29 Jul 09 Go Green With Bamboo
In the struggle for ways to go green and help the environment even more, you’ll find a lot of people will give you the same tips that you’re probably already following now. Those being, recycling, conserving power, and limiting the sorts of products you buy that contribute to pollution. But one way that you probably may not have even thought about is in Bamboo products. Bamboo is a remarkably renewable resource, as it’s a grass, bamboo takes only five years to fully recover from having been harvested, which is infinitely faster than wood. Plus Bamboo can be processed into practically anything, from cutting boards to clothing.
So a good way to go green is to look for more bamboo products. You can find practically everything made from bamboo. Tables, cutting boards, clothing ranging from shirts and pants to socks. Because this resource is more renewable than any other used for these products, you should look to bamboo for your needs as often as possible. The clothing is soft and comfortable, the cutting boards are just as effective as any other material, and the furniture is just as sturdy, without the high cost of having to come from a tree that will take decades to fully re-grow.
Bamboo is so important as being a renewable resource that we should all take advantage of because of it’s ridiculously fast rates of growth. A freshly planted bamboo plant will be fully grown in only five years, and after that will produce bamboo at an alarmingly fast rate. A mature bamboo plant will send up full shoots every year, and these take only about a month to fully grow to a maximum size of around 100 feet. These can then be harvested and used in the variety of products I mentioned, and so much more.
So next time you’re shopping for clothes or kitchen wares, remember how useful and renewable a resource bamboo is, and take that into consideration in your purchasing habits.
Tags: Bamboo Plant, Bamboo Products, Clothes, Cutting Boards, Decades, Furniture, Grass, Kitchen Wares, Mature, Maximum Size, Pollution, Recycling, Renewable Resource, Socks, Sorts, Struggle
13 Jun 09 Choosing The Right Clothes For Running
Something that many runners don’t necessarily even realize the importance of, is what sort of clothing you wear whilst you run. Clothing is very important, as it can have a massive impact on your performance, as something as important as comfort can affect how long you can run, or how much effort you put into that run. Not to mention the affects to your health, such as managing your body temperature during a run.
You want to look for clothing made specifically for athletics, as these go through a different technical process so that they are perfectly suited for the conditions your body goes through during strenuous physical activity. Look for clothing that uses features like DryFit, CoolMax, Thermax, or Thinsulate technology, as these will absorb the sweat from your body, keeping you dry and comfortable, but also won’t be weighed down by the amount of water they absorb. The problem with more standard clothing, like cotton products, is that cotton absorbs water, but then stays wet for a long time. That will not only weigh you down, but will also lower your body temperature in colder weather.
And body temperature is another factor that you want to be concerned about when choosing which clothing to wear on which day. Keep in mind that since you will be doing heavy cardiovascular exercise, you’ll need to dress as though the weather were 20-25 degrees warmer to compensate for your body temperature. That way you can dress lightly enough to remain comfortable, no matter what the weather is like.
Finally, in selecting clothing you want to ensure that it conforms to your movements without any effort from you, so that you can run with ease and not have to worry about battling the clothes on your back. Something that stretches through your movements effortlessly, as most athletic wear does, is perfect. That way you’re comfortable, and your body will retain it’s full range of movement.
Tags: Body Temperature, Cardiovascular Exercise, Clothes, Cotton Products, Health, Long Time, Massive Impact, Runners, Strenuous Physical Activity, Sweat, Thermax, Weather
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