer, environmentalist and bamboo bike enthusiast. Kate Rawles, who grew up in Scotland and now lives in picturesque Cumbria in northwest England, has been passionate about environmental issues her whole life. After a career […]