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BBC NEWS | Africa | From bush to bike - a bamboo revolution
news.bbc.co.uk - 7/2/2009
BBC NEWS | Africa | From bush to bike - a bamboo revolution
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On the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, next year's crop of bicycles is being watered by Benjamin Banda."We planted this bamboo last year," he says, "and now the stems are taller than me. When it's ready we'll cut it, cure it and then turn it into frames." Mr Banda, is the caretaker for Zambikes, a ...
popularmechanics.com - 6/30/2009
Domestic Bamboo For Bamboo Flooring and Furniture - Growing Bamboo Plants in the U.S.
— popularmechanics.com — Could the Mississippi Delta become America's bamboo belt, the breadbasket of a new class of homegrown structural... building components? Earlier this June in Greenville, Miss., a group of engineers, manufacturers, bureaucrats and farmers gathered to ... (more) Domestic Bamboo For Bamboo Flooring and Furniture - ...

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Green Diary:  Zambike, crafted in bamboo, offers a green ride

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Zambike, crafted in bamboo, offers a green ride
Green Diary — ... Zambian green trendsetter, Benjamin Banda now earns a sustainable living out of his creative thinking. He set up a self-sustaining business of constructing bikes from bamboo. The Zambike doesn’t include any high-tech mechanics, still what it offers is a hand-made, pollution-free transportation. However, the price tag reading $900 is sure to make it a bit unaffordable to many. ...

Pedaling Sustainability in Africa: Bamboosero and Zambikes
Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit — ... . Vaughn Spethmann founded Zambikes in an effort to develop both employment opportunities and appropriate transportation for Zambians. Not only did he and his Zambian bike-builders create standard steeds, they also created innovative designs including the "Zambulance," designed to carry sick people to hospitals in places where other means of transportation aren't adequate or always available. As described in this BBC piece, the companies are working with enterprising Africans to produce bikes—including mountain and cargo bikes with a bamboo frame—in Zambia and Ghana. They are ...

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