Bamboo products have gained more popularity in the recent years.  Bamboo can be made into flooring, window shades, furniture, kitchen gadgets, and even clothing.

People are interested in bamboo products not only because of their durability and unique beauty, but also because they are perceived as being environmentally-friendly.

Bamboo has superior renewability. it grows very fast and can be harvested in 5-7 years, much shorter than most hardwood trees.

Bamboo cultivation does not require pesticides. It also consumes carbon dioxide fast while growing.

However, the sustainability of bamboo products is questionable when other factors are considered.

First, most bamboo is grown in Asia. It takes significant amount of energy and natural resouces to ship it around the world.

Second, some chemicals added into products during manufacturing are toxic, such as formaldehyde.

Third, forests may be cleared to plant bamboo for profit.

Finally, it is not clear whether bamboo farmers and workers have socially-responsible working conditions.

So there is still some room for improvement before bamboo becomes a truly green and sustainable building material.

Bamboo, in whatever form, has many ecological benefits from 1000 Green Steps point of view. It is rapidly renewable unlike many types of arboreality. Bamboo generates more oxygen than most trees, and items made from bamboo will biodegrade. Bamboo can also be grown without pesticides and using very little water.

And now bamboo comes in underwear form to be your next green steps. You can wear bamboo on your waist to hide your shameful bits from society at large. You’d think that bamboo made from something that can also be flooring would be like using a low-ply toilet paper that has the wood chunks still in, but that, my friends, is not the case.

Well, it sounds kind of terrifying for 1000 Green Steps at first, but Bamboo underwear is as comfortable as regular underwear. It looks like plain underpants, and pandas won’t try to eat you, probably. Underwear made from bamboo dries faster than regular underwear.

It allows the body to breathe. It’s chemical-free, and it deals with odors better than your Underoos with the Batmans on it. Bamboo underwear is what ecologically responsible people wear under there.

~Happy Green Living!~