Cricket bats made from BAMBOO are ‘better than willow’, study finds

Few things are as quintessentially English as the crack of a leather-clad cricket ball being dispatched though the covers by a bat made of homegrown willow.   But the global expansion of the game, driven by insatiable demand in Asia, has left manufacturers looking for cheaper, more sustainable alternatives to the light-coloured wood of the Salix alba … Read more

Cricket bats made from BAMBOO are ‘better than willow’, study finds

Few things are as quintessentially English as the crack of a leather-clad cricket ball being dispatched though the covers by a bat made of homegrown willow.   But the global expansion of the game, driven by insatiable demand in Asia, has left manufacturers looking for cheaper, more sustainable alternatives to the light-coloured wood of the Salix alba … Read more

Panda tugs at bamboo branch and topples off wooden platform

Eats shoots and leaves… dramatically: Hungry panda tugs at bamboo branch and topples off wooden platform The giant panda eats bamboo leaves at Chongqing Zoo in southwest China Animal rolls over edge of the platform as the other pandas continue eating  Panda falls onto the ground and drags the huge branch of bamboo with it  … Read more

Abseiling bailiffs remove eco-activist Swampy from bamboo tower standing in way of HS2

Bailiffs abseiling from a crane removed veteran eco-warrior ‘Swampy’ from a bamboo tower today built to delay construction on HS2. Protesters erected the tower holding British activist Dan Hooper, 47, in a London river to block a bridge for a road through a forest for the multi-billion pound train project. Two black-clad officials suspended from … Read more

China culls 1.6 tonnes of bamboo rats bred for their meat

Officials at a Chinese province have reportedly culled more than 1.6 tonnes of farm-bred bamboo rats in one go after the government banned the eating and trading of wild animals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Chinese bamboo rats, which are linked to coronavirus, have been a sought-after food source in the country for centuries … Read more