Is your toilet paper wiping out forests used by tigers, elephants,    orangutans and other wildlife? In a report Wednesday, the World Wildlife Fund alleged that a major paper supplier from Indonesia is clearcutting habitat there and targeted a major U.S. distributor to stop buying from that source.

“We found that two brands sold in the United States ― Paseo and Livi ― are made with paper from Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), which is responsible for more forest destruction in Sumatra than any other single company,” the World Wildlife Fund report stated. “Paseo is a retail brand of toilet paper, paper towels, napkins and facial tissue, and it is now the fastest growing brand of toilet paper in the United States, according to its marketer.”

“Everyone wants the reassurance that the products they buy from Indonesia meet internationally recognized certification standards and are not damaging the precious natural resources of that country,” Oasis Brands CEO Philip Rundle said in a letter to the industry.

“Continuous, rigorous auditing has proven APP products are made from sustainable sources and meet well-established sustainability standards,” he added. “Now we would like the US grocery industry to see the results of such an audit for themselves. We are confident that APP will meet the expectations of US grocers.”

WWF questioned Oasis’ defense of the pulp and paper producer. ”APP’s forest management operations in Indonesia are not certified as sustainable by any credible third party, “WWF forest expert Linda Kramme told msnbc.com. “There are responsible pulp and paper companies in the US, in Indonesia, and the world over, which employ people and make a profit – all without destroying rain forests.”

The group also noted that in recent months eight large retailers – identified as BI-LO, Brookshire Grocery Company, Delhaize Group, Harris Teeter, Kmart, Kroger, SUPERVALU and Weis Markets – had decided to stop carrying APP tissue products.

Eyes on the Forest

WWF said an APP supplier was draining this peat forest inside a tiger sanctuary in Riau, Indonesia.

“We applaud each of these companies’ decision to remove these products from their stores,” Jan Vertefeuille, head of WWF’s tiger campaign, said in a statement.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/08/10352212-toilet-paper-taking-out-tiger-elephant-habitat-wwf-says

SATURDAY, 14 APRIL 2012   

 2pm. – through dinner and music event

DE KOLONIE,  MERKSPLAS,  BELGIUM

       To all bamboo society members, friends, gardeners and collectors,

 Hosted by the World Bamboo Organization and IKEBANA,

we invite you to please join us in celebrating

the beauty and utility of bamboos.

14h :   Welcome and Introduction, by Susanne Lucas

    (Chair of Ornamental Session and Executive Director, World Bamboo Organization)

Presentations by Raymond Townsend of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK),

Ned Jaquith of Bamboo Garden Nursery (Oregon, USA),

Jos van der Palen of Kimmei Nursery (NL), 

Helder Carvalho of Bambuparque (Portugal), 

Dr. Tan of Fu Min Xing Nursery (FMXG), Yunnan (China),

and others.    Live plant sales, book sales and exhibits.

Reception and Dinner, followed by music event featuring John Kaizan Neptune and his band,

Take-Dake from Japan (shakuhachi and more!).  

Total Cost:  75 euros complete.

To REGISTER, please go to :   http://guestlistapp.com/events/45327

                                           or, telephone WBC Secretariat, Frances Schutte  (32) 3265-3569 /                                            

                                                                               secretariat@worldbamboocongress.org

FOR FULL DETAILS OF THE 9TH WBC, PLEASE GO TO :  www.WORLDBAMBOOCONGRESS.org

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Time is passing quickly and we have been putting together all the details to bring an impressive program of the latest in bamboo innovation and potentials for the upcoming 9th World Bamboo Congress.  This is a 5-day event, filled with science and technology, art and culture, design and architecture……..something for everyone, but especially for those in need of networking with experienced bamboo professionals from all over the globe.  Johan Gielis and his IKEBANA team have organized a very full program of over 50 oral presentations and posters, covering a diversity of subjects, and ending on a rural farmland to set the stage for exhibits and constructions.

Everyone is welcome!

