Promoting cutting-edge bamboo technology in Auroville


Here is a plant species to bamboozle you.

Hailed as among the fastest-growing plants on the planet, the bamboo is eco-friendly and simultaneously endowed with a tensile strength mightier than steel. The bamboo also provides fibre for fabric and its reeds evoke soulful music while its shoots are popular health food.

“We’ve more than a hundred products derived from bamboo,” says Elumalai S, one of the key members of the Auroville Bamboo Research Centre, or simply the ABC team at Auroville.

Founded in 2009, the ABRC’s vision statement is to turn into a global research institution for cutting-edge bamboo products and technology.

Cultivation strategies are in the works to experiment with different species of bamboo and understand the intricacies of the bamboo life cycle.

The ABRC also conducts research in an effort to expand the centre’s product line, including the development of new styles of furniture and buildings.

“A recent spinoff of research with bamboo is the bamboo charcoal soap,” says Elimalai...........Read more

 

Source web page: The Hindu


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