Is Bamboo Flooring Really Green?
– Karen Aho, MSN Real Estate “Bamboo flooring earns builders a point with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. But oversight of specific bamboo producers is lacking. What the Forest Stewardship Council does for wood products, rating suppliers for sustainability practices, has yet to be established for bamboo.” http://realestate.msn.com/Improve/Green/Article2.aspx?cp-documentid=6229250>1=10932 Bamboo Flooring, Environmental Silver Bullet or Faux Savior? – Dr. Jim Bowyer, Dovetail Partners, Inc. “In an era in which the environmental attributes of materials are increasingly questioned, and production details increasingly available, it is remarkable that a product such as bamboo flooring has been so firmly embraced by the green movement without vigorous attempts to determine what impacts result from its production and use. Investigation reveals many environmental concerns associated with growing, harvesting, and converting bamboo