Special highlights include:

>The Bamboo Pioneers Award ceremony going to renowned experts who have dedicated their life work to bamboo:      Jules Janssen (the Netherlands), Oscar Hidalgo-Lopez (Colombia), Masatoshi Watanabe (Japan), Hsiung Wenyu (China),  and Shuen Chao Wu (Taiwan),

> Keynote Speakers: Dr. Lynn G. Clark, Walter Liese,  Gunther Pauli, David Sands, Pablo Van der Lugt, Evelin Rottke, Carolina Salazar Campo, and more………

> Bamboo constructions and art installations by BeBamboo (Nic Geereart and team), Cru!, Bamboost, Georges Cuvillier, Luk Vermeerbergen, Frans Demedts and Carla Feijen, as well as the display of Michel Abadie’s bamboo airplane: FLYBOO,

> Ornamental Bamboo Session featuring Jos Van der Palen of Kimmei Nursery (Holland), Ned Jaquith of Bamboo Garden (USA), Ray Townsend (Kew), Helder Carvalho (Portugal), and more….

>Exhibits and vendors, book sales, plant sales and more……

> Special guest musicians include John Kaizan Neptune and his band, TAKE DAKE from Japan!

Space is limited, so please REGISTER NOW!   Deadline for registration is 15 March!

http://guestlistapp.com/events/45327

Go to the WBC website for more information:

www.worldbamboocongress.org

The Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative has been selected as a winner of the 2011 Impact Business Award, in recognition of the innovativeness of its business model and environmental responsiveness.

The Award initiated by the German Government through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) rewards enterprises that apply innovative business solutions in combating Climate Change.

A total of five International Awards were available in 2011 and the Ghana Bamboo Bikes was one of the only two projects selected from sub Saharan Africa. Other winners hail from Egypt, Uganda, Cambodia and India.

Each winner is awarded with a €5,000 euro prize to be spent on expanding climate technologies and green activities. Winners also have the opportunity to present their work to influential audiences and will be rewarded at the occasion of the 15th International Business Forum in 2012.

The Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative seeks to break the status quo in the development of a bicycle industry in Ghana and train people with little or no education in the manufacturing and assembling of bamboo bikes.

The Initiative is also spearheading the production of stable, cheaper and reliable bikes in Ghana to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels whiles increasing economic activities of rural Ghanaians.

With the Award, the German government would complement the work of the Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative in promoting economic development in Ghana while providing substantial environmental benefits.

Co-founded by two students, Bernice Dapaah and Kwame Kyei of the Christian Service University College and Ternopil State Medical University respectively, the initiative seeks to take advantage of the abundant raw bamboo materials in Ghana to manufacture high quality bamboo bikes suitable for export markets as well as for the road conditions in Ghana, and affordable to the poor.

The social enterprise project designs, develops and markets multi-purpose bikes for the transportation of passengers, commodities or as an ambulance.

Through the provision of a sustainable and low-carbon transport solution, Bamboo bikes aim at raising awareness about environmentally friendly habits, while increasing economic and employment opportunities of rural people – especially among youth.

The Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative won the 2011 UNEP Seed Initiative Award and the 2011 Inaugural ImagineNations Global Business Plan competition.

From Ghana News Agency, December 30, 2011

Hohoe, Dec 30, GNA – Bamboo, a plant not often associated with Africa due to it not exploited, may be the key to combating soil degradation and massive deforestation on the continent. The plant can be used as an alternative source of energy.

A partnership among African nations and communities, the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and China are working to substitute bamboo charcoal and firewood for forest wood on which 80 percent of the rural population in sub-Saharan Africa depend for their fuel needs.

Initial successes with bamboo charcoal in Ghana and Ethiopia, which have put bamboo biomass at the centre of renewable energy policies, are spurring interest in countries across the continent and prompting calls for greater investment in bamboo-based charcoal production as a ‘green biofuel’ that could fight deforestation and mitigate climate change.

