According to Fortune editor Brian Dumaine, the new green economy will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and will generate as much wealth as computers and the Internet, if not more.

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At her bamboo farm in the Philippines, Kay Gozon Jimenez holds an annual seminar about bamboo as environmental savior.

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A United States-based clean energy firm plans to invest $4 million to $12 million for a renewable energy power plant using biomass in Luzon.

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Bamboo Technology Company Founder Wins “Dreamers Into Doers” Contest; Recognition Includes $10,000 and an Appearance on ‘The Martha Stewart Show’

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Agriculture, so often cited as a factor in global decline could become a big part of the solution, according to a recent report.

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New planting techniques may lead to millions of new acres of bamboo shoots in the American South.

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A 2004 United Nations study estimates that as many as half of the world’s 1200 woody bamboo species may be in danger of extinction as a result of massive forest destruction.

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Run-off from unsustainable farming practices cited as the cause.

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Although non-fuel applications of bamboo biomass may be actually more profitable than energy recovery, says a 2000 study, there may also be potential for co-production of bioenergy together with other bamboo processing.

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Successful experiments for growing bamboo in Alabama, including giant timber bamboo, were conducted between 1933 and 1968 by Auburn University, with detailed information on species and yield.

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