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Bamboo bike diplomacy between Indonesia and Australia
EBF Appreciates Jokowi's Gift of a Spedagi Bamboo Bike to Australian PM The Environmental Bamboo Foundation (EBF) appreciates President Jokowi's gesture to invite Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to ride a bicycle and gift him a Spedagi bamboo bicycle during...
President’s Working Visit in NTT: Jokowi greets Bamboo Mamas in Ngada
In the midst of heavy rains that hit Ngada, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Ir. H. Joko Widodo and First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo took the time to visit the Turetogo Bamboo Campus on Wednesday afternoon (1/6) and greet the Mama Bambu, women pioneers who...
Bamboo Pioneers: Elizabeth Widjaja
Elizabeth Widjaja, Indonesian Bamboo Researcher Bamboo can only be grown in 80 countries. Indonesia has at least 176 species of bamboo out of a total of 1620 bamboo species in the world. 105 of those endemic species of bamboo in Indonesia cannot be found anywhere else...
Starting out right: Replacing plastic seed bags with a green alternative
If planted with care, a bamboo seedling has the potential to restore degraded land, mitigate climate change, and generate income for rural communities. Unfortunately, however, like most other young plants, they are usually wrapped in a material that is causing a...
Mama Bambu Nurture Love for Bamboo while Preserving Heritage
At the end of 2020 the Environmental Bamboo Foundation implemented a bamboo nursery program that places women at the center. We started with something very simple: we wanted to share our experiences about how to grow bamboo. At that time, women who wanted to learn...
Integrating Gender Issues in Agrarian Reform and Social Forestry
A webinar was held on 13 April 2022 to discuss strategies for integrating gender issues into agrarian reform and social forestry programs and policies. This webinar aimed to identify problems and challenges in the implementation of agrarian reform and social forestry,...
5 things we’d like to share from March 2022
In a month celebrating World Water Day and International Day of Forests, we are very aware of the incredible benefits bamboo agroforestry can bring to degraded landscapes. Did you know that one clump of bamboo can hold over 5,000 liters of water in the topsoil? 5...
Environmental Bamboo Foundation as Actor of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030
We are very proud to be named as an Actor of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030. Our Board Chairman, Arief Rabik, is part of the Advisory Board for the UN Decade of Restoration and we are happy to be able to support as the whole organization. Ecosystem...
Bamboo pioneers: Singgih Kartono, founder of Spedagi Bamboo Bike
Welcome to our new series of interviews with people doing incredible things with bamboo. From entrepreneurs to scientists, community facilitators, and bamboo farmers, we will be bringing you diverse stories and experiences through our Bamboo Pioneer interviews. Our...