“Bamboo, the perfect biomass grass, grows naturally across Africa and presents a viable, cleaner and sustainable alternative to wood fuel,” said Dr. J. CoosjeHoogendoorn, Director General of INBAR.

“Without such an alternative, wood charcoal would remain the primary household energy source for decades to come with disastrous consequences,” he said

Scientifically, burning wood also has a significant impact on the climate. Scientists predict that the burning of wood fuel by African households would release the equivalent of 6.7 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere by 2050.

In terms of health, the burning of fuel wood claims the lives of an estimated 2 million people every year mostly women and children who inhale the smoke, according to data from INBAR. Continued widespread indoor use of forest wood charcoal as a household fuel could cause 10 million premature deaths by 2030.

INBAR’s bamboo as sustainable biomass energy initiative is the first to transfer bamboo charcoal technologies from China to sub-Saharan Africa to produce sustainable ‘green biofuels’ using locally available bamboo resources.

Driven by growing concerns about energy, health and food security and climate change, the initiative is funded by the European Union (EU) and the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC).

Saving Forests, Mitigating Climate Change

It takes seven to 10 tons of raw wood to produce one ton of wood charcoal, making wood fuel collection an important driver of deforestation on a continent of nearly one billion people, who have few alternative fuel sources.

“Ensuring food security in a changing climate is one of the major challenges of our era. It is well known that the destruction of forests has negative repercussions on livelihoods and sustainable agriculture as it feeds into a cycle of climate change, drought and poverty,” said  Dr. Patrick Verkooijen, Head Agriculture and Climate Change of the World Bank. “Feeding people in decades to come would require ingenuity and innovation to produce more food on less land in more sustainable ways”.

Indeed, scientists believe that deforestation across the Horn of Africa has contributed to pervasive drought in the region.

Years of tree-clearing, particularly in hard-hit Somalia, has eliminated fragile forests that stood as the last line of defense against the conversion of sparsely forested dry lands and pastures into useless desert, according to researchers from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).

The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that if business continues as usual, by 2030 biomass energy in sub-Saharan Africa would still account for about three-quarters of total residential energy, underscoring the urgency of coming up with a sustainable alternative biomass to replace wood.

Sub-Saharan Africa has over 2.75 million hectares of bamboo forest, equivalent to roughly 4 per cent of the continent’s total forest cover.

“Rural communities need access to sustainable approaches that will keep trees in the ground and the environment safe,” said Professor Karanja M. Njoroge, Executive Director, Green Belt Movement.

“Bamboo grows naturally across Africa’s diverse landscapes, but unlike trees, it regrows after harvest and lends itself very well for energy plantations on degraded lands. We should put it to good use to provide clean energy for the continent.”

“With further investment and policy reform, community kiln technologies could be up-scaled to reach thousands of communities in Ethiopia,” said MelakuTadesse, National Coordinator for Climate Change Unit at Ethiopia’s Ministry of Agriculture.

He said a number of African countries are pressing for development of their own bamboo charcoal industries to provide sustainable, affordable energy for their growing populations.

Harnessing the Perfect Biomass Grass

Bamboo is one of the fastest-growing plants on the planet and produces large amounts of biomass, making it an ideal energy source. Tropical bamboos could be harvested after three years, compared to the two to six decades needed to generate a timber forest.

Indeed, the entire bamboo plant, including the stem, branch and its rhizome, could be used to produce charcoal, making it highly resource-efficient, with limited wastage. Its high heating value also makes it an efficient fuel.

Its charcoal is made through the controlled burning of bamboo in kilns, whether traditional, metal, or brick.

The technology is being adapted to produce larger quantities of charcoal to serve a larger number of rural and urban communities as well as to produce bamboo charcoal briquettes that are ideal for cooking because it burns longer, produces less smoke and air pollution than ‘natural’ charcoal.

China is a global leader in the production and use of bamboo charcoal. The sector is worth an estimated 1 billion dollars a year and employs over 60,000 people in more than 1,000 businesses.

