Bamboo House India, a social enterprise, was established by two First Generation Entrepreneurs, Aruna Kappagantula & Prashant Lingam in the year 2008 with an aim of using Bamboo as an economic driver for providing sustainable livelihood opportunities to rural & tribal artisans in the Bamboo sector through market linkages.

To provide round the year employment opportunities to rural & tribal artisans in the country through market linkages and at the same time promote Bamboo as an Eco-friendly substitute to wood, steel, iron & plastic and at the same work keep our organisational activities in tune with country’s Bamboo Objectives.

By using bamboo product , not only will you be making an environmentally friendly choice, you will also be providing employment opportunities to millions of rural artisans living in abject poverty in the bamboo belt of India.

As India struggled for freedom from the British Empire, Ghandi made his famous Salt Walk from Ahmedabad to Dandi with only the clothes on his back and his bamboo stave. As India works to gain freedom from poverty, it’s encouraging to know that bamboo will continue to lead the way.

Quantity of CO2 Absorption and Production of Oxygen by One Bamboo tree every year

After 5th year onwards the production of Oxygen and absorption of CO2 remains fairly same in the subsequent years for over next 200 years.

Calculation to find out the number of bamboo plants to be planted to make Chennai Carbon Neutral
Area of Chennai 174 km2
The Chennai metropolitan area is 1,189 km.
The population is over 1.2 cores.
Area of Chennai   1189 sq Km = 1189 million  sq meter.
Population of Chennai = 12 millions
Co2 emission 12 X  1.33 ton  =  16 million tons of Co2

Assuming   that   50%   of   the   present   emission   is   absorbed   by   the   existing   green canopy,  the balance 8 million tons of Co2 need to be neutralized for Chennai to become Carbon Neutral.   Number of bamboo required to neutralize would be 8 / 0.5 = 16 million  plants.One Bamboo is sufficient in an area of  (1189 / 15.6)   76 sq M.

Chennai to become “Carbon Neutral”, the density of Bamboo requirement is one bamboo plant in every 75 sq. mtr. or 800 sq. ft. Area and the total number of plants needed would be 12 million plants.If all of us achieve this target of planting 12 million plants in 1 or 2 years, Chennai would become Carbon Neutral in 4 years time.

Bamboo acts as a carbon sink. It absorbs excess Co2 (a greenhouse gas and cause of global warming)in the air with three to four times more efficiency than any other cheating tree. Which means, the more bamboos we plant, the more Co2 is absorbed and thus we can stop contributing to global warming.

Bamboo ExNoRa would establish Bio-Carbon Sinks by planting fast growing bamboo in Chennai corporation area and nearer to Chennai in the lands of farmers, land belonging to forest, waste lands of the Government , land belonging to Chennai corporation, temple lands available on long lease and land donated by individuals and corporates for neutralizing the carbon.

The Bio-Carbon Sinks would be established by agri-experts utilizing the precision farming technology under drip irrigation combined with latest fertigation technology for a very efficient and effective method of carbon sequestration from the atmosphere by special Bamboo that grows at a phenomenal rate.

1) Bamboo is an important component of development wherein all types of people have adequate access to.  It is well suited for agroforestry and healthy ecosystems.

2) Bamboo is one of the most important nature’s substitute for the endangered rainforest hardwoods. It is a quick-growing, non-timber forest product whose rate of biomass generation is unsurpassed by any other plants.

3) The versatility of bamboo outmatches most tree species. It is known to be a natural and excellent raw material for manufacturing strong and sturdy furniture, handicrafts, and novelty items.