Organizations
Represented here are various organizations in the USA and internationally that embody the global rhizomatic bamboo connections. I recommend starting with the Websites www.americanbamboo.org and www.shakuhachi.com for a comprehensive listing and direct Internet linkagesâsimplifying searching in the virtual reality of cyberspace.
USA
American Bamboo Society (ABS)
315 South Coast Highway 101, Suite U
PMB 212
Encinitas, CA 92024 - 3555
www.americanbamboo.org
The American Bamboo Society (ABS) is a nonprofit organization with regional chapters and worldwide membership that functions as the primary information source on bamboo in the USA. ABS publishes an extensive annual plant and product source list, a bimonthly news magazine, and an annual scientific journal. ABS sponsors an annual conference. Regional chapters publish newsletters and host workshops, presentations, bamboo festivals, and plant and product auctions. The ABS Website is an invaluable resource.
Earth Advocates Research Farm (EARF)
30 Myers Road
Summertown, TN 38483-7323
931.964.4151
www.growit.com/bamboo/
EARF is a nonprofit dedicated to several bamboo-related ventures: performance trials of hardy bamboos in display gardens and groves; publishing the illustrated journal Temperate Bamboo Quarterly (TBQ); classes, workshops, and short courses offered at their âBamboo Institute of Tennessee.â Can provide speakers on any aspect of Bamboo. EARF wholesales bamboos at âOur Bamboo Nurseryâ (see Nurseries) and is a certified Bamboo import/quarantine station. EARF maintains an extensive Bamboo library, welcomes researchers, and has an intern program available. Visits by appointment only.
Pacific Bamboo Council
P.O. Box 454
Pahoa, HI 96778-0454
808.965.7182
Pacific Bamboo Council is a ânonprofit group of growers, artists, and craftspeople who promote the use and awareness of bamboo in the USA.â (See ABS Website).
International
Environmental Bamboo Foundation (EBF)
P.O. Box 196
Ubud 80571
Bali, Indonesia
62.361.974.028
62.361.974.029 fax
www.bamboocentral.org
Founded by Linda Garland â . . . to incorporate a multidisciplinary approach to developing bamboo as an environmentally renewable non-wood forest resource.â (See EBF or ABS Website) Develops educational programs and funding support through nonprofit armâthe International Bamboo Foundation (IBF). Medicinal uses information: www.bamboocentral.org/pharmacopoeia
European Bamboo Society (EBS)
www.bamboosociety.org
EBS is â. . . an informal federation of national European bamboo societies, each of which has its own administration and membership.â (See EBS Website) Convenes an annual meeting whose location is rotated amongst participating countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, and Switzerland.
World Bamboo Organization
www.worldbamboo.net
âPromoting prosperity for bamboo, people, and the environment thro...