Chinese partners, including the Nanjing Forestry University and WENZHAO Bamboo Charcoal Company, are helping to adapt equipment like brick kilns, grinders and briquette machines, and hand tools, for bamboo charcoal and briquette production using local materials.

Building on this momentum, the INBAR initiative is now transferring China’s advanced bamboo charcoal technologies, which focuses on providing cleaner, safer “Green” energy source, to sub-Saharan Africa.

In addition to charcoal, bamboo offers many new opportunities for income generation.  It is being processed into a vast range of wood products, from floorboards to furniture and from charcoal to edible shoots.

The world bamboo export was estimated at 1.6 billion dollars in 2009, a decline of about 659 million dollars from 2.2 billion dollars 2008.

Progress in Domesticating Bamboo Technology in Ghana

Currently the ”Bamboo as sustainable biomass energy, a suitable alternative for firewood and charcoal production in Africa” is being implemented in Daboase and Tandan in the MpohoorWassa East and Ellembelle Districts respectively in the Western Region of Ghana.

It is being funded by the European Union with an amount of 1.663 million Euros of which INBAR is providing 20% of the budget cost.

Key partners to the project are the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) and Bamboo and Rattan Development Programme under the Ministry of Lands and Natural resources. Associate partners include the Energy Commission and Chemical Engineering Department at KNUST.

So far, 300 micro small enterprises (MSE) in the catchment area has been established with over 2,000 out growers cultivating bamboo as well as charcoal production and some 7,000 low income local households are expected to use bamboo charcoal as fuel wood by the close of the project year in 2014.

A total of 505 tonnes of bamboo charcoal have been produced for October and November 2011.

Conscious efforts of cultivating bamboo have seen the planting of 11,733 seedlings out of 14,880 seedlings propagated from 15 different species selected across the globe.

By statistics, a disconsolate situation about rate of forest depletion makes the bamboo technology a welcome concept as the country had lost about 6.6 million hectares of forest cover since the beginning of the last century and having the highest rate of deforestation of 2.19 percent globally.

New Bamboo Charcoal Technologies Promise to Jump-start Africa’s Bioenergy Sector, and holds the key to slow deforestation and fight Climate Change at the same time.

It is envisaged that Africa’s leadership, policy-makers, private sector, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, Religious and Traditional Authorities as well as civil society organisations would lead the crusade towards saving the forests and the environment from vicious abuses.

Ghana plays host to the next global Regional Steering Committee meeting in the Western Regional capital, Takoradi, in February, 2012, according to Mr Michael Kwaku, West African Coordinator of INBAR.

A GNA Feature by Maxwell Awumah

Photo by Walter Liese

Many thanks and huge appreciation goes to Troy Wiseman and the team at EcoPlanet Bamboo for their full sponsorship of the 9th World Bamboo Congress Bamboo Pioneers Award winners!

The World Bamboo Organization initiated this honorary award at the 8th WBC held in Bangkok in September 2009. Dedication, determination and collaboration are required to advance any scientific endeavor, and those individuals whose lifelong commitment to bamboo science deserve our attention and honored recognition.  At the upcoming WBC (Belgium, 10-15 April, 2012) we will honor 5 of these great Bamboo Pioneers:

Oscar Hidalgo Lopez of Colombia
Wenyu Hsiung of the Peoples Republic of China
Jules Janssen of The Netherlands
Masatoshi Watanabe of Japan
Shuen Chao Wu of Taiwan

Previous Pioneer Recipients are:
8th WBC Bangkok:
Ueda Koichiro of Japan
Krit Samapuddhi of Thailand
Floyd Alonzo McClure of the United States
Walter Liese of Germany

At the 2010 World Bamboo Day, Nagaland:
Richard Belho of Nagaland
Rajeev Goswami of Assam
Vinoo Kaley of Maharashtra
Cherla Sastry of Canada
Sampurana Singh of Meghalaya

EcoPlanet Bamboo CEO Troy Wiseman says “EPB feels privileged to acknowledge these individuals, without whom the bamboo market would not have reached the advanced stages of development that we see today. Their contribution has made possible the potential for bamboo to replace hardwoods sourced from tropical forests, thereby addressing critical environmental issues such as deforestation and climate change, while providing valuable employment opportunities in remote areas.”

