Greg Voakes is a digital media producer and blogger. He writes about video games, gadgets, and social media for Forbes and The Huffington Post. Greg was a former social media consultant at AOL, College Humor, and many other online media outlets. Follow him @gvoakes.
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Often, people think that to adopt a green lifestyle they have to ditch the tech gadgets and tools that make life easier and more enjoyable. That's not exactly true. In fact, a new line of bamboo products are both safe for the environment and durable.
But why bamboo? Well, it's a sustainable raw material that grows up to five times faster than wood materials, making it one of the most renewable sources on the planet. Since it is a grass it can grow in most climates and environments without chemicals or pesticides, and it produces 35% more oxygen than hardwood trees. What really seals the deal is that bamboo’s tensile strength, or the measurement of a material’s ability to handle stress, surpasses that of steel.