:Title:    Growing bamboo at the farm. 
:Author:   Cory Richardson
:Date:     Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:14:20 PDT
:URL:      http://www.ned.com/group/opokfarms/news/2/

I'm told bamboo grows in Uganda. Do any of you know if there is bamboo near the farm? 

It is am amazing building material that grows very fast. In four years or less we'll have bamboo that is very strong that we can use to build with. Bamboo can be used to make thousands if things... from food to clothes to tools to music.   

I have been dreaming about making a huge dome out of bamboo, and filling the inside with hammocks, swings and tight ropes... and covering it with  canvas tarps. A lot of people could sleep in there. It would be cheap and easy to construct. 

On the US gulf coast after hurricane Katrina I set up a 60ft dome a and it served as a community center where we fed 1000 people a day. A friend from LA even flew down to do an aerial show hanging down from the top of the dome... check the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZfr6TxHEIU

I'm a circus freak with a hula hoop and found we can make domes out of those too, using the circle of life design. We started working on it at my project in Mexico, but didn't have enough hoops to make a full dome: http://actionhero.smugmug.com/gallery/2570014#136656674

Bamboo can also be used for making hammock stands... and I'm keen to set up a sewing room for hammock production at Opok Farm. 

I'm stoked to have found you all!

This is gonna be fun!

-Cor
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