The Bamboo Pioneer Award will take place during the opening ceremonies of the 9th WBC on Tuesday, 10 April.  We look forward to having the recipients present – in person – thanks to the generous support of EPB.

And we look forward to meeting you there, too!

If you have not done so already, please go to our website and REGISTER (space is limited!).

www.worldbamboocongress.org

Taller teórico-práctico en Ecobamboo, de martes a jueves,  24, 25 y 26 de Enero del 2012.

    Dirección

      Ecobamboo, Hacienda PROVENZA, Candelaria (Valle del Cauca)

    Teléfonos:

Prefijo Colombia +57 -

Gloria, 315 488 4777.

Diego, 315 550 5155.

Jorg: 300 557 1021.

Hospedaje en Candelaria:    Hacienda Provenza:

+57- 315 488 4777 – 3206073178

Costo

$ 800.000 pesos (USD $ 420) incluyendo hospedaje y comida.

Reservaciones:

cuenta corriente, 

Banco Bogotá,  numero # 289385585
nombre de C.I.  CO2 BAMBOO SAS  

 La rutina diaria

- empieza con explicaciones de técnicas básicas, introducción en el uso de herramientas especiales y los pequeños trucos. Después se forman grupos de trabajo y se construye – bajo supervisión – diferentes elementos como:

• Estructuras de ensamble rápido, como para un “stand” de ferias o la playa, techado con carpas o también llamadas “membranas”.
• Se ensambla una cercha tradicional, con bocas de pescado etc. para luego construir un Kiosko en guadua, para techarlo con “Palmiche”.
• Tablón de latas de guadua, “PinBoo” – sin pegante, solo usando “bolillo” carbonizado hecho con los bambúes rajados.
• También se termina la construcción de un mirador elevado, usando guaduas curvas de 12 metros. Al fin se levanta una estructura alta, sostenida por Palmas y techado con una membrana “anticlastica”.
• Especial énfasis se hace en un sistema nuevo de uniones, sin uso de tornillos, trabajando solo con un nuevo producto, – el bolillo de guadua y la viga curvada usada en el puente de Cúcuta.
• Se elabora la “columna espaciada”, un elemento muy versátil y útil tanto para un kiosco, como casas de varios pisos.
• Se enseña la ssistematización de técnicas conocidas como el sistema tradicional (“boca de Pescado”), los sistemas de tornillos (Esqueleto), los sistemas tejidos (DaVinci),  estructuras espaciales (Spaceframes) y sistemas ultra-livianas (Membranas).

Durante los recesos con café, hay tiempo para charlas y discusiones temáticas. El cupo máximo de 25 participantes son alojados en las instalaciones de la Hacienda “Provenza”. Allá también se ofrece el desayuno, un buen almuerzo y la comida, todo incluido en la inscripción. Por las noches se presentan allí unas películas sobre puentes en bambú y algunas conferencias según el tema del día, para luego abrir paso a un intercambio de ideas y discusión de diseños de los participantes.

Las conferencias

Las conferencias de PowerPoint muestran un recorrido de obras que el conferencista hizo en el transcurso de los últimos 16 años.  Se analizan los trabajos que se hicieron durante este tiempo: los primeros puentes en Guadua de Colombia, Centros comunales, Colegios etc.

También se pasan fotos de algunas obras de Kioscos, Pabellones y Colegios, prefabricados y posteriormente ensamblados en cuestión de días. Lo especial de nuestros sistemas constructivos es la rapidez con que se instalan las obras prefabricadas.

