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Meanwhile, gearmakers have been shifting to more sustainable materials. Most skateboards, for example, are made of Canadian maple, which takes 50 years to mature. But bamboo is replaced in a tenth of that time. Hence Bob Burnquist, one of the world's top pro skateboarders, and his sponsor Flip have been developing a type of board made of bamboo, hemp and maple that he began using in competition in July. You don't have to go "full, purist radical," Burnquist says. His goal? "Connect the coolness factor to the reality of what's possible...
...BAMBOO BICYCLE Calfee Design's bamboo mountain-bike frame costs $2,695. Coming soon: a city version that costs half as much...
...environmentally conscious will be gratified to know that the wood was not felled but harvested from trees blown over in a typhoon). Rooms also come in a plethora of different layouts and designs, but full-length glass windows are common to all, giving calming views of a riverbed, bamboo groves and lush vegetation...
...some unlikely places. Where you'd never expect to find an ounce of peace or greenery, the authors have found both: just off the congested roundabout of Place de Clichy is the Bistro des Dames (18 Rue des Dames), with its 30-table patio-oasis surrounded by ivy, bamboo and chirping sparrows. And the Latin American cultural center, La Maison de l'Amérique Latine (217 Boulevard Saint-Germain), holds a hidden jewel of alfresco dining in its elegant café, whose patio extends into the sprawling, manicured gardens of two Baroque-period mansions...
...more accustomed to exterminating insects than to eating them, but in scores of countries around the world--including Thailand, where food markets are stocked with commercially-raised water beetles and bamboo worms--bugs have long been a part of a well-balanced meal. Insect lovers like Gordon argue that entomophagy--the scientific term for consuming insects--could also be a far greener way to get protein than eating chicken, cows or pigs. With the global livestock sector responsible for 18% of the world's greenhouse-gas emissions and grain prices reaching record highs, cheap, environmentally low-impact insects could...