INBAROfficial 347d ago

Did you know you might be eating a credit card’s worth of plastic every week? Yep, our planet is drowning in plastic, but here’s the good news: bamboo is here to save the day! From eco-friendly straws to cooling towers, this humble plant is stepping up as the ultimate plastic alternative. Imagine sipping your boba with a bamboo straw or cooling industrial machines with bamboo grids—sounds like a panda’s dream, right? China is producing nearly a billion bamboo straws a year and even using bamboo to fight climate change. So, if you’re tired of plastic and want to join the green revolution, bamboo might just be your new best friend. Let’s make the planet greener, one bamboo sip at a time! Credit:CGTN @cgtn The International Bamboo and Rattan Organization (INBAR) is an intergovernmental development organization that promotes environmentally sustainable development using bamboo and rattan. INBAR was founded in 1997, with the mission “to improve the well-being of producers and users of bamboo and rattan within the context of a sustainable bamboo and rattan resource base, by consolidating, coordinating and supporting strategic and adaptive research and development.” 51 Member States are a part of INBAR. In addition to its Secretariat Headquarters in China, INBAR has Regional Offices in Cameroon, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana and India. Since its founding, it has been making a real difference in the lives of millions of people and environments around the world, with achievements in areas such as raising standards, promoting safe, resilient bamboo construction, restoring degraded land, capacity-building, and informing green policy and Sustainable Development Goal objectives. Learn more at: www.inbar.int Follow us at https://www.facebook.com/INBARofficial https://www.instagram.com/inbarofficial/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/inbar-official/ https://twitter.com/INBARofficial En español https://www.facebook.com/INBARLAC Ihttps://www.instagram.com/inbarlac/ https://twitter.com/inbarlac https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCezmzpj8qrTNt-1oULMBZ_Q