Hay películas sobre la construcción de puentes y algunos trabajos desarrollados con Bambúes de Indonesia, Estos incorporan algunos elementos contractivos nuevos,  como el “tablón” de bambú, el “bolillo” torneado, techos “anti-clásticos” con membranas arquitectónicas.

Películas en el DVD de las memorias:

• In Sachen Natur, -Eine andere Art zu helfen = reconstrucción de unos puentes en Guadua. Sonde: WDR 1995, Aleman.
• Una nueva Esperanza para Quebrada Negra = Reconstrucción de un Pueblo entero en Guadua. 30 minutos. Español.
• Construcción de un Puente en Guadua, UTP / GTZ 2000. 6 Minutos, sin palabras. Puente Santa Fe de Antioquia. 10 min.
• Bambus, die Superfaser der Natur. NZZ 2007. 10 Minutos. Alemán.
• Green School con Puente en Indonesia con el Bambu gigante. John Hardy, 2007. Ingles
• Construcción de un Colegio en Guadua, Montebello, Cali. Lebenbauen e.V. 2006. 30 minutos. Sin palabras.
• Construcción del Puente de Santa Fe de Antioquia.
• Construcción del Puente de Cúcuta.

Programa

Martes, 24 de Enero  2012

Llegada y inscripción hasta 9 a.m. – Receso con Café, después “conociendo que se hace en Ecobamboo”

Tema de la mañana: “Guadua a primera vista”:

• Presentación de nosotros y del grupo y una vuelta por las nuevas instalaciones de Ecobamboo en “Provenza”.
• Familiarizándose con los tallos y su anatomía, criterios de selección: madurez, densidad específica, rectitud y coloración.
• Ejercicio de preservar Guadua con Bórax por inmersión con químicos amables, practicando “difusión horizontal” para producción en escala grande y “difusión vertical” para usos domésticos y para producción en pequeña escala en la finca.
• “Secado sin rajado” de guaduas rollizas con el “pulpo” y con energía solar para su valorización por almacenamiento adecuado.
• Prácticas como la elaboración de una “lista de corte” y preparación en serie, prefabricación y numeración.
• Presentación de diseños en planos, maquetas y algunas estructuras existentes en las instalaciones de la empresa.

12.30 a.m. – Almuerzo en la Hacienda Provenza, Candelaria.

14.30 Trabajos prácticos en Ecobamboo.

 Tema de la tarde: “Métodos tradicionales y técnicas más eficientes para trabajar con Bambú”.

1)     Análisis de edificaciones con técnicas tradicionales y los nuevos métodos para construir con pre-fabricación.

2)     Principios de “protección por diseño” en construcciones de guadua, – comparando éxitos y fallas en las obras del lugar.

3)     Explicación de los métodos más eficientes para la construcción con guadua. Sistematización del proseguimiento profesional.

4)     El uso de herramientas eléctricas, sus trucos y sus peligros. Presentación del “kit” del carpintero de la guadua.

5)     División en 5 grupos de trabajo, inicio de prácticas con técnicas sencillos y conceptos estructurales básicos :

• Una columna espaciada de 8 metros, apto para edificaciones de ingeniería hasta de 3 pisos.
• Un Kiosco de 3×3 metros, con piso de Pinboo y techado con Lona o Palmiche.
• Una tradicional cercha “Rey” para un puente sencillo y su conversión en cercha “Howe” para puentes grandes.
• Una carpa de instalación rápida, como “Stand” para ferias o soporte de hamacas en la playa.

18.30 Comida en Provenza

20.00  -21.00 Conferencia de Jörg Stamm en PowerPoint sobre los viejos y nuevos sistemas constructivos.

MIERCOLES, 25 de Enero 2012

Tema de la mañana: Estructuras tecnificadas en Guadua, – conceptos básicos de la ingeniería en madera, aplicado al bambú.

–       Análisis de un galpón de 150m2, con aplicación de diferentes uniones tradicionales y modernas.

• Vigas como Puentes para soporte de espacios de techos con luces de 6 a 9 metros.
• Defectos constructivos en planificación y ejecución, – sus consecuencias desastrosas cuando son  más allá del límite.
• Conceptos de protección por diseño. Pinturas adecuadas  y protección contra sol y agua.
• Cubiertas de teja, palma y techos verdes. Técnicas tradicionales de cubiertas con bambú y otras fibras naturales.

Tema de la tarde: La Eco-Arquitectura con Guadua, – una estética nueva, hecha con elementos naturalmente curvados 

–       Nuevos horizontes con sistemas constructivos ultralivianas.

• Una viga arqueada de un  puente de 12 metros, como estructura básica de un Puente en Guadua.
• Kiosco con Estructura espacial con la “punta de lápiz” y la esfera metálica.
• Un mirador elevado, de 12 metros de altura, soportado entre palmeras y protegido por membrana “anticlastica”.
• Discusión sobre propuestas de los participantes.

Por la noche: Conferencia sobre Puentes en Guadua y los alcances actuales en Ingeniería civil con bambú.

JUEVES, 26 de Enero 2012

Tema del día: Perspectivas hacia la Industrialización de la Guadua

1. Visita a un Guadual “natural” en el vecindario y comparación de dos estilos de aprovechamiento.

2. Bambú laminado y la industrialización de un recurso natural.

• Producción de tablillas o “latas decorativas” , con la sierra móvil de doble disco.
• El bolillo de guadua – procesamiento, criterios de selección, posibles dimensiones y variedades.
• Tablas de Bambú, un sistema de ensamble sin pegante, pero con mucho potencial para diseñadores.
• “Madera” dimensionada a base de Bambú laminado con tablillas y la “viga de bambú compactado”.

3.   Terminación de las estructuras elaboradas durante el curso.

• Técnicas de levantamiento con trípode y polea.
• Las uniones de las cerchas son rellenadas con cemento.
• Los participantes terminan las obras de sus grupos de trabajo e intercambian sus experiencias.
• Fotos del grupo y entrega de certificados, DVD y fiesta de despedida a partir de la 6 p.m.

Los participantes recibirán de ECOBAMBOO un DVD con las memorias y un certificado de asistencia.

INSTRUCTOR PRINCIPAL

Jörg Stamm, Carpintero y consultor de Guadua,

Email:  joerg@joergstamm.com,  Llamadas internacionales al móvil: +57 -300 557 10 21, página: www.ecobamboo.net

EXPERTOS AUXILIARES PARA LOS GRUPOS DE TRABAJO

Asesor técnico Diego Lopez

Maestro Israel Collazos

Maestro Javier Pajajoy

Para más información sobre la empresa mire:

http://ecobambu.blogspot.com/

Reservación de asistencia por orden de pago (si viven en el exterior: simplemente envíen la  reservación del vuelo por email).

Consignaciones nacionales: 

cuenta corriente del  Banco Bogotá # 289385585
a nombre de C.I.  CO2 BAMBOO SAS  

Giros Internacionales:

Swift Code: BBOGCOBB

ORGANIZADOR:

Gloria Edith Fernandez, Representante legal de Restaurante Provenza,

NIT 900.420.782-8

Email: gloriae_fernandez@hotmail.com
tel. 3154884777 – 3206073178

Como llegar a Candelaria?

El taller se desarrolla en las instalaciones de ECOBAMBOO en Candelaria, que es un pequeño municipio en medio de inmensos Cañaverales, situado aprox. 20 km al oriente de Cali. La acomodación y las comidas son en las instalaciones de la Hacienda PROVENZA, con cuartos muy sencillos, de 2 a 4 personas. A Candelaria se llega fácilmente en carro o en bus (30 min) desde Cali o Palmira. También hay docenas de vuelos nacionales y algunos vuelos directos internacionales, con tres aerolíneas desde Miami, Panama, Barcelona, Madrid. Le podemos mandarle un taxista de nuestra confianza al Aeropuerto (25 dólares = 45.000 pesos colombianos). Para esto deje nos saber por favor el nombre, el día y la hora de la llegada, para escribir un letrero con su Apellido. Si quiere alojarse el día anterior o quedar un día más en  la Hacienda Provenza, no hay problema: Tres noches y días están incluidos en el precio de la inscripción, – noches adicionales, con alimentación incluido valen 20 dólares.

El idioma durante el curso será básicamente en español, pero traducciones puntuales en inglés, portugués y alemán son posible. De todas maneras se transmite la mayor parte de la enseñanza “de mano a mano”. Los participantes deberían llevar ropa de trabajo, – un sombrero grande será ofrecido aquí. Candelaria, con más de 26 grados durante el día es bien caliente, durante la noche es muy agradable. Los cuartos tienen protección contra mosquitos, pero al caer la tarde le ayuda a menudo una loción contra insectos. Se recomienda a cada participante su propio seguro, Ecobamboo no se hace responsable de accidentes.

Cordialmente

Jörg Stamm

Comprehensive Management International Diploma Course in Guadua angustifolia Bamboo (GIGA)

From January 30 to February 17, 2012

ORGANIZER:
Regional Centre for Cleaner Production – Coffee Area
School of Environmental Sciences
Technological University of Pereira
www.produccionmaslimpia.org

OBJECTIVE
Provide participants with interdisciplinary concepts for the integrated management of Guadua resource, taking into account silvicultural aspects, environmental, post-harvest processes, industrial processes, design and construction of structures, all the above in the general framework of its uses and applications.

DIRECTED TO :
All people involved in the bamboo production chain: industrial, owners, builders, architects, foresters, civil engineers, agronomists, environmental managers, designers and craftspeople to contribute to the development and strengthening of the sector regionally, nationally and internationally.

ACADEMIC CONTENT
Taxonomy of Bamboo
Biotechnology applications in the study and conservation of Guadua in Colombia
Legal framework and regulations in force
Silvicultural management of plantations and natural stands of Guadua
Preservation and Guadua-Bamboo drying
Design and construction of structures in Guadua
Processes and industrial applications
TEACHERS  are some of the most experienced professors of Colombia in bamboo research and development.

INFO:
Andrea Hernández Londoño
Coordinadora de Capacitación

Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales
Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira
Oficina F – 311
Teléfono: (6) 321 09 61 – Celular: 317 805 74 00 / 3218518897
Pereira, Colombia
capacitacion@produccionmaslimpia.org
www.produccionmaslimpia.org

Thanks to Jairo Rafael for submitting this post.

Host: Bambooroo/ Mark Emery

We are inviting architects, design professionals, students and general bamboo enthusiasts to attend a bamboo bridge building workshop on 7- 9th of December 2011, in Chaing Mai, Thailand. Special guest Andrea “Chak” Fitrianto, an Indonesian “Community Architect” with degrees from UNPAR Bandung and IHS Rotterdam. Chak has been working with communities in post tsunami Aceh, Kenya, the poorest areas of some Asian cities, disaster stricken areas, and recently in Davao, Mindanao where he built the 23m span “Matina Footbridge” out of native bamboos. Here is your chance to work with Chak on the ”Community Bamboo Footbridge” .

Also, work alongside Mark Emery as he instructs the “History of Bamboo Bridges”
Australian Landscape Architect from UNSW will present the history of bamboo bridge building from indigenous societies to contemporary commercial and public applications for bamboo bridges. Within this presentation we will explore the various architectural concepts that can be applied to bamboo bridge building.
Workshop Exercises:
1. “Davinci Bridge” Deployable Bridges
2. “Hyperbolic Tower” Column used with tents
3. “12m Bamboo Bridge” New Typology of bamboo bridge
For the full program, please see : http://www.bambooroo.net/bamboo_workshops_dec.php

Contacts:

THAI:             +668 8547 2098
ENGLISH:             +668 0954 0328
Email: bambooroo@gmail.com